Floral Watercolour Painting
This watercolour focuses on the wild, unstructured side of flowers. Not the neat arrangements you see in vases, but the way wildflowers and garden roses actually grow – overlapping, competing for space, creating accidental compositions.
Painted in 2024 using loose watercolour techniques. The soft washes of colour blend into each other while the flowers maintain their individual character. Pinks, purples, golden yellows, and deep burgundy create movement across the composition.
Medium: Watercolour on Arches paper
When: 2024
Size: 31×41cm (about 12×16 inches)
Why Floral Watercolours Work
Floral paintings remain popular with collectors because they add life and colour to spaces without being literal. This painting works in modern interiors because the loose, impressionistic style feels contemporary rather than traditional.
The mix of recognizable flowers (roses, what might be echinacea) with abstract foliage creates visual interest – your eye moves around the composition finding new details each time you look.
Watercolour Technique
The transparency of watercolour allows colours to mix optically rather than physically. Where pink overlaps with purple, you see both colours simultaneously. This creates depth and luminosity that opaque mediums can’t achieve.
The white paper showing through in places gives the painting breathing room – it’s not about filling every space, but knowing where to leave emptiness.
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