In Seasonal Abstraction, artists from around the world explore the language of flavour, form, and seasonality. Each artist selected ingredients from different times of the year – summer berries, autumn roots, winter citrus, spring greens – as a starting point for abstraction. They responded to change – not only in seasonal produce, but also in colour, flavour, and artistic practice.
Through paint, mark making, and colour, these works translate sensory experience into visual composition. The chosen ingredients became metaphors for place and memory, connecting the act of tasting with the act of seeing and feeling.
Students were encouraged to move beyond their comfort zones – this exhibition celebrates curiosity, experimentation, and the courage to try something new. Just as each season invites transformation, these artists have embraced the shifts that come with growth. Through abstraction, they’ve explored new ways of seeing – translating sounds into gesture and flavour into colour.
Seasonal Abstraction invites viewers to consider how something as ephemeral as a season, or as familiar as an ingredient, can unfold into new forms of expression – where flavour meets feeling, and where the rhythms of nature find shape in abstraction.
My Edible Abstraction course encouraged students to create their own visual language through the sounds of cooking, then to use those newfound mark making skills to learn about tone, value, and composition. Experimental drawing techniques allowed students to experience ingredients in a new and exciting way – through touch and drawing without looking. Colour palettes were chosen through favourite flavour combinations, sparking the senses and creating works that could be eaten with the eyes.
I so enjoyed seeing what students chose as their inspiration. Each ingredient became a kind of teacher – a source of stories, memories, and sensations that could be transformed through the act of painting.
Together, students’ works form a visual conversation about transition and renewal – the creative cycles that mirror those found in nature. Seasonal Abstraction is both a reflection of what has been learned and a beginning of what is still to come.
I want to thank the students for trusting me to guide them on a sensory journey, and for the courage they showed in beginning their own. I’ve been consistently amazed and inspired by their creativity, dedication, and growth. It’s been a true privilege to witness their work come to life.
Together, we invite you to experience our sensory art table – a feast for the eyes. Enjoy!
With gratitude,
Nicola