Cecily Slade

Cecily Slade

102 x 76 cm

Oil

The play of light through the petals of these blossoms is truly beautiful. Combined with a sophisticated colour palate the interchange between the bokeh effect in the background and the softness of the petals makes for a work that is truly captivating.

Cecily Slade

Oil on canvas
1220 x 610 mm

I loved this flower because its petals reminded me of insect wings. I wanted to express the fragile textures and the intrinsic embedded forms within the petals. The transparent colours vibrate and light to glows through the work. I wanted the viewer to engage with the magical synergy between petals and tiny wings.

Cecily Slade

Oil on Canvas

760 x 760mm

First light, and a shock of awareness splits the void shattering form into myriad planes of glowing light.’

The intricate beauty and subtle nuances of colour and light and the harmony of line and form flowers embody are integral to my work. I aim to open perceptions and enliven a sense of wonder.

Cecily Slade

Oil on Canvas

1020x760mm

There’s so much vibrant excitement of movement, colour and light in this painting it has to be a carnival. The pure white petals of this poppy are brought to life with the intensity of the background colours and the dancing red poppies created with bokeh effects.

Oil on Canvas

760x760mm

The petals of this iris were such a wonderfully rich colour, with a beautiful rich velvety texture that I had to try to bring it to life in this painting. Growing in a soft misty woodland setting it is a sublime combination of experiences.

Cecily Slade

Oil on Canvas

610x610mm

I found these lovely purple tulips at Floriade in Canberra. The pansies peeping around them reminded me of fairies in the woods

Cecily Slade

Oil on Canvas

1220x910mm

Flowers do indeed dance with the light. I loved the transparency of how the light reflected through the petals of this camelia. The morning light sparkles through the canopy, it is an evanescent and magical world created with bokeh effects.

Cecily Slade

Oil on Canvas

910x760mm

These luscious deep red peonies are happy in each other’s company. They flow and blend into each other perfectly making a spectacular presence on the wall. I also love the purple light that shines through them and the soft textural background that makes the flowers so luminous.

Cecily Slade

Oil on Canvas

1220x760mm

In Luminescent I wanted these roses to shine out of the darkness and the senses to be assailed and the mind engaged in the strength of light emerging from the depth of quiet botanical space. White is never white and I like to see how much colour I can find within it.

Oil on Canvas

1520x910mm

I’ve tried to bring a small subtle and vibrant world to life. One which is all around us and we don’t often appreciate. Sunlight dancing through foliage created with bokeh effects, colour filled light and shade, created with transparent layering and intense attention to detail are characteristic of my work.

Cecily Slade

Oil on Canvas

1020x760mm

This joyful painting is filled with life and energy. A stunning vibrant pink peony surrounded with vibrating light created with bokeh effects.

Cecily Slade

Oil on Canvas

610 x 610

I particularly selected these flowers for their form to create the overall design of the work. Their depth and variety of colour is beautiful and my favourite part the centre of the main flower ads amazing depth to the composition. The painting has a shimmering quality to it when viewed under lights hence its name.

Cecily Slade

Oil on canvas

1020 x 760 mm

Pink peonies are a symbol of good luck and prosperity. My wish is for these luscious pink peonies to bless your home with good luck and prosperity everyday.

Cecily Slade

Oil on canvas

910 x 760 mm

Oh, seeker of beauty and truth. Dance with freedom through the world’s darkness

Our precious gift

Lead us home

Cecily Slade

Oil on canvas

1015 x 1015 mm

On a lovely autumn day in Toowoomba’s Queens Park this bee was happily buzzing through the dahlia bushes with his mates.

I wanted to recreate the sensuousness of this bloom and the gorgeous patterning of magenta colouring through this otherwise white dahlia gives it its name, Blush.

Cecily Slade

Oil on canvas

1000 x 1000 mm

I love finding interesting organic spaces that are unexpectedly beautiful and bound to be missed at a casual glance. These little spaces channel the light through the foliage, creating light patterns and colour transformations. They make spaces for colourful blossoms to peek through and invest translucent leaves with golden glowing light.

I love the richness of the purples through this painting too. These sweet peas were part of The Carnival of Flowers, Toowoomba’s celebration of all things floral and beautiful.

Cecily Slade

Oil on canvas

760 x 760 mm

I love hot pink. To me this beautiful pink peony said excitement with style and panache. That is why I have called it Flair.

My flowers are outdoors in natural light and this increases the range and intensity of colour and I have developed my own techniques to make the light bounce off the canvas. This beautiful peony just glows with intense sunlight.

Oil on canvas

760 x 760 mm

I was interested in how the rain had so saturated the petals of this poppy that it reminded me of an antique lace doily.

This is what I have tried to recreate in this painting and why it is called Lace.

Oil on canvas

910 x 760 mm

This peony was the most complex of flowers. Ice violet pink and white in colour, moving into intense shades of purple and rose in its depths.

The lacy white petals framing the flower are so intricate it makes for a sumptuous floral confection.