Petal Flesh

This painting is a sensual and elemental continuation of the collection exploring the iris flower through alcohol ink and gold leaf, blurring the line between floral anatomy and the feminine form. The composition is dominated by swirling reds, earthy ochres, and glowing pinks that seem to unfold and pulse from a dark, central void — suggesting both the heart of a flower and something more bodily, visceral, and primal.
Golden and coppery washes give the work a radiant, internal warmth, while soft blues and corals brush gently against the outer edges like veins of light or air. The gold leaf at the base and lower left anchors the painting in a luminous terrain — textured and weathered like ancient ground or sacred relic.
At once blooming and bleeding, this work feels like a cross-section of emotion and form, a visual echo of creation, sensuality, and the cycles of birth and becoming. 
 
281mm by 201 mm mounted on board framed in a floating frame