Blossom Mauve Relief

Yes there's even a lil picture of me holding the painting so you can get a feel of the size! It looks like an offset linocut print, so I decided to call it Mauve Relief, cause relief is another word for this sort of printing technique. ⁠⁠
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This mixed media piece combines many of my ongoing artistic explorations: the influence of Japanese tapestries and chinoiserie, Australian nature and silhouettes, the simplification of shapes and forms and a muted palette of pinks and teals that you see me using a lot these days. ⁠
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I used a lot of different mediums to get this result, including watercolour, acrylic inks and gouache in the lower right corner to get the printmaking feel of this piece. The edges are hand torn as in the pictures (except mine holding it.)

It comes flat on a rigid envelope.

Original painting Copyright ©2017 - 2021 Natalia Pelaez Natapart

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Its much harder for me to talk about my art than it is to paint ;)
Words come later, images and the joy I experience when I paint comes first.

I sometimes think about my work as a maze. I go into long winded paths of discovery, I dive deep into a subject but I follow tangents too. They sometimes lead to dead ends yet other times bring about the most wonderful discoveries.

Ive learned not to give up too soon. Is almost a scientific approach: establishing outcomes through testing and experimentation; making observations, predictions and most importantly analysing the results.

I work in collections. I explore a subject until I feel like its ran its course. I paint in tied palette that I almost always mix myself, colour mixing and creating my own colours is a big part of my prep work. My palette oscillates between earthy tones, dark moody ones and blue, the colour that I seem to be gravitating towards in recent months. As Van Gogh said "There is no blue without yellow and orange", therefore I also incorporate those two, its a must!