Mega Bloom is M.E. Ster-Molnar's largest-format body of work, and this piece takes the cherry blossom motif she's worked through at mini and mid-size and lets it fill a genuinely...
Mega Bloom is M.E. Ster-Molnar's largest-format body of work, and this piece takes the cherry blossom motif she's worked through at mini and mid-size and lets it fill a genuinely big sheet — 760 x 1100mm, close to a metre tall. At this size the hand-painted, slightly unpredictable quality of her monoprinting becomes the main event rather than a texture in the background: every bleed and brush edge is visible, and none of it has been corrected out.
As with all her work, it's a one-off rather than part of an edition — this exact print will never be repeated. Signed, 760 x 1100mm, £695. If you're weighing this up as a larger investment piece, our guide to investing in art prints covers what's worth thinking about.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
M.E. Ster-Molnar
M.E. Ster-Molnar is a California-born, London-based artist with a BA in Studio Art from Florida State University. She spent many years as a fashion designer — founding the ME & Blue boutique and clothing line in Philadelphia and then Venice, California — before devoting herself to art full time. The monoprint process she uses is impossible to entirely control: she hand-paints directly onto the silkscreen before printing, and rather than trying to fix the chance elements this produces, she allows the imperfections to take centre stage. Her Super Bloom series — one-of-a-kind original monoprints of flowers observed with the sustained attention of someone genuinely obsessed with them — draws from her California upbringing, her London neighbourhood and wherever she travels. Inspired by the beautiful imperfections of everyday life, from vintage 7-Up signs to the Yucca plants thriving unexpectedly in city streets.
