Birthday Cake Painting

“Birthday Cake” was created using watercolours on paper. This piece is my favourite of this collection! I love the colours, and it’s called birthday cake because when I was painting it it reminded me of that cake you had in school which was vanilla sponge covered in white icing and multi coloured sprinkles. If you’re from the UK and went to a state primary school then you will know what I’m talking about! My initial intention with this collection was to convey feelings and emotions through the colours and shapes within each painting whilst creating something visually pleasing and that would create a statement in any room. I was inspired by work that I had done years before at school, where I studied hyper realism. A lot of those artists did work surrounding marbles because of the intricate details, of which I have experimented with. I wanted to create similar concepts in this artwork and the others in this collection but instead used watercolour to give it more of a pop art. When viewers look at this artwork I want them to feel that excitement, that inner child that gets so excited for the celebrations of your birthday! I guess I want the viewer to want feel that innocent, playful happiness that I did when painting this and reminiscing about those times in my life.