My love affair with peonies...

Peonies are what got me back into painting. I had packed away all of my paints and brushes for years while I started my career after university. But whenever I saw a picture of a peony, I had an urge to paint it! The range of colours and forms spoke to me, and before long I started unpacking my art supplies and dedicated time to being creative. I think this is what reignited my creativity again - for me it was part meditation, part compulsion, but ultimately part of myself that I couldn't ignore any longer!

All of these works were painted with acrylic on watercolour paper during 2016-17.