September is Spring in the Southern Hemisphere where I was born
and grew up. But it is Autumn (or Fall) where I live now. So I thought I may
make a double piece, in two halves, one for each season, reflected in the
colours used. I started with
Spring –
it got me thinking of flowers, butterflies, lighter clothes, brilliant blue
skies, the smell of new life, wonderful colours - and got so carried away that
I never got round to making the Autumn half. In fact Spring got too big -
18" by 18" - so I'm just staying with the Southern Hemisphere version
of September. Fall will have to wait until another time.
When I was a child and a teenager in Argentina, we watched many
Italian films - they were shown because of the large Italian population in the
country - people emigrated to Latin America between the wars and after the
Second World War. One of
those films was called E Primavera. I don't remember much about it - but it
somehow relates. The word for Spring - Primavera - is the same in Spanish and
in Italian. I love the cinema - although these days I see movies as much on TV
or on DVD as I see in them in the cinema - but I do like to see ‘the
big ones’
on the silver screen.
Primavera is also the name of a
favourite painting by Botticelli, in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence - one of the
first places I visited in my first trip to Europe in 1964 (several years before
I came to live in England) - and it made a lasting impression.
Primavera – my piece - is made with a strip-piecing technique, using a
range of bright colours to signify flowers, and vegetation, but also lighter
colours such as yellow and orange; and greens and blues. It's been quilted with
variegated threads in a free motion pattern of flowers and leaves.
Alicia
Glad you could join me in the Southern Hemisphere Alicia ! Love your bright colours and the multi hued thread.
ReplyDeleteI love the energy in this piece. It feels festive, like spring.
ReplyDeleteI love the texture and color of your piece! I visited the Uffizi Gallery in Florence in February, 2012 and I loved it. Maybe I will visit the gallery again this year.
ReplyDeleteI'm embarrassed to say I was well into adulthood before I really thought about the seasons being reversed in the southern hemisphere. I think it's a much more global world now with internet and probably everyone realizes this…. Looking forward to my first trip there next year.
ReplyDeleteLovely, lively piece, Alicia. The piecing is wonderful!