Project Description
These 30 paintings were created in a daily painting project, painting one a day for thirty days – each in oil on primed paper. To. avoid hunting for a new thing to paint each day, I worked through my amassed seed packet collection. Easy to hand, colourful, plentiful.
If you’re interested in any piece, drop me a message.
Each painting is painted in oils on A4, thick watercolour paper, primed twice with white gesso.
Largely for this project I used my own seeds, but along the way a few people lent or given me their seed packets, weaving their stories in with my own. One packet was a special memorial variety of Sweet Peas from Thompson and Morgan, raising money for the Melanoma Fund, a charity set up by the husband of a local East Grinstead woman who sadly passed away.
Swiss Chard, oil on primed paper
Radish, oil on primed paper
Tomato (beef), oil on primed paper
Coriander, oil on primed paper
Sweetpea, oil on primed paper
Climbing beans, oil on primed paper
Tomato, oil on primed paper
Work in progress on Day 15: Climbing Bean Cobra
Broadbeans, oil on primed paper
Parsnips, oil on primed paper
Poppy, oil on primed paper
Spinach, oil on primed paper
Courgette, oil on primed paper
Borage, oil on primed paper
Morning Glory, oil on primed paper
Cabbage, oil on primed paper
Chilli pepper, oil on primed paper
Cornflower, oil on primed paper
Sweetcorn, oil on primed paper
Beetroot, oil on primed paper
Mangetout, oil on primed paper
Sunflower, oil on primed paper
Shasta Daisy, oil on primed paper
Peas, oil on primed paper
Lettuce (carters), oil on primed paper
Nicotiana, oil on primed paper
Sunflower (red), oil on primed paper
Carrots, oil on primed paper
Lettuce (iceberg), oil on primed paper
Sweet Sultan, oil on primed paper
Pumpkin, oil on primed paper
To see a selection of framed originals, prints, cards and tote bags featuring the seed packet paintings, see my Etsy shop.
