Feel Wild Like the Bumble Bees

Bees are a necessity to life on Earth, without these little workers we would not have a beautiful planet.
Thrilled to say that they have now officially been declared ’The most important living species on Earth’.

With this particular painting I wanted the colour scheme to be coastal, aiming towards the Australian Hamptons Interior style. Coastal colour tones of blues and neutrals but yet very botanical. Image wandering around the coastal nature trails, hearing the tide roll in, listening to the bees buzzing as they work and immersing yourself in those surroundings.

This obsession, care and respect that I have for bees will continue on.

Be kind and help our bees do what they love to do.
Did you know, of all the insect pollinators bees are the only ones that collect pollen to eat. As such, bees are responsible for all the world's pollination.... And delicious honey from nectar of course with various bee species!

Original painting with acrylics on deep edge canvas.
All edges painted with the flow of the leaves and sandstone rock. Ready to hang with d-rings and wire.

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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.”