Kaylie Mountford

Graduating in 2005 from the Surrey Institute of Art and Design Kaylie went on to work in various forms for the ground breaking photographer Nick Knight. Now a freelance fine art photographer specializing in flowers, Kaylie has just shot still life and portrait pieces for the Royal British Legion 2008 Campaign. In Addition her botanical project, 'Flora Series I' recently won two honorary mentions in the prestigious 'International Photography Awards 2008'. Kaylie's work draws influence from natural patterning and texture. Her macro technique penetrates the flowers, drawing out small, beautiful elements, to create large-scale, considered, abstracted forms focusing on specific colour ways. 'Flora Series I' draws on an early influence of the voluptuous flower images of Georgia O?Keefe, the saturated colours of Bonnard and the sinister tones of Rothko. The large-scale pieces are an eye-catching manipulation of colour and form, drawing viewers deep within, to consider what they may see within the calculated patterning of the flora elements.
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