Who is she?
It all begins with an idea.
Still Life Of Roses, Tulips, A Sunflower And Other Flowers In A Glass Vase With A Bee, Butterfly And Other Insects Upon A Marble Ledge, by Rachel Ruysch.
Rachel Ruysch was a hugely successful artist during the Dutch Golden Age and lived 1664 -1750. Her ouvure is extensive and is primarily comprised of still life florals. Despite her long career, technical accomplishments, conceptual wit within her symbology, wealth and fame, she was relegated to the footnotes of art history for several hundred years.
The erasure of the significance of Ruysch's contributions to art history is not unique or rare. Her name is one of many censored and silenced women discussed by @katy.hessel in #thehistoryofartwithoutmen.
This particular bloom is inspired by Still Life Of Roses, Tulips, A Sunflower And Other Flowers In A Glass Vase With A Bee, Butterfly And Other Insects Upon A Marble Ledge which sold in London in 2013 for GBP 1,650,500.00 My painting is a portrait of Ruysch and a tribute to her enduring legacy and indomitable success.
Still life of roses, tulips, a sunflower, and other flowers in a glass vase with a bee butterfly and other insects upon on a marble ledge 1710 by Rachel Ruysch'
By Jennifer Mullen, 2025.
Oil on board
35x24cm
Vase of flowers with an ear of corn 1742 by Rachel Ruysch
By Jennifer Mullen 2025.
Oil on board
35x24cm
Flowers 1696 by Rachel Ruysch
By Jennifer Mullen, 2025.
Oil on board,
35x24cm
'Still Life of a Bouquet Rachel Ruysch 1738'
By Jennifer Mullen 2025 Oil on board 40x40cm
Severed From Root
By Jennifer Mullen, 2024. Oil on board, 45.5 x 43.5cm
Truth; My Crown
By Jennifer Mullen 2024 Oil on board 63x61cm
Proserpina
By Jennifer Mullen, 2025.
Oil on board,
81x42cm
Nancy’s Gift No. 1.
Nancy’s Gift No. 2.
When Nancy held these blooms and then gave them to me, I felt so understood. So seen. I felt encouraged to chase my ambitions harder. To flesh out my ideas and birth them. Nancy didn’t just hold blooms. She held my aspirations. My becoming. These are the things women hold for each other.
Still Life With Flowers
By Rachel Ruysch, 1700.