Sophy Naess
Exuberant poppies stretch across a gray background in this delicate yet energetic painting by Sophy Naess. Part of her multi-year exploration of the Icelandic poppy flower, Naess paints arrangements during the short spring season when the flowers are in bloom. Working from observation as the plants are at their most vibrant, Naess captures the quiet tension between stillness and movement, structure and spontaneity, thriving and inevitable decline.
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Oil on canvas
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Meet Sophy Naess
Sophy Naess's artistic output reflects a life lived with enthusiasm. Using painting, weaving, and printmaking, she explores diaristic moments that reflect broadly on shared human experience.
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Sophy Naess's botanical paintings, prints, and weavings capture the restless vitality of fleeting subjects, balancing spontaneity with formal precision. Moving fluidly across mediums, Naess explores the tension between immediacy and structure, celebrating the ephemeral beauty of life as it unfolds and fades.
Watch Sophy Naess bring a floral painting to life and discuss how weaving has transformed her improvisational approach to composition and form. In her studio, Naess navigates the tension between immediacy and structure, capturing the fleeting beauty of life as it unfolds and inevitably fades away.