October 20, 2022

Paintings from the very beginning of my journey

This is a collection of artworks I've created over the years, beginning from August 2012 using oils, followed by watercolours from July 2013 and artworks using acrylics plus mixed media projects I began creating from January 2014.
It's like a journal showcasing the eclectic range of artworks I have created over the years till the end of 2017 as well as showing those that went to lovely new homes.

Created by Monika Scheffler

the vibrant orange and yellow blooms of the strelitzia plant with it's lush green and blue leaves against a contrasting black background

Vibrant Strelitzia Blooms

ByMonika Scheffler

16.4in (W) x 11.5in (H)

Mixed Media
$370
the large purple green leaves of the Gladioli shrub with a number of spikes reaching for the sky with numerous petals coloured orange, red and yellow in contrast to the dark greens and purples of the shadow areas in the background

Good Morning Sunshine

ByMonika Scheffler

11.5in (W) x 16.3in (H)

Watercolour
$370
a green sea turtle illustration showing the patterns of markings across his top shield and the vibrant colours of light turquoise and browns against the white of Arches brand watercolour paper

Green Sea Turtle

ByMonika Scheffler

16.5in (W) x 11.6in (H)

Watercolour
$350
on a multicoloured background of blues, greens, yellows and browns with streaks of pastel colours are a couple of orange yellow blooming wings of the bird of paradise flower with blue stems and dark green leaves

Birds of Paradise

ByMonika Scheffler

15.8in (W) x 19.7in (H)

Mixed Media
$420
on a background of varying shades of blue to purple are a couple of stems of the Clivia plant with a couple of stems and slender green and yellow leaves. Both stems have flower heads of brilliant light orange, red and yellow, the main flower head includes petals accentuated with texture

Framed Spring Sunshine

ByMonika Scheffler

21.4in (W) x 17.4in (H)

Acrylic
$530
another landscape within the old mining village of Hill End in Central West NSW and again another old miners cottage with two chimneys and enclosed with the remains of the ramshackle paling fence

Hill End Cherishing the Past

ByMonika Scheffler

20.1in (W) x 15.5in (H)

Watercolour
$480
under light blue skies is an outback landscape with rolling hills of ochre and a small part of the wetlands around Mungeranie Hotel with light blue teal waters with small rocks around the edge and some pelicans and smaller waterbirds arriving in early Spring

Birds in the Outback

ByMonika Scheffler

26.4in (W) x 22.2in (H)

Acrylic
$610
a wintry hilly landscape under misty blue grey skies of a mountain pass and stone bridge in the lake district with the water looking grey and uninviting as it passes through the rocky creek bed, surrounded by ochre and fresh green grasses, shrubs and bare trees

Winter in the Lake District Cumbria

ByMonika Scheffler

21.5in (W) x 16.3in (H)

Watercolour
$370
going down memory lane when we were travelling to the south coast of NSW we came across this dreamy streetscape of the quaint village of Cobargo, with it's old buildings on both sides, the wide pavements and the feel of being in the country with homes scattered around on the slopes of the hills in the distance and a crimson red flowering tree in the foreground

Cobargo Village in Summer

ByMonika Scheffler

22.4in (W) x 17.5in (H)

Watercolour
$370