Flowers: The Project Katherine Boucher Beug
24th June - 17th July 2021
Artist Statement
These flower paintings have evolved over many year I moved to Ireland in 1971. Always a painter, I becam portraits of my arrangements of flowers from my gard
Even as I student, I admired the work of Morandi abo observation coupled with contemplation, infinite poss
About five years ago, I decided to tackle a particula was far more at home, practiced and through years o even though my special field of expertise was in colo instrument I was master of, but painting lagged behin paint. To remedy this problem, I decided to do a pain with paint, the more the paintings became an expres events outside of myself. This immersion in paint lead
I came to understand how important the containers f imagining “just the right vase” for a particular bunch ceramic studio in Kinsale added a new dimension to more physical than painting. My favourite Zinnia’s co presence by making different containers for them. On
rs starting from my first drawings of daffodils when me a passionate gardener. The paintings here are den, most of which were grown from seed.
ove all. His work taught me the importance of sibility in the every day; a bottle, a bunch of tulips.
ar ‘problem’ in my work as an artist. I realised that I of daily work more skilled at drawing than painting our and colour theory. Drawing was my realm, the nd. I needed to develop a more fluent, sensual use of nting-a-day. The more I developed my relationship ssion of my mood, influenced by the personal and by d to the Flower Paintings.
for each arrangement had become and started of flowers. The experience of working with clay in a o the project. Working with clay is even more direct, ould now be ‘sobered up’ or given a circus like nce again, infinite possibilities.
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With Crow | Acrylic on Canvas | 90 x 115 cm | €8000
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Zinnias in January | Acrylic on Paper | 55 x 44.5 cm | €1500
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Dahlias With Books | Acrylic on Paper | 55 x 44.5 cm | €1500
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Last Dahlia | Acrylic on Canvas | 61 x 50 cm | €6000
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One White One | Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas | 61 x 50 cm | €6000
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Mountain Bowl | Acrylic on Canvas | 61 x 50 cm | €6000
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With Glass Bowl | Acrylic on Paper | 55 x 44.5 cm | €1500
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In a Green Vase | Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas | 61 x 45.5 cm | €6000
Artist Sketchbooks
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Early Calendula | Acrylic on Canvas | 61 x 50.5 cm | €6000
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Last Tulips | Acrylic on Canvas | 61 x 50.5 cm | €6000
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Big Blue | Acrylic on Canvas | 61 x 50.5 cm | €6000
Tulip Zoot | Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas | 152 x 114 cm | € POA
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With Bird Shadow | Acrylic on Canvas | 61 x 50 cm | €6000
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On a Pink Plate | Acrylic on Canvas | 61 x 45.5 cm | €6000
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