PRETTY BRUTAL
Acrylic Painting on Canvas
1430mm x 1630mm
Framed
New Zealand contemporary artist Carmel Van Der Hoeven is known for her floral paintings and expressive approach to brushwork.
This contemporary floral painting features a dense composition of flowers and foliage, built through layers of gestural brushwork and expressive mark-making. The overlapping strokes create a strong sense of movement and rhythm, reflecting the cycles of growth and change found in nature. The work explores transformation and the marks left by time, with a sense of beauty and resilience emerging through Carmel’s distinctive floral imagery.