Flowers in the Garden

The effect of polinator friendly plants in our gardens and parks is profound. Their inclusion brings biodiversity by offering nourishment in the form of nectar and pollen for bees, hover flies, butterflies, and moths. These single blooms of native species and hybrid flowers enhance the living breathing collective song of our natural world.

                                         

                                           The Collective Song  Series 1

                                           Cosmos bipinnatus 'Purity'
                                           graphite on paper 16x12cm

                                           Coral Guest 2011
                                           private collection

Flowers in the House

Single flowers play the primary role in our gardens and parks by offering pollen and nectar to bees and other worthy insects. The hybridised double blooms that offer insects no nourishment, particularly those grown in glass houses, can seem to have lost sight of their parent species. Seemingly clinical, these flowers exist to bring us something from their esoteric nature. The message they offer is in the moment of emotion that their beauty invokes. This is the gifting of purity that reaches beyond the spoken word and is received in silence.

                                                Look Into My Eyes Series 1

                                                Florist's Carnation

                                                graphite on paper 16x14cm

                                                Coral Guest 2012