Jo Self: Flowers

by Jo Self

Artist: Jo Self
Published: 2003
Publisher: Frances Lincoln, London
Edition: -
Format: Hardback
Height: 28cm
Pages: 144
Illustrations: Includes over 200 colour illustrations

£30.00£14.95

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Jo Self: Flowers

Jo Self spent two years as artist-in-residence at Kew Gardens, a position created specially for her. Her bold, deceptively simple large-scale paintings of flowers are a striking blend of the sensuous and the symbolic.

Self has been painting flowers since 1993, and this book is a record and an exploration of her work. The first part of the book contains four essays, each discussing a different aspect of Self's work. The contributors include the author and broadcaster Will Self - Jo Self's brother-in-law - the garden writer Elspeth Thomspon and the art critic Sarah Kent. Also included is a revealing interview with the artist by the critic Cathy Courtney. The second part of the book contains full-colour reproductions Jo Self's bold, compelling paintings. This book also features newly commissioned photographs of Jo's studio and garden in South London by Howard Sooley.