Gumnut and Wattle Blooms

A kookaburra adorns a vase and peeks out behind a bloom of gum flowers which fall from the bouquet of wattle and gumnuts. This painting is part of an ongoing output of still life works where the flowers are as important as the artwork on the vases.

Painted with artists quality materials on 300gsm Arches watercolour paper.

The painting meaures 29.7x42cm and is 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.