Handpicked

Megan Breckell is Assistant Curator (Exhibitions) at Kettle's Yard. She previously worked in the Exhibitions Team at The Charleston Trust. Naomi Polonsky is Assistant Curator (House & Collection) at Kettle's Yard. She previously worked at The Women’s Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.

• Foreword 06Art is the f lowerEssay 08Taking the deep snow of flowersfor a pillow...ArtistsHurvin Anderson 16Vanessa Bell 18David Bomberg 20Louise Bourgeois 22Jai Chuhan 24Andrew Cranston 26Kaye Donachie 28Gigi Ettedgui 30Anna Freeman Bentley 32Marjory Garnett 34Tirzah Garwood 36Gluck 38Lubaina Himid 40Howard Hodgkin 42Isak of Igdlorpait 44Nerys Johnson 46David Jones 48Poppy Jones 50Joy Labinjo 52Doron Langberg 54Aubrey Levinthal 56Charles Rennie Mackintosh 58Rory McEwen 60Cedric Morris 62Cassi Namoda 64Mary Newcomb 66William Nicholson 68Winifred Nicholson 70Chris Ofili 72Jennifer Packer 74Celia Paul 76Bryan Pearce 78Emma Prempeh 80Bianca Raffaella 82Eric Ravilious 84Anne Redpath 86Henri Rousseau 88William Scott 90Judith Tucker 92Euan Uglow 94Charlotte Verity 96TÉdouard Vuillard 98Caroline Walker 100Alison Watt 102Christopher Wood 104Clare Woods 106Artist biographies 108Image credits 116Acknowledgements 118Colophon 120