semper augustus
“These tulip-inspired photographs were produced by first applying thick acrylic paint mixed with PVA to sheets of acetate—which, appropriately enough, were then left in the greenhouse to dry. I drooled the paint mixture on the acetate, then used a fat, dry decorator’s brush to emulate the colour breaks of tulip petals. That done, I used slips of Sellotape to fasten the acrylic sheets into loose cones, which I then photographed at various exposures to disappear the sheet itself, leaving me with these abstractions.” May 2025
