'Summer Breeze' is a collection of 17 paintings inspired by summer walks through the meadows that punctuate the landscape around my home in Saussignac, South West France.  A lover of flowers since a young age, I'm particularly drawn to how we interact with these incredibly beautiful specimens that nature provides.  'Summer Breeze' celebrates the explosion of joy I feel when surrounded by the bold beauty of floral displays; it celebrates the calmness that emanates from meadow flowers gently swaying in the wind and it documents the emotions I feel from my engagement with my surroundings.

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In November 2024 I visited the Musée Yves Saint Laurent in Paris and the Jardins de Majorelle in Marrakech.  Saint Laurent's interpretations of his own love of flowers was a watershed moment for me.  These two experiences were formative in taking this body of work to a more abstract form.  My own interpretations of flowers became bolder and more graphic in style.