Three Flowers

threeflowers
  • Three Flowers Seen
  • Among Blues and Greens
  • With A Leaping Orange Shemozzle
  • 48” x 42”, acrylic on stretched canvas, 1996

For me, this painting represents an exploration into the question of what if colour has a life of its own?” – a question I first saw put by the French painter, Sonia Delaunay. “A Leaping Shemozzle” was the name of a dance troupe which visited Wellington, New Zealand, during its 1996 Arts Festival. People often ask me what a shemozzle is – I don’t have a clue. However, I have noticed that “not having a clue” can be a very powerful beginning…