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by Jo Self (Author), Howard Sooley (Photographer) "I hate flower paintings," remarked Jo Self during one of our recent conversations ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Frances Lincoln; illustrated edition edition (4 Sep 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0711222193
  • ISBN-13: 978-0711222199
  • Product Dimensions: 29 x 28.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 224,365 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Jo Self paints flowers in a style that is deliberately remote from botanical art ... None aims at botanical accuracy, but each one illuminates its subject, presenting the flower with vigour and zest so that it attains quasi-iconic status (House & Garden )

There is much to be learned from the way poets and artists look at the natural world ... (Sunday Telegraph )

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Jo Self spent two years as artist-in-residence at Kew Gardens, a position created specially for her. Her bold, deceptively simple large-scale paintings of flowers are a striking blend of the sensuous and the symbolic.

Self has been painting flowers since 1993, and this book is a record and an exploration of her work. The first part of the book contains four essays, each discussing a different aspect of Self's work. The contributors will be: the author and broadcaster Will Self - Jo Self's brother-in-law - the garden writer Elspeth Thomspon and the art critic Sarah Kent. Also included is a revealing interview with the artist by the critic Cathy Courtney. The second part of the book contains full-colour reproductions Jo Self's bold, compelling paintings. This book also features newly commissioned photographs of Jo's studio and garden in South London.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Big and bold, 21 Jan 2005
By ILONACAT (WIRRAL, ENGLAND) - See all my reviews
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If you like flower-paintings to be nice, delicate little things, this is not the book for you. If, on the other hand, you are excited by bold colours and a superb handling of paint, you will probably like it. Many of the paintings were painted during Self's 2-year residency at Kew Gardens, so some of the flowers are exotic. Other paintings explore flowers you may well have in your garden. I say "explore" because she doesn't simply depict in a botanical sense. These flowers have real passion-in one sense, they form a kind of psychodrama.

I don't like the term "coffee-table book" but you could put this on your coffee-table. It is a lovely book, and would make a good gift. Unlike many artbooks of this quality, it is not unduly expensive.

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