Flowers die. Art doesn’t. That feels important.

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69 Flowers is a limited series of 69 original works integrating romance, symbolism, consumer capitalism, cultural memory and the structural integrity of innuendo to collectively bring you love across three centuries.

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We begin in the 19th century with Van Gogh’s sunflowers, the gold standard of emotional floristry. Painted in Paris, they radiate gratitude, friendship, optimism and the fragile intensity of a man who absolutely meant it. A bouquet elevated to psychological event. A vase as existential container.

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We move to the 20th century. Marlboro. Not just a cigarette but a lifestyle, a font choice, a cinematic pause. The post-coital smoke. Two bodies in bed, lit by implication and tobacco. A moment of intimacy so powerful it had to be disguised as advertising. Desire filtered as smoking after sex.

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Finally, the 21st century. “I’ll bring you flowers in the pouring rain.” A 2x platinum, UK number one dance anthem. Devotion, but make it four-on-the-floor. Grand romantic gesture performed at 128 BPM under aggressive strobe lighting. Love, outsourced to choreography.

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Across three centuries, the flower survives, painted, printed, auto-tuned, performing sincerity while quietly negotiating ego, spectacle and the economy of gesture.

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And why 69?

Because symbolism should be accessible.
Because romance is about mutuality.
Because no one forgets that number.

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Mostly because it’s the most romantic number in the world.

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IMPORTANT! Shipping is £6.90 and automatically added. If you wish to collect your art from The Weir Bar, Brentford, TW88EQ, use code WEIRCOLLECTION to remove the charge. You can also view art at the same location by appointment only. Whatsapp or call +44 7572 941738

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Purchases made by 5pm Thursday 12 February will be shipping in time for Valentines day.

Art only! Frame not included! All 50x70cm! Sized to fit traditional frames.