The Story
Size:28 x 34 in.
Lee Ellis’s original painting Is Vinnie cool with this? (24" x 30") is a vibrant reimagining of the still life tradition, infused with Ellis’s unmistakable energy and irreverence. A vase of sunflowers bursts from the canvas in a riot of yellow, orange and green, their petals rendered with expressive sweeps of paint that drip and bleed into one another. Against the striking turquoise background, the flowers seem almost to vibrate with life, their exaggerated forms and dripping centres giving the work a playful yet unsettling twist.
The composition nods directly to Van Gogh’s iconic sunflowers, but Ellis reclaims the motif with a bold contemporary voice. The flowers here are not delicate symbols of beauty but raw, anarchic forms, overflowing with colour and intensity. The drips of paint create a sense of movement and decay, while the thick, gestural brushwork injects urgency and power into the scene.
Ellis, a Bristol-based multimedia artist, thrives on this kind of reinterpretation. His work often plays on the boundary between homage and parody, seriousness and wit. By merging high art references with raw, experimental mark-making, Is Vinnie cool with this? embodies his fascination with pushing painting forward while acknowledging the greats of the past, in a way that is both subversive and celebratory.
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Size:28 x 34 in.
Lee Ellis’s original painting Is Vinnie cool with this? (24" x 30") is a vibrant reimagining of the still life tradition, infused with Ellis’s unmistakable energy and irreverence. A vase of sunflowers bursts from the canvas in a riot of yellow, orange and green, their petals rendered with expressive sweeps of paint that drip and bleed into one another. Against the striking turquoise background, the flowers seem almost to vibrate with life, their exaggerated forms and dripping centres giving the work a playful yet unsettling twist.
The composition nods directly to Van Gogh’s iconic sunflowers, but Ellis reclaims the motif with a bold contemporary voice. The flowers here are not delicate symbols of beauty but raw, anarchic forms, overflowing with colour and intensity. The drips of paint create a sense of movement and decay, while the thick, gestural brushwork injects urgency and power into the scene.
Ellis, a Bristol-based multimedia artist, thrives on this kind of reinterpretation. His work often plays on the boundary between homage and parody, seriousness and wit. By merging high art references with raw, experimental mark-making, Is Vinnie cool with this? embodies his fascination with pushing painting forward while acknowledging the greats of the past, in a way that is both subversive and celebratory.
