Flower on Red

"A flower drawn freely onto a colourful red background. The image ties together the two natures of my work- the art I create for tattooing, and the art I create for paper. The colourful background is rooted in colour and mark making and layers, not applicable to tattooing, while the flower is graphic and linear, mirroring the way I create tattoos. The flower has been drawn on with no sketch to fit the canvas the way I would draw the same design on a person to fit them perfectly whilst being unique to them - but there is a juxtaposition in the limitation of the square canvas, as opposed to the canvas of the body, which allows the design to be guided by and contorted with the body."