Carnaby's Cockatoos

Carnaby's Cockatoos by Nicola Cowie. Watercolour and ink on 600gsm smooth watercolour paper.

The stunning Carnaby's Cockatoos are regular visitors in our garden, always feasting on gumnuts and making a delightful racket. This painting the cockatoos perched on Pingle Banksia and eucalyptus branches.

Painted in a stylized way with an array of greens and blues with layers of watercolour washes delicate ink linework holding it all together like lead light.

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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.