• 1980s signed colour etching by Sue Kavanagh of summer flowers in a blue jug, in a slim gilt frame
  • Angled view of the framed Sue Kavanagh etching on a white shelf, styled with dried grasses and a shell
  • Close up of the summer flowers in the patterned blue jug in the Sue Kavanagh colour etching
  • Detail of pink fuchsias and green leaves beside the blue jug in the Sue Kavanagh etching
  • Close up of yellow and pink flowers against the white wave pattern in the colour etching
  • Corner of the slim gilt frame and white mount around the Sue Kavanagh colour etching
  • Pencilled edition number 43 of 90 below the Sue Kavanagh colour etching
  • Pencilled title Random Flowers and Sue Kavanagh signature beneath the colour etching
  • Back of the framed Sue Kavanagh colour etching showing the board backing and hanging wire
  • Medici Society Ltd framer&
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The Blue Loft

1980s Signed Colour Etching of Summer Flowers in a Blue Jug by Sue Kavanagh

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A joyful summer bunch in a blue and white jug by the London printmaker Sue Kavanagh, titled Random Flowers, signed in pencil and numbered 43 of 90. Pink fuchsias trail over the side of the jug, while yellow chrysanthemums, dusky roses, white starry blooms, scabious heads and clusters of ochre florets crowd above, set against a pale lemon ground with a frothy lace pattern drawn into the top. A pale dish sits on the table beside the jug, and the colours blend softly into one another the way they do in a real summer border.

Kavanagh studied fine art at the Byam Shaw School in London and worked in animation for the BBC before discovering printmaking at Putney School of Art in 1979. Etching gave her a way to capture light and texture, and up close you can see the fine grain of the aquatint in every petal and leaf, which no flat printed poster can reproduce. Each impression is inked and pulled by hand from the plate, so no two are exactly alike.

The print was framed by The Medici Society, the London fine art publishers, and their label is still on the back. It sits behind glass in a white mount and a slim champagne gold frame, measuring 52 x 43 cm overall, and is ready to hang. The frame has a few small rubs along the edges.

The soft lemon, sage, blush and duck egg tones are made for a bedroom, a cottage kitchen or a sunny landing. Pair it with blue and white china, painted furniture or a jug of real garden flowers on a dresser, or hang it in a cluster of botanical prints. It is also an excellent present for a gardener, especially one whose own borders look less tidy than this.

1980s signed colour etching by Sue Kavanagh of summer flowers in a blue jug, in a slim gilt frame
Angled view of the framed Sue Kavanagh etching on a white shelf, styled with dried grasses and a shell
Close up of the summer flowers in the patterned blue jug in the Sue Kavanagh colour etching
Detail of pink fuchsias and green leaves beside the blue jug in the Sue Kavanagh etching
Close up of yellow and pink flowers against the white wave pattern in the colour etching
Corner of the slim gilt frame and white mount around the Sue Kavanagh colour etching
Pencilled edition number 43 of 90 below the Sue Kavanagh colour etching
Pencilled title Random Flowers and Sue Kavanagh signature beneath the colour etching
Back of the framed Sue Kavanagh colour etching showing the board backing and hanging wire
Medici Society Ltd framer&