Sally K
Bloom I
2018

Name: Bloom I
Brand: Sally K
Price: 3200 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Gazing at Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s floral artworks is consuming and empowering. Inspired by the endless variety of beautiful flowers, she creates pop-realistic paintings that speak to the energetic female experience; one of individuality and inherent strength in femininity. There are endless floral arrangements capturing attention through a celebration of floral abstraction and wild, fanciful coloration. Lavish in application and luxurious in composition, Sally K.'s work is inspired by pop art, culture, and fashion. This 66 inch high by 70 inch wide vivid painting is wired and ready to hang. The sides of this large scale original artwork are painted as a continuation of the front and it does not require framing. Free local Los Angeles area delivery and installation, including placement and hardware. Affordable U.S. and global shipping are available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Sally K was born in Ohio following her family’s emigration from Lebanon. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to Saudi Arabia, where she stayed until she was 14. Sally attended high school and college in Beirut, where she graduated with a BA in Fine Arts with distinction from the Lebanese American University of Beirut. In 2013, Sally and her family moved back to the United States and she now paints out of her studio in California. Sally’s style merges characteristics of abstract expressionism with realism and portrait painting to convey not just the beauty of flowers, but their confidence and strength as well. They are alluring, flirtatious, and demure with inspiring femininity. Sally’s artworks of flowers are intensely personal. “The flowers I paint are an extension of me, of what I feel, how I process my surroundings, my thoughts, my anger, my pleasure. They’re the confident strong flowers that I strive to be. Sometimes tough and daring, sometimes shy and reserved, but always self-assured and determined; the qualities I admire, and strengths that I strive to gain.” Sally draws inspiration from photography, pop culture, and fashion as well as artists ranging from the pop art of Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock to the gilded florals and figures of Gustav Klimt. Her highly regarded paintings have been featured in group and solo shows in Beirut, Dubai, Italy, and the USA. Notable collectors include Jesse McCartney and Kelly Clarkson. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA EXHIBITIONS 2022 “Identity with a Chance of Imperfection”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA “Saturate Euphoria”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY “Splatters of Life”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2020 LA Art Show, CA 2020 Art Palm Springs, CA 2019 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2019 Affordable Art Fair New York 2019 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2018 "Colored Whipped Cream," Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2018 Threshold Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2018 484 North Gallery, Laguna Beach 2013 Beirut Art Beat 2009 Lebanese Artists Association 2009 Gallery Surface Libre 2008 Lebanese Painters Exhibition 2007 Café De Prague Hamra Cream Saifi Village Matignion Gallery, Horsh Tabet Drops Batroun (permanent) Cloud Nine Jemaizeh (permanent) Tribecca Monnot 2006 Art Lounge, Beirut, Lebanon MILK Jemaizeh (permanent) Gauche Caviar Jemaizeh (permanent) ESCWA Riad El Solh Tapas Jemaizeh (permanent) Zinc Achrafieh Blush Monot The Basement Jemaizeh 2005 Solo Gallery Show, Art Lounge, Beirut Zinc Achrafieh Tribecca Monot Café 2004 Paul Guiragossian Museum Art Academy for Artists and Painters, Beirut TV & FILM Family Reunion All Rise, WBTV Insecure, HBO ROAR, Apple TV Grace and Frankie, Season 7 NOTABLE COLLECTORS Jesse McCartney Kelly Clarkson Bozoma Saint John

Creator:

Sally K (Lebanese)

Creation Year:

2018

Dimensions:

Height: 66 in (167.64 cm)Width: 70 in (177.8 cm)

Medium:

Canvas,Acrylic,Oil Pastel

Movement & Style:

Modern

Period:

21st Century