A Spoonful of Sugar

A Spoonful of Sugar is an expressive still lifepainting filled with flowers, patterns and light.

Exaggerated perspectives and organic lines add to the playfulness of the image. The spring colours in the banksias contrast with the blues, pinks and purples throughout the rest of the painting.

Painted in washes of rich watercolours and finished with black ink linework akin to a piece of stained glass.

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Nicola is a Perth based multi-award winning artist and owner of The Artists Nook a collaborative artists team providing public and community art projects throughout WA. She has a BA Honours in Fine Art Printmaking from Gray’s School of Art in Scotland.

Her art practice encompasses printmaking and painting with a focus on linocut and watercolour. Nature is a constant throughout her work with native flowers and birds as subjects and motifs.

Art Nouveau and stained glass work have been an enduring inspiration and are echoed throughout her pieces. Juxtaposing flat ink against textural and tonal watercolour washes create a tactility in her still life and botanical pieces.