Splendid Day

Splendid Day is an original linocut in a limited edition of 7 relief prints.

An oversized Splendid Fairy Wren is central and surrounded by a repeating and mirrored pattern of flowering gums and bottlebrush flowers with gumnuts and leaves filling remaining space. The larger than life wren is filled with feathery details and areas of exaggerated shapes.

The lino is expressively designed and carved to have a flow and energy with a balance of open areas and tighter details.

Hand pulled print using archival quality oil based blue-black ink on 250gsm cotton rag paper

Numbered, titled and signed on the reverse.

Artwork measures 54.5x74.5cm plus border with two deckled edges on the vertical sides.

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.