Recent paintings of seashells and flowers in imagined settings, making up part of the March 2011 Fountainhead Gallery exhibit "Drift". The seashell not only has beautiful forms, but calls to mind associations with the body, bones, sheltering chambers, and spiraling growth patterns. Flowers also show spiraling patterns, and are light and ephemeral. Their petals have a skin-like tactility.

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All images copyright Louise Britton, 2010, 2011.

Cloudy with Chance of Teardrops

Cloudy with Chance of Teardrops
24" x 30", oil on canvas
 

Burning Sky with Orchids

Burning Sky with Orchids
23" x 25", oil on canvas

Blue Moon

Blue Moon
25" x 27", oil on canvas

Floating Poppy
16" x 20", oil on linen panel

Displacement

Displacement
30" x 24", oil on canvas

Shelter

Shelter
20" x 16", oil on linen panel

Hover

Hover
18" x 14", oil on canvas panel

Pale Twister
16" x 20", oil on linen panel

Repose

Repose
26" x 38", oil on canvas

Pirouette
40" x 24", oil on canvas

Vanity

36" x 32", oil on canvas