Wednesday 24 October 2012

Pine cones: small but perfectly formed


'Small but perfectly formed'
Painter Jane Tomlinson has been making a series of small canvases focusing on small things from the big wide world. These form a wall of pictures which Jane calls 'small but perfectly formed' which will be on display during the Eynsham Winter Artweekend.

There are birds and animals, flowers, grasses, conkers, stones and pine cones.

Jane says: "I'm really fascinated by the double helix formation of pine cones - a double spiral around a single axis. You see the same thing in the pattern of seeds on a sunflower head. It crops up everywhere in nature and is the dominent structure of DNA. I thought it would be fun to make some studies of a handful of pine cones I picked up from beneath a Scots pine recently."
Red pine cones - by Jane Tomlinson - £95
Pine cones - by Jane Tomlinson - £95
Each canvas on Jane's 'small but perfectly formed' wall measures 30cm x 30cm and all are priced at only £95.