Original artwork description:

Tucked away in a courtyard between two beautiful Victorian buildings in Kew Gardens is a lush botanical escape brimming with lovely Orchids. Their creamy white flowers contrast beautifully with the dark green leaves and it is a gentle, delicate combination. The pale beauty is captivating, Orchids are lovely and sweet.

By building up many layers of texture and colour, using brushes and palette knives, Angelika creates a rich surface and vibrant relationships between random shapes and deliberate markings in her work. She also uses charcoal and oil pastels to heighten the botanical impressions and create depth and movement in her paintings. The drips in Angelika’s work illustrate the endless cycle of growth and decay in organic structures, which again is a reflection of life itself.

The botanical forms on the canvas are inspired by flowers but in an abstract way in order to create a visual language that gives the viewer room for their own interpretations and dialogues. There is a constant awareness in her work to create translucency and light within the paintings and to show the ethereal beauty of nature.

Materials used:

Acrylic, Texture, Watercolour & Charcoal

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