Susan Morris 'Homegrown' - collected minimalist expressive brushstrokes

expressive brushstrokes

laborious and yet senseless contortion

Image Size: 90 x 72 cm

'Set the Table in Orange' 2001

Wills is held in several public collections

Susan Morris 'Homegrown' - collected minimalist expressive brushstrokesBased in Melbourne, Susan Morris is a contemporary painter who is best known for her botanical still lifes. Often painting arrangements of native Australian plants and flowers, Morris compositions appear with dramatic flare, both belonging to the traditional genre of still life painting, and elevating it. In Homegrown, Morris creates a compelling composition, painting a bouquet of red geraniums emerging from a used can of tinned tomatoes. Rendered in