Helen Bankers Renaissance Series - Chemical Warfare Painting
RENAISSANCE SERIES - CHEMICAL WARFARE PAINTING
RENAISSANCE SERIES - CHEMICAL WARFARE PAINTING
Beautiful soft delicate but deadly still life of White Hellebores.
This artwork is named after historic uses of the Hellebore plant. I am interested in the links through the ages for uses of botanicals. Hellebores literally translated, means 'lethal food'.
INFORMATION
BRAND
Helen Bankers
PRODUCT TYPE
Painting
COLLECTION
Renaissance
PRODUCTION
Made in Auckland
EARLY USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE
One of the first documented uses of chemical warfare was during the Siege of Kirrha (mainland Greece) in 585 BC.
MOUNTING
Wall
ENVIRONMENT
Indoor
POISONED WATER SUPPLY
Hellebore was reportedly used to poison the water system leading into the city, the residents fell ill and were no longer able to fight.
ROMAN USE OF HELLEBORE
The Romans scattered the seeds of the Hellebores plant on their raids across the continent - a reliable source of poison if required.
ITEM
Decorative
AVAIALBLE SIZES
2
QUALITY
There is a painterly quality that draws on the history and emotion.
SIZE - A1
84.10 x 59.40 cm (Signed Edition of 5)
SIZE - A3
42 x 29.70cm cm / Signed Edition of 12
FRAME
NZ based clients we can float-mount the artwork, in a black or white frame. Framing is done by a professional framer, using archival production methods and materials, and with very high quality museum glass. (Non reflective glass)
- Size : A1 - 84.10 x 59.40cm cm // Box Framed, with museum glass $2450 (Artwork + Frame)
- Size : A3 - 29.70 x 42 cm // Box Framed, with museum glass $780 (Artwork + Frame)
MUSEUM-QUALITY ARCHIVAL PRINT
All Artworks are Printed on Archival Hanhemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm
TEXTURE
This series of work is influenced culturally by the Dutch Renaissance painters. I am particularly interested in the way painters from this period used light and textures.
INSPIRED BY BOTANICAL STUDIES
My passion for working with something organic and unpredictable is intuitive. The series explores my passion for botanical studies.
