Review: Rosie Sanders Against The Light

Rosie Sanders in addition to her epitome of Cannas 2
watercolour epitome on Arches paper
118 x 178cm

I've previously written on this spider web log nearly Rosie Sanders in addition to large scale bloom painting - so it was an particular pleasance yesterday to expire to the Private View of the Against the Light exhibition at the Jonathan Cooper Park Walk Gallery inwards Chelsea to run across amongst Rosie Sanders in addition to to see her real large watercolour paintings of flowers.

The "Against the Light" exhibition opens to Earth on 8 June in addition to continues until 23 June 2012.

Interested inwards the play of low-cal in addition to its number on the colour, pattern in addition to surface of the flowers, Sanders uses dramatic lighting to recreate the glow of sunshine through the petals. For this exhibition she focuses on the changing stages inwards the life bicycle of flowers

Once a botanical creative someone has "proved" their technical levels of excellence (eg RHS Gold Medal - Rosie has five) it's what they in addition to so exercise adjacent which peculiarly interests me. I personally real much similar botanical artists who force the boundaries of botanical fine art in addition to accept their fine art to the adjacent pace in addition to exercise something which is real distinctive in addition to unique to them. These are the artists whose run is at in ane lawsuit recognisable. Rosie is sure ane such artist.

A novel exhibition of large-scale watercolours of flowers, painted from life. Sanders boom close-ups of bloom heads inwards watercolour are painted on a hugely magnified scale, in addition to tin live on every bit large every bit 5ft across in addition to upwards to x times bigger than the flowers she is depicting.

You tin see merely how large her watercolour paintings are from my photographs.

I already knew that it was her habit to run on total sheets of Arches 640 gsm newspaper (which she doesn't stretch). However at that topographic point are paintings fifty-fifty bigger than that inwards this exhibition. Rosie told me she had a committee for a epitome that was fifty-fifty larger than a whole canvas in addition to decided to exercise to a greater extent than afterwards. She had to cutting newspaper from a curlicue for this in addition to and so stretch it afterward (turned over in addition to spray in addition to sponge the dorsum evenly / permit it settle / record downward in addition to permit dry out / in addition to so unloose tension in addition to cut down tape).

Against the Light

watercolour on Arches 640gsm, 102 x 154cm

I peculiarly liked the paintings of the cannas in addition to the amaryllis - the 2 largest paintings inwards the show. One of the interesting aspects of epitome fifty-fifty larger is the compositional conundrum it tin exercise if your flowers are to rest 'of a size' amongst others inwards an exhibition - in addition to how that powerfulness live on resolved.

It was thus real interesting to see how Rosie tackled the compositional challenge - in addition to likewise to appreciate the lineament of low-cal inwards both paintings.

A Rose inwards Winter, (dying) Delphiniums in addition to Tulipa
watercolour on Arches 640gsm
© Rosie Sanders

Rosie outset started epitome large paintings when commissioned to attain a large image. Her initial blueprint had been a triptych - which the customer liked but wanted every bit ane painting. Having done ane she did to a greater extent than in addition to her paintings are at nowadays much admired in addition to sell for large sums! Her run has been compared to that of Georgia O'Keeffe although to my require heed Rosie tends to pigment the whole bloom rather than parts of flowers every bit O'Keeffe did.

I'd recommend anybody interested inwards floral in addition to botanical fine art should expire in addition to see this exhibition if they can.

Rosie Sanders in addition to her epitome of Cannas Review: Rosie Sanders Against the Light

More nearly Rosie Sanders

Rosie Sanders (b.1944) lives in addition to plant inwards Devon. She is a fellow member of the Linnean Society in addition to has won several awards including the Royal Academy miniature honour in addition to 5 Royal Horticultural Gold Medals.

There is a Rosie Sanders blog on her lately updated website - amongst an RSS feed so you lot tin subscribe to it inwards Google Reader.

Rosie likewise teaches

She runs courses from her dwelling household inwards Devon - inwards June, July, in addition to November.
She likewise has a novel education DVD “Painting Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Leaf amongst Rosie Sanders” - in addition to you lot tin see a speeded upwards extract on YouTube (see below). The video covers 4 dissimilar types of leaves - an apple tree leaf, a furry leaf, a shiny leafage in addition to a variegated leaf. It covers the setting upwards in addition to the colours used every bit good every bit the approach to epitome each dissimilar leaf.

Rose Sanders - http://www.rosiesanders.com
Jonathan Cooper Park Walk Gallery - was established inwards 1988. Since in addition to so the gallery has gained a reputation for championing contemporary artists specialising inwards figurative, botanical in addition to wild animals fine art who cause got gone on to larn leaders inwards their fields.

The gallery is opened upwards Mon – Fri 10am – 6.30pm in addition to Sat 11am – 4pm.
Free Admission.
http://www.jonathancooper.co.uk
Park Walk Gallery, 20 Park Walk, London SW10 0AQ
General Enquiries: mail@jonathancooper.co.uk +44 (0) 207 351 0410

PS For what I did adjacent see Croissant in addition to cupcake at Gail's, Fulham Road Chelsea

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