I've always been curious about the tulip mania in The Netherlands during the 17th century: the dramatic tales of connoisseurs and collectors and cash-grabs, the spectacular boom and bust of the bulb bubble, and the fact that the beauty of the most prized variety, the Semper Augustus, was the result of a virus that eventually killed it. The possibility that some or all of these accounts are apocryphal only piques my interest all the more -- tulips bulbs were used as currency, and the stories about them grew and spread and mutated over hundreds of years.
Anyway, here's some gorgeous falling-down tulips I painted for my solo show at Rona Painting Gallery in Jericho this summer:
"Tulpenmanie"
50 x 40 cm
oil on canvas
2023
£1,400 (+ £50 for shipping)
Hi Robin, just wanted to say we watched your episode of Portrait Artist of the Year and loved your work, you should have won that heat. Good luck with your work in the future.
ReplyDeleteI agree with David. You should have won.
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