Victoria Hannes-Fedko

My earliest memories are of nature walks with my grandmother in our family garden... and drawing. I would pick flowers and press them in the pages of books to preserve their beauty. And later, when dried, I would hold the thin petals to the light and study their delicate structures. I supposed it was this love of flowers and my need to observe detail that led me to floral painting. I like to approach each composition with the intention of revealing something unseen or unnoticed about the flower: I think of them as floral ‘portraits’.

I work in the lively medium of acrylics, sealed with oil glazes, to bring the blooms to life on the canvases. I also use textured pastes, gold leaf, mirror elements and semi-precious stones, which give my paintings a modern, luxurious look. I often paint on oversized canvases - limited in size only by the ability to get them through my front door! The large scale is immersive - providing a dramatic perspective into the floral world.