FLORIS NEWS

WELCOME TO FLORIS FINE ART

We are a collective of four artists who share a passion for painting flowers and botanical forms. We have come together to exhibit our work as a group, offering a unique and bespoke gallery experience. Our different approaches and painting techniques bring variety without compromising harmony and unity when exhibiting together. We are excited to see where this collaboration takes us creatively and very happy that you would like to join us on this journey.

We have all exhibited in the UK and abroad. We have shown our award-winning work at ING Discerning Eye, New English Art Club (NEAC), Royal Society of British Artists (RBA), Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI), Society of Women Artists (SWA), Society of Botanical Artists (SBA), Affordable Art Fair and Chelsea Arts Society. We are represented by galleries such as Carina Haslam, Highgate Contemporary, Aubergine Art Gallery, St Ives Contemporary, Nadia Waterfield and the Russell Gallery and are collected across the world. We have sold work at Christies Auction House and appeared in publications such as Plein Air Magazine, Artists & Illustrators, Country Living Magazine and the Luxury Report.

Rosemary says ‘ Painting has become my means of exploring and connecting to the visual world and communicating to others the feelings it arouses. I am especially drawn to the complexity and beauty of flowers as a subject,’

My work is principally concerned with observation, colour relationships and the dynamic interplay of marks on the painted surface.

I paint in a “painterly” fashion with visible brush strokes, alla prima (wet paint on wet paint). I also use lots of paint to create a textured surface, known as impasto painting. I try really hard to create a high level of realism as I want to portray the flowers in all their beauty.

Penny says, ‘ Still life to me is a meditative investigation of light, no matter what the subject matter but the seasons play a big role in my depictions,’