''Mollitium 2''
''Trustees Watercolour Prize''
WYNNE Finalist 2020
SOLD
Medium
triptych: watercolour, pencil, charcoal on 21 birch wood panels
Dimensions
185.5 x 329 cm
Mollitium means ‘resilience’ in Latin. Resilience is the Australian bush; she embraces and forgives.
My work travels from right to left – from the threat of fire, to escape and regrowth. I’ve drawn wattle, banksia, grevillea, waratah, gumnuts, gum blossoms, seeds and leaves from different native plants, the Gymea lily and the wildlife of the bush.
Last summer’s fires were stopped 20 minutes from our family getaway at Burralong Valley, near Laguna in the lower Hunter Valley, NSW. I spend much of my time there, drawing from all that surrounds me. When I walk through the valley, the scents, sounds, textures and colours envelop me and I lose myself. When you’re in nature, I encourage you to stop, stand still, close your eyes and listen, then open your eyes and try to find what you saw, smelt and heard.
Bush Gossips, Quiet Moments [pencil, watercolour 9 birch wood panels] [136cm w x 186cm h] SOLD
2020 MOSMAN Art Prize Finalist SOLD
See I told you I could Sing
mixed media on 9 wood panels
215cm w x 155cm h SOLD
Sharing the Gum Blossom
SOLD
[acrylic, pencil, dremel on board] [62cm w x 92cm h]
The Pink Lady [pencil, watercolour on board]
[96cm w x 125cm h]
SOLD
Springtime Whispers
Finalist in the Gosford Art Prize 2020
[mixed media on 3 wood panels]
125 cm w x 49 cm h
SOLD
The Arbitrator settles the score
[acrylic, watercolour, pencil]
[63cm w x 49cm h]
As the mist rolls in
[charcoal, pencil, watercolour]
[44cm w x 34cm h] SOLD
Maggie in the Wattle SOLD
[oil, pencil, dremel] [30cm w x 38cm h]
Bold Beautiful Banksia
[charcoal, pencil,
acrylic on wood panel]
[66cm w x 95cm h]
Snow gum owl [acrylic, pencil, ink, dremel]
[160cm w x64cm h] SOLD
Maggie and the Banksia
acrylic on wood 49cm w x 125cm h
SOLD
Wattle Blast
acrylic on wood 49cm w x 125cm h SOLD
Banksia Pod SOLD
[acrylic, dremel, on board]
[26cm w x 33cm h] SOLD
Gymea and Banksia pods in the Moonlight
SOLD
[acrylic, dremel, on wood panel]
[44cm w x 54cm h]
Wrapped in Evocative Petals
Finalist in the Kangaroo Valley Arts Prize
[oil on wood] [49cm w x 64cm h] SOLD
Blue Banded Bumblebee Floral Wreath [watercolour on paper] 40cm sq SOLD
Wattle Party
mixed media 23cm sq on wood
SOLD
Moonlit Banksia
mixed media on wood 23cm sq
SOLD
The Bush Garden [oil on small canvases]
SOLD [127cm x w 26cm h]
Last Bloom [oil on wood]
[26cm w x 33cm h]
SOLD
Through the Bush and in to the Sea
[watercolour, pencil on 4 birch wood panels] [108cm w x 125cmh] SOLD
Afternoon Tea with the Magpies in my Studio
[pencil, watercolour on 3 birch wood boards]
[125cm w x 54cm h] SOLD
Love caught in the Bush SOLD
[pencil. watercolour acrylic on 4 boards]
[62cm w x 96cm h]
Maggie playing hide & seek with the wagtails [pencil, charcoal, acrylic on wood panel] [64cm w 50cm h]SOLD
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