Under the Trees by Fleur Peck “Out of the Blue Artist”
We announce our latest collaboration with London based Artist and Interior Designer, Fleur Peck. To select only two paintings from her vast portfolio of work was a challenge, but we chose to preview Under the Trees and Moss as new additions to our hand-tufted collection. With 18 colours in each rug, they become the most intricate patterns in our product offering. With meticulous care and attention to detail, her paintings have been deconstructed and interpreted by our artisans in India to create these beautiful hand tufted constructions suited to both hospitality and commercial settings.
Painting is incredibly personal, how would you say that your style as an artist has evolved?
For me, style is a subjective notion. While I am told my style is very identifiable, I continually explore different styles and experiment with new techniques. Each painting might represent a style in a different way or a new painting might bring an old element together with something new.
Painting in the abstract affords the freedom to explore the thoughts, ideas and mood of any particular day which regularly results in different themes or styles. For me, the consistency is colour and texture and the unique memory each painting conjures for me as it evolves. I know a painting is ready to hang when I can connect a specific memory and story to a piece.
The skill of the artisans who handweave our rugs is exceptional. Were you expecting that a hand woven product could bear such a close resemblance to a piece of art?
Working in the world of commercial Interior Design, I have an appreciation for and have been exposed to high quality craftsmanship. It wasn't a surprise that art could be translated in such a quality product, but it is always a thrill to see the transformation of a highly textured, but fundamentally two dimensional piece of art into a completely new tactile form. Something you can touch, feel and interact with in a different way.
Your pieces have an intricate and layered quality to them. Do you have a strong vision for each piece or does your palette develop as you begin painting?
Typically I have a sense of the palette and how I'd like the colours to interact with each other. I might know that I want the painting to be muted or I might intentionally introduce bold colour.
The beauty and joy of abstract is the absence of rules. There is a freedom and innate sense of acceptance that as the painting evolves so does the ideas and form. There's an autonomy in not placing restrictions or expectations on where the journey will end; a privilege of not being contained to one initial idea. It’s embracing this uncertainty that gives each piece its unique character. I liken it to embarking on a travel adventure without a fully formed plan. I know what country I'm going to, I've booked the first night and I have a fundamental idea of some of the things I'd like to do along the way, but the sense of adventure and joy of the journey is built on the base of never quite knowing where your next choice will take you.
Abstract painting gives me this same sense of freedom.
