{"product_id":"rowdy-warren-wildflowers-2023-90x120cm-marw23110","title":"Rowdy Warren | 'WIldflowers, 2023' | 90x120cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCode:\u003c\/strong\u003e MARW23110\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rowdy Warren\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e WIldflowers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e Adelaide, SA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acrylic On Linen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90x120cm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRowdy Warren's Wildflowers paintings grew out of a turning point in his own practice, a period when time spent among Indigenous artists sharpened his eye for the Australian landscape he had grown up in but never quite painted. Working in saturated colour across scales from the intimate to the mural, he set out to capture the wild field rather than the cultivated garden, the burst of colour that appears almost by accident at the roadside or on open ground. The series carries the instinct of a self-taught sign painter and poster designer, trained on gig flyers and streetwear logos long before it was turned toward botanical subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRowdy Warren was born and raised in South Australia and has called Adelaide home since the 1970s. He has described finding his first pencil at three or four years old as like finding the key to a whole new world, and conventional schooling proved a poor match for an original and spirited imagination that was better challenged outside its restrictions. He first came to notice around Adelaide as a member of a punk band, designing the band's logos and posters to promote their own gigs, and discovered in the process a real love of creating a visual statement. Logo work for others followed, and soon after he established his own street-wear brand, immersing himself in a world of creativity, presentation, design and expression. His creative energies remained vibrant and restless, and a meeting with a group of Indigenous artists proved a turning point: he drew inspiration and skills from them while imparting contemporary ones in return, a period of artistic awakening in which he seemed to see the mesmerising Australian landscape for the first time. His Wildflowers paintings, worked in saturated colour across scales from intimate to mural, are the best known result.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowdy Warren","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67822515618025,"sku":"MARW23110","price":1950.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/0993\/6873\/files\/MARW23110-Rowdy_Warren-2023-WIldflowers-90x120cm-square-web.jpg?v=1793448748","url":"https:\/\/cag.art\/products\/rowdy-warren-wildflowers-2023-90x120cm-marw23110","provider":"Canberra Art Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}