Spring And Autumn

This work reflects the colours of the two season Spring and Autumn. As with many pieces I create this work started when finding in the garden between the leaves and stems of an early daffodil a cluster of six ladybirds.

When I started making Spring at that time was looking at irregular canvas shapes and so eventually ended up with the shape you can see which I liked. The daffodil has six petals and looking into the flower was where the circular shape came from initially. Although the daffodil and ladybirds were the original inspiration, I did not want to reflect it realistically I wanted a shape with a more universal appeal. Humanity has been making circles since ancient times with it’s intonation of oneness and mystery.

Having chosen the circle, I wanted to convey a sense of motion because to me Spring and Autumn have always seemed the more transitory of the seasons, spring heralds’ summer as autumn heralds’ winter of both signifies the ending of winter and summer, the main events. They both truly have their beauty, but they seem like stepping stones.  The sense of motion I wanted comes from loosing the symmetrical appearance of the daffodil leaves into shapes all flowing the same way.