High Country Wildflowers captures a fleeting moment in the alpine landscape—when the air is thin and bright, and sudden color emerges against the muted tones of rock and grass. It is a scene of quiet intensity: blooms scattered across exposed slopes, fragile yet unyielding, holding their own against the wind and altitude.
Working in oil and wax on canvas, I sought to preserve the tension between delicacy and endurance. The wax medium allows the pigment to breathe and glow, holding the light in suspension much like the alpine air itself. Layers are built, scraped back, and re-formed, creating a surface that carries both movement and stillness. I am less interested in describing individual species than in evoking their presence—how small bursts of color hold the eye within an otherwise restrained, weathered landscape. These flowers become symbols of persistence; beauty that endures precisely because it is brief
 
Oil and wax on canvas 103cm x 94cm - Framed in flaoting oak.