END OF SUMMER SUNFLOWER

END OF SUMMER SUNFLOWER

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END OF SUMMER SUNFLOWER
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END OF SUMMER SUNFLOWER

END OF SUMMER SUNFLOWER

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2025, Graphite on Handmade Lake District Paper

Unframed Dimensions: 66cm x 51cm (26in x 20in)

Framed Dimensions: 70cm x 55cm (27.6in x 21.7in)

Original work, signed by the artist, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, with the sale recorded in the artist’s archive.

PURCHASING OPTIONS:

Unframed: £650

Framed: £850 – presented in a bespoke, museum-quality frame
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About the Work

I have been working weekly through my Journal de Bord series for several years—an ongoing practice rooted in real-time observation, much like a captain's log. This approach is inspired by the Japanese shichijni ko calendar, where each micro-season lasts only a few days. Nature is constantly changing, and I strive to capture those fleeting moments before they vanish.

This piece is part of my Journal de Bord series, shared with my catalogue subscribers each week. In this entry, I reflect on what I observed in nature, how the piece unfolded, and the specific moment that inspired the work. Below is the journal entry to go alongside this artwork.

Entrée n°86

On a visit to Devon this week, I was recommended to stop at Darts Farm, a family-run farm in Topsham. Their large sunflower field, already past its prime, was nonetheless still beautiful. One of the family members kindly let me take a few back to the studio to work from.

In the UK, sunflowers are often grown as a late-summer crop, their height and brightness marking the season at its fullest. By early autumn, the heads turn downward, heavy with seed, a natural sign of the end of summer. 

I chose to work on a new paper I’ve sourced from a mill in the Lake District, in production since 1746. The sheet is handmade entirely from linen-flax, 190gsm, continuing a long tradition of English papermaking. For this artwork, I used graphite, a medium I turn to when I want to focus on structure and detail. Combining my work with these heritage crafts adds another layer to the moment in nature I am recording, linking material, process, and subject.

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