Edinburgh based, Dorset born artist Flossie Haskins practice centres on illustration. Working primarily with ink on paper, Flossie draws inspiration from fashion runways and the pages of Vogue, capturing the elegance, character, and theatricality of contemporary fashion.
“My art practice combines my love for fashion illustration and the magazine with the experience of growing up amongst women, as well as my writing about the city of Florence. I explore the connection and similarities between the idealised pedestaled sculptures in Florence and the often contrived editorial fashion shoots. I work as an illustrator and printmaker on paper, which gives the work a sense of transience and looseness. Having studied the movement of the human body, I subsequently try to convey that movement with ink on paper, working quickly and deliberately. I am concerned with the use of colour, allowing each palette to tell a different story in each work”.
Flossie graduated with an MA (Hons) Fine Art from the Edinburgh College of Art ’26. We are delighted to be featuring Flossie in our BREAKOUTS exhibition.
