Skip to main content

Nicki Rolls

London
Nicki Rolls is a visual artist based in London. She studied her BA at Central Saint Martins and completed her MA at Wimbledon College, 2011. She regularly has exhibitions and works on commissions.
Contact
Links

Large works in charcoal and small oil paintings exploring the fragility, vulnerability and overlooked status of wildflower plants. 

In my series of large scale drawings of plants that live in the wild, I seek to expose the fragility of plant life on our planet. I draw the wildflowers larger than life, seeking to celebrate the majestic and foreground smaller plants and less prized plants and weeds. In each drawing, the plant’s roots are exposed, revealing their source of life and energy and, paradoxically, their vulnerability and fragility. I work loosely, aiming to capture life and movement and passage through time, as the plant begins to wilt and die over the duration of the drawing.

I am currently working on a series of small paintings depicting cut weeds in vases. The weeds are common, often disregarded species, such as daisies, dandelions, nettle and bindweed. Painted as displays in valued vases I am interested the paradox of their beauty and value versus their overlooked status.

 

Wild Primrose

Garlic Mustard

Wild strawberry

Sunflower

Small sow thistle

Poppy

Foxglove

Sow Thistle

Sketch

Become a member

We support our members with: insurance, networks, space, opportunities, R&D awards, profiling, advice and mentoring.
Become a member

Join the UK’s Leading Artist Community

Be part of a caring, mutual aid network. Connect with fellow artists and access insurance, space, opportunities, and support to grow your practice.

Become a Member