Oil on cotton canvas MDF panel
30 x 30 cms NFS
Inspiration: I was running an errand when the sight of this stunning display of flowers literally stopped me in my tracks. I adored the contrast of the vibrant flowers and the shiny metal buckets and I had to stop and capture a reference photograph for a future painting there and then!
This was the very first painting I painted during #stayhomesavelives. It marked a return to painting in oils using brushes and I was instantly smitten.
I was really happy, and grateful, that it was selected for POL (The Artist & Leisure Painter Magazines' Open Art Competition 2020 in the professional artist category).
Dorset Artist - inspired by nature and the beautiful wildflowers & coast of my home county
Oil & acrylic original paintings
All images © Andrea Hook
Selected for 'The Artist' Highly Commended Online Exhibition 2022
Double selection for 'ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2020', Mall Galleries
Selected for 'The Artist' category of The Artist and Leisure Painter Magazines' Open Art Competition 2020
Selected for Artists & Illustrators Magazine's Artist of the Year, Mall Galleries Exhibition 2017
Winner of the New Forest Open Art 2015