Pictured top, far right: a further progress view of Tudor Rose (acrylic on canvas board, 30.5 x 30.5 cm). To its left is the study for the work and a reproduction of the eponymous needlework panel designed by May Morris, from which the tattoo iconography is drawn.
Additional developmental views are below:
The work is from the current series, Decorated Women, to be exhibited at Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne in December 2024.
For earlier views of the work in progress, go HERE.
Pictured above and below: developmental stages of Tudor Rose, acrylic on canvas on board, 30.5 x 30.5 cm.
Pictured above: a stepping stone to new directions: Tudor Rose, 2023, (study), acrylic on canvas mounted on board, 10 x 10 cm.
The tattoos are based on details from an embroidery, also titled Tudor Rose, designed by May Morris, circa 1892.
Pictured below: the studio today, looking across one cluttered surface to another. The recently completed painting Tudor Rose is in the foreground, giving a clearer idea of its scale. Elizabethan portrait miniatures, particularly those by Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver, are an enduring influence. Although Tudor Rose and other paintings in this series are studies that will later be expanded on, they are also finished works in their own right.