Violet Leaf - 107 × 107 × 3 cm / 42.1 × 42.1 × 1.2 in
I named this painting after a perfume note. Violet leaf is one of the strangest notes there is: green and sharp at first, like a crushed stem, with a soft violet shadow that appears only a moment later. You cannot hold it. You can only notice it before it changes. I painted Violet Leaf the same way. Working on the floor, on raw linen, I placed every leaf with the palette knife, greens from moss to lime and violets from lavender to deep plum, each one thick enough to cast its own small shadow. The branches I could only begin. Two long bands of them ran in from the right and thinned out toward the left, and I let the centre stay open, so the pale linen could glow with soft white and yellow light like sun coming through foliage. Halfway down, a single violet leaf came loose on its own and now hangs in the air. Close to the surface there is still the dry, faintly sweet smell of linen and paint. Top notes: crushed green leaves, a flicker of lime light. Heart: violet petals, plum shadow. Base: raw linen, dark branches, stillness. On a wall it sits calmly against pale plaster, warm wood or a deep aubergine colour, and the light inside it shifts softly as the day moves. I don’t paint flowers or branches for their own sake. I paint my way of living: holding what can be held, and letting happen what cannot. In this painting every leaf is held, and the light between them is what I allowed to happen.
Medium: Acrylic and spray paint on 100% linen canvas
Dimensions: 107 × 107 × 3 cm / 42.1 × 42.1 × 1.2 in
Year: 2026
Signed and dated by the artist on the front
Comes with Certificate of Authenticity