Original artwork description:

I have always loved daisies and as a child I used to make endless daisy chains, so I feel they make a wonderful choice for an artwork.

They symbolise childhood innocence, purity, simplicity and joy, and in Old English, daisies were referred to as “day’s eye” because at night the petals close over the centres and during the day they re-open.

The phrase “as fresh as a daisy” originated from this, signifying that someone had a good night’s rest.

This is the third version I've made using moulded watercolour paper, and I've used a gold high gloss liquid chromium marker to colour the flower centres.

Some of the daisies are mounted on a tiny foam-board plinth to raise them up from the surface to create interesting 3D textures and shadows.

The watercolour paper backing has been painted black and the whole piece has been framed in a deep black box frame glazed with glass.

Materials used:

Moulded watercolour paper, foam board, heavy watercolour paper painted black, framed in a deep box frame glazed with glass

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