Sophie Thompson Textile Design

Henri Rousseau American Indian Struggling with a Gorilla 1910 Oil on canvas.

In my most recent project which is called the Garden at Night, I have decided to look at the work of Henri Rousseau and his amazing tropical jungle paintings. I hope to create a mysterious otherworldly feel to my designs.

I was recently involved in a styling project in which we we had to come up with a theme to do a fashion photo shoot. We decided on a tropical theme inspired by the paintings of Frida Kahlo and took our styling influences from her work. This photo is my favourite from the final collection of images.

Photography by Elspeth Van Der Hole

African flower painting in acrylic, experimentation with using areas of flat colour.