Spineflowers

Artist: Firedrake
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Spineflowers

In the bestiary there’s also a garden. It’s walled off though, so the beasts can’t trample it!

I loved painting the undulating fin shapes of this piece, so I had to do another.

15×30cm, watercolour, chalk pastel, ink, conte, iridescent pigments and copper leaf on canvas.

In this one you can see the shiny copper:

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Firedrake replied

I think you’d plant a few, and then they’d just take over.
CateTownsend

wonderful
Tania Donald

gorgeous! the texture is almost palpable. : D
Lisa Kenny

you have a brilliant imagination !
Damian

Cool work! Just like a coral garden… if it was made of spines…
Firedrake replied

Haha, so that’s where my inspiration came from! It was only in March that I was swimming with coral :)
transmute

Is that a wee bit of medulla oblongata?
Firedrake replied

I beg your pardon?
kvalle

OMG I LOVE this soooooooo much…. beautiful stufff…..
msclairesunday

so wonderful, imaginative
jaycee

Amazing work, I just love this.
flynshooter

weird stuff… TOTALY LOVE IT!!!!!!
Priscilla Rodr...

ohh this is very pretty!
Maureen Brittain

Fantastic picture!
Cornelia Togea

very nice work!
Vanella Mead

cool very nice!
KellyThomas

wicked, you’ve struck upon a really cool idea here. Can’t wait to see more crazy plants x
Firedrake replied

Hehe yeah, just your thing plant girl! You know how crap I am with plants :(
Michael Alesich

Stunning piece Firedrake, I love the spines of these.

Beautiful as always.
Paul Louis Vil...

Your creative process would be stuff that books are written about!
Love your style and uniqueness! :D
MiMiDesigns

Hi Firedrake
I’d like to see the whole garden!
Here’s a technical question: Can you please tell me how you protect watercolour and conte on canvas? Do you seal the paintings with an acrylic varnish?
Midori Furze

WOW!!
Awesooooooooome!!
: )))
Conrad Stryker

^what they said.

Bloody brilliant work.
kreesor

Amazing work!!
KevinKelly

Very very nice.
Incognita

gorgeous as ever! You might be interested in the work of another melb.~~based artist, Donna Kendrigan -~~ she made a lovely interactive called ‘Garden of Organs’ (I thing) that I think you’d enjoy. She shows at Mars…
kafka

I love this K – anything with bones in works for me – as these are spines, does that make them cactii ?!
Firedrake replied

Haha, not that kind of spine! Though, why not?
Gili Orr

Nice!!! And congrats for the feature, of course ;-)
Shadi N. Saber

Very cool! Love seeing new stuff dude (:
Natalie Tyler

I’ll just pick my jaw back off the floor then … ;) Stunning work Firedrake.
frozenfa

ooooooO!!!! great perspective! great textures… love the colors!
Herkissable

This is GORGEOUS loving the whole concept… awesome piece!!
Donna Huntriss

I love your imagination! I wouldn’t mind a few plants of these in my garden!
Marie Magnusson

spectacular, you almost expect them to reach out and slap you in the face!
Lisa Defazio

These are really …..lost for words….

A new development pushing your work into a whole new stratosphere. Beyond beautiful.
Firedrake replied

Aw, thanks!!
Sort of like George O’Keefe’s evil twin, muuaaa aa aaaaaaa!!
Lisa Defazio

Dr Suess meets medical examiner :)))) love it.
Rachel Aponte

Very beautiful drawing! Lovely colors!
kipishiux

very great
chelsgus

You’re a talent!
They look like they should be living amongst the quirky coral creatures of sculptor Vipoo Srivilasa.
Firedrake replied

I googled him….WOW. Thanks so much!

Everyone, look how awesome he is: his website
Evelyn Howard

beautiful – love it lots
coni

excellent work!
Alyson Pearson

oh very cool!
Naomi Downie

very original
handprintz

l really like this,lovely work
JonnyMarvel

great design
Tollwut

GREAT!
firefluff

Gorgeous! : )
Birgitta

You know…every once in a while, I see something so different…so strange-
it triggers an acid flashback in my brain where for a split second I’m caught
off guard and completely disoriented…stunned by what I’m seeing.

This…..is that.

Thanks for the trip. ;)
Firedrake replied

Haha – fantastic!! Glad it wasn’t a bad trip :)
dimsim

oooooo! gory!
Firedrake replied

Gorily peaceful :)
betha

Wonderful artwork, you have a fabulous style!!
BLYTHART

I haven’t seen this one before. It’s marvellous … but of course all your paintings are marvellous … it’s your duty to be marvellous and you never fail :)
Firedrake replied

Hehe. I like this one..took AGES.
CherieStrongArt

damn right quirky.. i live for this shit! Love it… more more more!
Firedrake replied

Hehe thanks!
squirrell

Completely fantastic.
Liesl Yvette W...

Brilliant!
Derek Stewart

I love this combination of whimsy, morbidity and imagination. Great idea skillfully executed.
EarthquakeBee

You have a glorious mind in there !
Firedrake replied

Thanks :)
Anastasiia Kuc...

i looove this! well done!
Matthew Chambe...

How would they synthesize though? Or would it obtain energy differently… perhaps the wind blows them around because of the flappy bits and the motion causes it to get energy that way.
Matthew Chambe...

Whoops: I meant photosynthesize.
Firedrake

They sway a little but not a lot. Water collects in the centre of the flower and is carried down the spinal cord :)
georgiegirl

This is gorgeous :D Love this world of yours… it’s amazing :D
Firedrake replied

Thank you, and thanks for your comment on the Carmine magazine article as well :D
Shannon Paskaruk

i love it!
Menekşe Tokcan

this is soo cool! i always love love love ur work anyways :)
bahgoesthesheep

hheeh sea tulips!!!
Jnet

Beautiful and the colour is amazing.
LouJay

These are magnificent, and I want some for my garden…...