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$787.50The Story
Size:36 x 44 in.
Lee Ellis’s original painting Are the flowers in the room with us? (32" x 39") bursts with vibrant energy and restless vitality. A chaotic bouquet of oversized blooms fills the composition, tumbling out of a rich violet vase against a deep indigo background. The flowers, painted in thick, expressive strokes of pinks, yellows, oranges and blues, appear to pulse with life, their forms almost dissolving into abstraction. Bold outlines and dripping paint heighten the sense of immediacy, as if the bouquet is caught in a state of flux, simultaneously blooming and unravelling. The title adds a surreal, humorous twist, hinting at the uncanny presence of these seemingly animate flowers.
Ellis is a British multi-media artist based in Bristol, celebrated for his daring experimentation across painting, printmaking and drawing. His practice is defined by a fearless use of colour and a raw, expressive approach that often balances angst with wit. While his earlier work focused on figures filled with visceral intensity, his more recent pieces expand his language into unexpected territories. In this work, the floral still life is transformed into something theatrical and alive, fusing beauty with disorder. Ellis’s ability to inject humour and originality into traditional subjects makes his work both compelling and unmistakably contemporary.
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Size:36 x 44 in.
Lee Ellis’s original painting Are the flowers in the room with us? (32" x 39") bursts with vibrant energy and restless vitality. A chaotic bouquet of oversized blooms fills the composition, tumbling out of a rich violet vase against a deep indigo background. The flowers, painted in thick, expressive strokes of pinks, yellows, oranges and blues, appear to pulse with life, their forms almost dissolving into abstraction. Bold outlines and dripping paint heighten the sense of immediacy, as if the bouquet is caught in a state of flux, simultaneously blooming and unravelling. The title adds a surreal, humorous twist, hinting at the uncanny presence of these seemingly animate flowers.
Ellis is a British multi-media artist based in Bristol, celebrated for his daring experimentation across painting, printmaking and drawing. His practice is defined by a fearless use of colour and a raw, expressive approach that often balances angst with wit. While his earlier work focused on figures filled with visceral intensity, his more recent pieces expand his language into unexpected territories. In this work, the floral still life is transformed into something theatrical and alive, fusing beauty with disorder. Ellis’s ability to inject humour and originality into traditional subjects makes his work both compelling and unmistakably contemporary.
