Australian artist Analise Hughes's Inner Resolve, an expressive floral painting exploring fragility and strength, comes to life on a flowing silk kimono that moves beautifully with you.
The story behind the artwork
This work explores the quiet tension between fragility and resilience through the form of the flower. While traditionally associated with beauty, softness, and femininity, the flower here becomes a site of strength and endurance. Subtle shifts in colour, texture, and gesture suggest both growth and vulnerability, inviting the viewer to slow down and look closely. The painting reflects on cycles of blooming and decay, and on the emotional labour often hidden beneath outward beauty. In this way, the flower functions not as decoration, but as a metaphor for survival, persistence, and inner resolve.
About the artist
Analise Hughes is a predominantly figurative painter based in Sydney Australia. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the College of Fine Arts. Her works draw influence from expressionism and artists such as Alberto Giaccometti, Francis Bacon and the ever changing emotional experience of the human condition.
Artist: Analise Hughes (Australia)
Artwork: Inner Resolve
Product: Silk Kimono
Size: One size
Fabric: Silk
Design with a story
Every kimono comes with a hang tag that celebrates the artist and tells the story behind their artwork.
