Freefall Series - Limited edition giclee prints of my Freefall series are available on request Jane@greenslate.plus.com

Freefall Series – Limited edition giclee prints of my Freefall series are available on request Jane@greenslate.plus.com

In this series of twelve paintings I have appropriated the ‘Small Flower Series’ of woodcuts prints of 19^th century Japanese artist Katasushi Hokusai.

Replacing the bird/s of the original prints with a hybrid creature of my own I have created work which is a celebration of natural flora and exuberant colour but is instilled with a sense of unease by the freefalling bird-doll/s.

I first came across images of Hokusai’s work about twenty years ago and was immediately impressed by his mastery of botanical subject matter and his superb skill with line and colour.

Having appropriated his images I changed their format and enlarged them to fit a square canvas. I replaced the bird/s from the original prints with a hybrid figure of my own. The freefalling ‘vanitas’ figures in each of the paintings, symbolise and question human confrontation with the natural world.

Areas of colour are painted in layers to achieve the flatness of a print. The print quality is further enhanced by black lines drawn around the flowers and foliage.

The title ‘Freefall’ expresses my feeling that we are freefalling into an uncertain future.

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