Early Cloud Wanderer

This is part of the "Wanderer" series, inspired by the rolling hills and national parks.
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This large abstract mountain is painted in soft neutrals of beige, cream, tan, smokey aqua, charcoal and grey. There are areas of thick texture. There are small areas of metallic silver highlights - these illuminate at certain angles and lighting angles.

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The paint has been layered in washes of colour and charcoal and pastel have been used to add detail. There are some raised areas of textured paint. The cloudy sky has layers of off-white shades with hints of warm grey.

The painting flows over the edge. It is stretched and ready to hang. It is professionally packed and ships in a box

Signed on the front and back of the painting.

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Australian artist Laurie Franklin (b. 1981) is an established, internationally collected painter known for her layering of paint and mixed media to create tactile works ranging from mountains, seascapes to florals and abstracted forms.

Laurie has sold 1000s of artworks since starting painting in 2002, artwork is displayed in hotels, restaurants and held collections in over 20 countries. Past hotel projects have included 200m of hand painted wallpaper and hundreds of original artworks for hotel suites.

Based in Melbourne, Australia she works from a large studio space allowing several artworks to be worked on simultaneously. She travels and undertakes Art residencies around the world, the changing scenery influences her unique approach to capturing the intrinsic character of the landscape . Her gestural style, tight color palette and use of metallic elements create tactile, intriguing artworks.