12 × 16
Oil on Canvas
The Double Botticelli Study Series (Valentines Day)

Working from studies of Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus and Primavera, I translated these iconic compositions into a series of rose-tinted underpaintings. The blush ground acts as both atmosphere and pulse, allowing the figures to emerge through warmth rather than line alone. By filtering these Renaissance allegories through a contemporary lens, and timed with Valentine’s Day and Botticelli’s (and mine) birthday on March 1, I aim to soften their mythology into something intimate and immediate. The works become studies not only of Botticelli’s forms, but love as renewal, love as a return, and as love to be a source of inspiration.

Chloris depicts her transformation from a nymph into the goddess Flora, a narrative rooted in Ovid's Fasti.

The transformation signifies the transition from cold, harsh winds to the blooming fertility of spring. The flowers flowing from her mouth represent her transformation, with her character changing from the innocent, terrified nymph (Chloris) into the divine, graceful goddess (Flora).

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