Australia’s Coastal Delights

A new surreal painting to add to my collection.
In this painting are you relaxing on a beach or are you swimming in the ocean?

What an amazing country we live in! From Humpback whales and dolphins jumping, to up close and personal with a sea turtle, ALL of this I have witnessed whilst they are in the wild. Truly remarkable experiences I will always cherish.

From the tranquil sandy shores of Australia’s beaches, to snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef where a sea turtle pops up face to face with you, what’s not to love about that.

Normally I add a figure in my surreal artworks but this time I have let these incredible mammals and creatures take the spot light, and so they should.
The ocean is the heart and the lungs of our beautiful blue planet. No matter where you live, you are connected to the sea.

The flow of the artwork landscape is wrapped around all edges.

Original painting of surrealism, part of a series with paintings Nature is Calling Me Back, Natures Gifts, Metamorphosis by Nature, Lady in the Garden and Be One with Nature.

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Andrea is an award winning, International selling artist. Many of her artworks have travelled around the globe with sales throughout Australia, USA, Canada, Germany, UK and lots of other places in Europe.
After leaving high school she attended College and University for visual art and design, understanding different techniques and studying the history of the Masters. Over the years she has painted murals in restaurants and kids bedrooms, designed and created artworks to decorate office spaces in Sydney and Melbourne, and also had 8 paintings published in National and International magazines.

In 2015 Andrea cast aside her current career in Sales and Marketing to focus on her ever growing enthusiasm and true love; visual arts. “In my early childhood years my favourite past time was to paint or draw, I absolutely loved it. Back then I always had the desire that my future career was to be a full-time visual artist and now I have finally made that dream a reality. To me it really doesn’t matter what the subject is, what matters is with each brush stroke, that is when I have the most serene moments in life.”

Andrea sees inspiration all around her and her list is always expanding. But most of her artworks are centred around of her love and appreciation for nature, birds, insects, animals and plants.
With nature she’s instantly drawn into the colours, textures and patterns. She then paints it as she envisage it through abstracts.
With birds, insects, animals, plants and the occasional landscape she applies traditional fine art, carefully measuring and mapping out the artwork to make sure the perspective and ratios are correct. Mixing colours to match and understanding the direction of the light.
Andrea also creates figurative surreal artworks where her vision is to connect humanity more with nature in one artwork. Here she starts with a mood board and plays around with colour combinations before mapping it out on canvas. “I see beauty all around me in nature and understand there is a purpose to every living organism. The human connection, care and respect for these is vital to the survival of mankind.”