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White Orchid Against Pale Background

Steve White

2022 • Netherlands • Acrylic on Linen

39 x 28 in

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Steve White

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Medium : Acrylic on Linen
Other details : Artwork on wood. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
Dimensions : 39.4x27.6in

About this artwork

Dormant Orchid may sound like an obscure hard rock grunge trio playing a minor stage at Glastonbury Festival but it is evidently a well known phenomenon amongst horticulturalists. Orchids hibernate, usually for six to nine months. During this period they play dead. This orchid - which was given to the artist as a gift by a grateful car body shop for choosing them to repair his car - recently resurrected itself after a three year snooze. Apparently… some orchids remain dormant for longer periods through stress. This is almost certainly the case for this orchid - it has been maltreated, neglected, and only got spared being thrown out as a weed by indifference. It was only watered as an afterthought. When the artist last painted it it was standing upright. Now it is bent over like a hunchback. The artist would be very surprised if this orchid bothered to regenerate itself again in five years time for another portrait by such an ungrateful painter, but he lives in hope.

Steve White

Netherlands

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Experienced Artist
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« MODERN ART = I COULD DO THAT + YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T. -Craig Damrauer »

Steve White, a painter based in the Netherlands, has extensively exhibited his works nationally, as well as in the United Kingdom. While he appreciates that art can stir emotions and have great meaning for people, he has a more practical approach to creation. For example, one of the tests he does for his own works is simple - he asks himself, "Would this look good over someone's sofa?". White's abstract realist compositions also combine elements of minimalism.

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