Pictured above: a stepping stone to new directions: Tudor Rose, 2023, (study), acrylic on canvas mounted on board, 10 x 10 cm.
The tattoos are based on details from an embroidery, also titled Tudor Rose, designed by May Morris, circa 1892.
Pictured below: the studio today, looking across one cluttered surface to another. The recently completed painting Tudor Rose is in the foreground, giving a clearer idea of its scale. Elizabethan portrait miniatures, particularly those by Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver, are an enduring influence. Although Tudor Rose and other paintings in this series are studies that will later be expanded on, they are also finished works in their own right.
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