Blooming Teacup

Blooming Teacup by Nicola Cowie

An oversized teacup is filled with beautiful Australian flowers. Organic floral elements are playfully arranged to fill the top half of the painting with the tablecloth and teacup patterns being more structured. 

The bouquet is made up of a waratah surrounded by wattle, gumnut, eucalyptus, kangaroo paw, wax and purple coral pea. 

Painted with layered washes of watercolour and finished with intricate pen and ink linework which creates an overlaying web which connects all the elements of the image giving the look of stained glass.

• Artist's quality watercolours and ink
• 300gsm Arches cotton rag watercolour paper
• Unframed

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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.