A selection of images from this commission.
Botanical artworks for a boutique hotel, Italy
Commission
Over three years, I created more than 30 unique, original botanical artworks for the guestrooms of a boutique hotel in northern Italy. The commission came from the art consultants Artiq, and the series grew out of my personal project Still Life with Flowers. The project was completed in 3 phases as the hotel was being refurbished.
The brief
Artiq asked me to create a series of unique artworks to hang in the hotel’s guestrooms, in the same style as Still Life with Flowers. I was supplied with photographs of the hotel’s beautiful gardens to draw on, along with a research folder of plants and flowers native to the region - this helped me to develop the colour palette and I created hand-painted backgrounds specifically for the work.
Making the work
I began with the garden photographs and the plant research, then built each composition in my North London studio, working predominantly with seasonal plants from my own garden and, where I could source them, species from the research folder. The colours and character of the region’s plants shaped the palette, so the series feels rooted in the hotel’s setting.
At the proof stage, each composition was reviewed with the project curator. Once the proofs were approved, they were sent away to be framed. We met in person to go through the proof prints.
The result
The finished series of more than 30 artworks hangs in the hotel’s guestrooms. Every piece is different, but together they read as one collection, quiet in colour and connected to the gardens outside.
Commission an artwork
I create bespoke botanical artworks for hotels, interiors and private homes. If you’re an interior designer, art consultant or collector with a project in mind, I’d love to hear about it.
