For Our Mothers
The florists may be sold out already, but Sulis still has plenty of flowers for your Mamas. We’ve put together a little collection of affordable pieces that celebrate the many faceted wonder of motherhood (because it isn’t all just flowers and kisses!). Here’s to our mothers, mother figures, grandmothers and important women in our life and finally, here’s to mother earth, because we are all her children.
This little springtime still life is perfect for this time of year, where the flowers look delicate and ethereal, but can withstand the hardest of frosts. There’s a maternal metaphor there somewhere, we are sure.
This elegant and aesthetically framed gouache piece, from our represented artist, Isabelle Mulvany, is an homage to Mother earth and her ability to both give and take from us.
A dynamic, colourful, layered and emotive bouquet of flowers for all those dynamic, colourful, layered and emotive mothers out there.
Paivio Westerlund Knighton (fl.1968-86) - 20th Century Oil, Celebration Flowers
Mothers hate to see their children cry, no matter how old they get. Distract them from your own crying with this woodcut of someone else crying. Then you can weep in peace without your mum fussing.
We know it’s a cliche, but sunflowers represented joy and, well, our mum's make us happy!
Women are mystical creatures, and a focus of our represented artist, Isabelle Mulvany’s work. In this magical portrait, she focuses on the knife edge on which a scorned woman can sit.
Mothers are absolute QUEENS, the lot of them! Bow down to Mother!
Rachel Grainger Hunt (1956-2016) - 20th Century Acrylic, Queen of Sheba
Give this to your mum to hang on her wall, so that she can imagine herself on a sunny city break in Europe while she washes your pants.
A bit of colour for your Mama in this fun still life by English artist, Maggy Clarysse.
Maggy Clarysse (1931-2011) - 20th Century Oil, Bountiful Fruit
For all those mothers who taught us how to love who we are and the body they grew for us, this sensitive Mid Century oil nude study has just the right amount of style and feeling.
We know this is one of our represented artist’s (Richard Young’s) take on a wedding union, but these joyful colours and a closeness between the two figures sings of motherhood and the bond it forms.
One thing that comes with the territory of being a parent, is being industrious. After a long day of looking after everyone else, all Mamas need to take off their wooden clogs, pour themselves a bowl of soup and kick back, à la this 19th Century maid.
Let’s not lie, kids are well needy. Sometimes you feel like they will never fly the nest and you will be constantly mouth feeding them forever. But don’t worry, they will leave eventually.
Michael Davies (b.1947) - Contemporary Watercolour, Blackbirds Feeding
This just about sums up how it feels to be a mum sometimes. Absolute chaos in your head, you haven’t slept or showered in 4 days and you’ve just given the kids some dubious leftovers from the back of the fridge that may or may not give them food poisoning, but slap a bit of lippy on and no one will notice, right?
Homework. Dreaded homework. Thank you to all the mothers out there who have sat for hours trying to re-learn GCSE maths while pretending they know exactly what they are talking about, to keep their kids from realising that parents aren’t actually all knowing…
Some self explanatory flowers. Mums are great, give them flowers.
It’s the quiet moments between the chaos of a family home, that can mean the most. Fresh cut flowers and your favourite song on the radio.
Harold H. Jones - Signed Early 20th Century Oil, Orange Blossom
