Between Rain and Light

This piece began with a coloured pencil workshop led by Kristy Partridge, which focused on a single blue bloom. While the structure of the flower was inspired by that session, I followed my own intuition to evolve the painting.

I first created the soft pastel background — layered blues and greens blended into an abstract atmosphere. After sealing the surface with fixative, I returned to develop the flower in coloured pencil, allowing it to emerge forward from that field of colour. The final touch was the falling droplet — a quiet detail that completed the sense of suspended motion.

The contrast between the looseness of the background and the precision of the petals gives this piece its gentle tension. The blues shift subtly in the light, deepening against the warmth of the golden centre.

Though slightly outside my usual wildlife and landscape focus, this work continues my exploration of light, atmosphere, and the emotional depth of colour — that moment between rainfall and returning light