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Flowers with Fish by Louis Carreon
- Louis Carreon reimagines the floral still life through the energy of contemporary street art
- A fish inside the blue vase adds an unexpected twist to the floral composition
- Bold sprays, drips and gestural marks reveal Carreon's roots in graffiti culture
- Radiant flowers blaze against the dark ground in vivid reds, yellows and oranges
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b. 1977 | American
Flowers with Fish
Mixed media on canvas
Louis Carreon's Flowers with Fish brings the traditional floral still life into the visual language of contemporary street art. A brilliant bouquet erupts from a vivid blue vase, while a tiny orange fish swims inside the vessel below, adding an unexpected and playful twist to the familiar subject. Carreon's collision of flowers, bold color and graffiti-inflected mark-making gives the. . .
b. 1977 | American
Flowers with Fish
Mixed media on canvas
Louis Carreon's Flowers with Fish brings the traditional floral still life into the visual language of contemporary street art. A brilliant bouquet erupts from a vivid blue vase, while a tiny orange fish swims inside the vessel below, adding an unexpected and playful twist to the familiar subject. Carreon's collision of flowers, bold color and graffiti-inflected mark-making gives the composition an unmistakably contemporary energy.
Against a nearly black ground, star-shaped blossoms flare in brilliant yellows, reds, oranges and pinks, their green centers punctuating the dense bouquet. Carreon builds the flowers through broad strokes, sprayed passages, scribbled outlines and drips rather than careful modeling. The luminous blue vase anchors the composition, while fallen petals across the tabletop and faint scrawled lettering in the background echo the layered surfaces of graffiti and street art.
Born in California, Carreon emerged from skateboarding and graffiti culture before developing a studio practice that combines the spontaneity of street art with personal and spiritual themes. Nature recurs throughout his work, particularly in his floral and bird imagery, which he transforms through energetic gesture and vibrant color. In Flowers with Fish, Carreon gives the centuries-old still-life tradition a lively urban character, balancing the beauty of the flowers with the surprising fish swimming below.
Canvas: 30" high x 24" wide (76.20 x 60.96 cm)
Frame: 31 1/2" high x 25 1/2" wide x 2" deep (80.01 x 64.77 x 5.08 cm)
| Maker: | Carreon, Louis |
| Period: | 1919-Present |
| Origin: | America |
| Type: | Paintings |
| Style: | Postmodernism |
| Depth: | 2.0 in. (5.08 cm) |
| Width: | 25.5 in. (64.77 cm) |
| Height: | 31.5 in. (80.01 cm) |
| Canvas Width: | 24.000 in. (60.96 cm) |
| Canvas Height: | 30.000 in. (76.2 cm) |
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