Flowers of the Mediterranean no 2
Summary
Yellow flower with round green leaves painted on a green/blue background. Rectangular-shaped wood support with top corners cut diagonally, painted red on the sides and white on the back. The structure of the wooden base resembles funeral architecture, specifically a head stone. This work is from a series which commemorates certain plants threatened with extinction; each work is a shrine to various endangered species of plant or shell.
Object Name
Flowers of the Mediterranean no 2
Creators Name
Date Created
1989
Dimensions
unframed: 45.5cm x 24.7cm
accession number
1991.67
Support
wood
Medium
oil paint
wax