Maureen Jordan

As an experienced gardener, I often found my interior design clients asking for garden planning ideas. I had always painted as a hobby alongside my interior design career and as the painting began to take over from designing, flowers seemed to be the natural subjects. I particularly enjoy the strong colours and immediacy of pastels to explore the various textures and light effects that these subjects offer.

We visited the Garden Park in Sigurta, Italy, some years ago and were amazed at this wonderful view. Visitor could walk on a narrow bridge across the pond planted with Lotus. The magnificent blossoms were waist high. Over the top you could see the rest of the garden and through the gap to the very deep valley beyond with the hills in the distance.

Californian Poppies and Pansies is typical of my garden pictures – pots of plants in the sun with a view of the garden in the background. These are the subjects that my workshop students love to paint.

I enjoy painting little pictures like Pansies in an old jug on the spur of the moment – just going into the garden, picking a few flowers, popping them into a jug and standing them on a table in the sun.

Artist’s Profile
Educated:
Kingston upon Hull Art College
Recent Exhibitions:
Annual Exhibition of The Society of Botanical Artists, Central Hall, Westminster, London; Annual Exhibition Florum Sevenoaks, Kent; Watercolour & Drawings Fair Covent Garden, London; Llewellyn Alexander Fine Paintings, Waterloo, London; Francis Iles Fine Paintings, Rochester, Kent.
Upcoming Exhibitions: See listing
Indicative Price:
£280 - £3000
Contact: 43 Marlborough Road
Ipswich IP4 5AX
Tel: 01473 278 122
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