STAR FLOWERS II
Artist: Sophie Edell
Date: 2024
Medium: Acrylic paint on wood panel
Dimensions: 16” x 20”
Artist: Sophie Edell
Date: 2024
Medium: Acrylic paint on wood panel
Dimensions: 16” x 20”
Artist: Sophie Edell
Date: 2024
Medium: Acrylic paint on wood panel
Dimensions: 16” x 20”
About the Exhibition
Florals for Spring came about when Edell created an initial work based on wildflowers growing in her yard, where the complex interplay of line and color inspired her to adopt a new approach to painting. As with many of her representational pieces, she began these floral works with a vibrant foundational underpainting. This technique took on new variations with her decision to apply further layers of black paint to represent shadow and patches of corresponding abstract color wherever flowers were found in the initial image. During her ongoing explorations, Edell has found flowers to be an ideal subject matter due to the boundless range of hues, shapes, and the often chaotic and unexpected patterns they assume as they bloom.
About the Artist
Sophie Edell is a visual artist residing in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, Canada. Edell grew up in Toronto, and moved to Montreal in 2007 to study art at Concordia University. Since graduating in 2011, she has explored many artistic avenues from drawing and painting to textile and design. She returned with focus to her love of painting in the summer of 2020 after a move from the city to a more rural setting. Edell has spent the past few years painting primarily from photographs of her surroundings, as well as images of design-focused interiors. The resulting body of work aims to explore the way our interactions with our surroundings tell a story and how our tendencies and aesthetics create a fingerprint of our presence.
