Hi, I’m Florelle
Creating something from nothing is a nuanced process, one that requires hard work and courage. As an artist, I am often associated with having been “born talented” and being some sort of wandering free spirit who paints whatever she feels like onto any surface. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. Painting in the style I have found myself drawn to requires a tremendous amount of work. It takes a good amount of grit to take the risk to pursue art full time too. Being regarded as someone who is both courageous and a hard worker is as important to me as creating art, and I hope that comes through in what I choose to capture and communicate as a painter.
I am inspired by the hardworking female entrepreneurs I am surrounded by in my current field of work and beyond. Moved by the strength it takes to be a woman, a daughter, a sister, a friend, I hope to create work that reminds women just how strong we are. I am in awe of my friends who are mothers and my own mom, and the work it takes to balance it all. I am moved by the kindness and thoughtfulness of my closest female friends. I treasure the yin and yang of the feminine energy: gentle and delicate in its beauty, yet fierce: force to be reckoned with. Through the bold colors I choose, the floral motifs and the strong poses of the women in the paintings, I hope to represent the many facets of the feminine and translate what that means in paint.
I have loved art since I was a young girl, and I feel most myself when I am traveling, and I am endlessly enchanted by the limitless horizon. Klimt once said that "Art is a line around your thoughts" and through painting, I am hoping to map out my thoughts about my obsession with the uncharted and known. To me represents freedom, risk, reward, potential and hard work. Its not just the American West. It is the idea, the thought that anything is possible.
It is of no coincidence that I have recently found myself falling in love with western art in all of its various forms. The West and the people who inhabit those wide open spaces embody the hard work ethic and grit that I so admire. Especially cowgirls (and cowboys, of course).