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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jo Self , Howard SooleyPublisher: Quarto Publishing PLC Imprint: Frances Lincoln Edition: illustrated edition Dimensions: Width: 28.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 28.00cm Weight: 1.302kg ISBN: 9780711222199ISBN 10: 0711222193 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 04 September 2003 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsReviewsJo Self's floral paintings are like the darkness at the edge of the sun - a triumphant exploration of the power of pigment to titivate the psyche and arouse the emotions. Self is engaged in creating an anti-natural naturalism; her flowers are neither prettified nor decadent; not necessarily of the wayside or of the roadway. To enter Self's parallel garden world is to engage in a tremulous synaesthesia - the agonised juxtaposition of sense, and colour and sound. Will Self, 1998 Jo Self paints flowers in a style that is deliberately remote from botanical art ... None aims at botanical accuracy, but each one illuminates its subject, presenting the flower with vigour and zest so that it attains quasi-iconic status House & Garden There is much to be learned from the way poets and artists look at the natural world ... Sunday Telegraph Author InformationJo Self has been painting flowers since 1993. She has recently held the position of artist-in-residence at Kew Gardens, a two-year position created specially for her. Her bold, deceptively simple large-scale paintings of flowers are a striking blend of the sensuous and the symbolic. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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