Whispering Cottongrass
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The cottongrass is a sensitive and delicate flower, which I painted in a minimal style. I saw a single piece of cottongrass, which I wanted to compliment with splashes of primary colours. I finished the painting in my sleep. I saw it with a dragonfly, but I just wanted to whip up the brush strokes in a haphazard way to convey it whizzing round the air. I took the risk to off balance the painting, but I think it works. Then finally, I just streaked in minimal strokes in the foreground of colours I saw in my mind contrasting a warm orange rust with cold greens.
About the Artist
Debbie Cullis
In 1991, I completed a degree to teach Primary School children, a BEd Hons, majoring in Art. I worked as an Occupational Therapist carrying out craft activities with young adults of learning disabilities. I kept up my painting with compiling illustrations for friends on two occasions. In between I…
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