Original artwork description:

From my TROPICAL COLLECTION 2023.

The banana leaves blowing in the wind represent freedom for me, it is a loose, abstracted study of banana leaves that I fell in love with painting in 2023, when I was making the departure from uniquely working in abstract style.

It is one of a series of studies I painted at this time as my style was developing, and it is my favourite of the banana leaf studies I did in the summer of 2023, as I love the oranges and blues and unique subtle tones, and free mark making, giving energy to the piece.

The looseness of the leaves was the emphasis for me, and a exploration of subtle colour combinations, along with bold mark making adding textures to the fronds and leaves, hinting at movement.

A mixture of techniques and mediums really helped with this, as thinner washes was added to the leaves and then gestural marks added over, and some scraping with a silicon spatula revealing interesting textures and colours underneath added to the broken nature of banana leaves.

Finally, a rich deep orange wash was applied to the canvas around the leaves, I prefer painting the background last as the white canvas really glows better when I'm painting the leaves, I don't like too many layers of paint, so there is a similarity to watercolour technique in this way.

Inspired by my travels over the years and recent visits to Tropical Glasshouses in some beautiful Botanical Gardens around the UK.

FRAMING

All Kathryn Sillince © original artworks come professionally framed, in a solid wood natural tray frame. A slight wood grain is visible in this finish, and will protect your painting for many years to come. The frame is included when you purchase an original artwork.

The frame on this painting is white wood as in the images. Any questions or if you prefer the frame to be removed, please just ask.

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Kathryn xox

Materials used:

Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas

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