About:
Florence Reekie (b. 1991, Scotland) lives and works in Seissan, France. She is a figurative oil painter whose work engages with themes of perception, iconography, and coding within compositions, while also experimenting with the materiality of paint. Reekie’s paintings investigate societal relationships with clothing and fabric, using drapery not merely as staging but as a central element for exploring identity, vanity, and the ways we construct and present ourselves. Through depictions of crumpled laundry and intricate textiles, she reveals the quiet power of the overlooked, drawing attention to the armors and beauty ‘secrets’ we use to shape personal and collective identity.
“Historically, painters have used drapery as a means of bringing being and movement into compositions. So in my work, I like to use materials to convey this, only alluding to the interaction that might be happening. That’s how I like to tackle the more complicated themes within some of my pieces."
"Historically, painters have used drapery as a means of bringing being and movement into compositions. So in my work, I like to use materials to convey this, only alluding to the interaction that might be happening."
"Sometimes what I see and what others see seems to differ which I think is quite important to me. I would say some decadence and some nostalgia, mixed with elements of tradition and baroque sensibilities. I suppose [my paintings are] a mood or a world I wish to inhabit."
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