Sophy Naess
In Icelandic Poppies VI, NYC, Spring 2025, Sophy Naess brings a buoyant touch to her ongoing study of botanical forms. Set against a light blue ground, the composition bursts with poppies in vivid orange, yellow, red, and white. Their upright stems and gently tilted heads suggest both liveliness and fragility. As with much of her work, this painting balances joy and transience in equal measure.
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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.