Inside the Gorge Looking Up

A new addition to my series of the Hidden Gorge, this time we are deep inside looking up to the sky with an artistic expression of natures architecture.
With this series I’m not aiming for a realistic appearance just a resemblance, focusing on the characteristics like textures, curves, colour, lines and patterns created using modelling paste, impasto, acrylics, brush marks and my fingers. And just as Gorges or Canyons are, some parts are textured and some are smooth.
Inspired by Western Australia from the glorious coast through to the Kimberley region.

All edges are painted with the flow on of the scenery, but no texture on the sides.
Sealed with a non glossy varnish. Ready to hang with d-rings in wire.

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The right mixture of earth tones has the power to create a utopian environment and bring that feeling of nature into your home or work space.

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Andrea is an award winning, International selling artist. Many of her artworks have travelled around the globe with sales throughout Australia, USA, Canada, Germany, UK and lots of other places in Europe.
After leaving high school she attended College and University for visual art and design, understanding different techniques and studying the history of the Masters. Over the years she has painted murals in restaurants and kids bedrooms, designed and created artworks to decorate office spaces in Sydney and Melbourne, and also had 8 paintings published in National and International magazines.

In 2015 Andrea cast aside her current career in Sales and Marketing to focus on her ever growing enthusiasm and true love; visual arts. “In my early childhood years my favourite past time was to paint or draw, I absolutely loved it. Back then I always had the desire that my future career was to be a full-time visual artist and now I have finally made that dream a reality. To me it really doesn’t matter what the subject is, what matters is with each brush stroke, that is when I have the most serene moments in life.”

Andrea sees inspiration all around her and her list is always expanding. But most of her artworks are centred around of her love and appreciation for nature, birds, insects, animals and plants.
With nature she’s instantly drawn into the colours, textures and patterns. She then paints it as she envisage it through abstracts.
With birds, insects, animals, plants and the occasional landscape she applies traditional fine art, carefully measuring and mapping out the artwork to make sure the perspective and ratios are correct. Mixing colours to match and understanding the direction of the light.
Andrea also creates figurative surreal artworks where her vision is to connect humanity more with nature in one artwork. Here she starts with a mood board and plays around with colour combinations before mapping it out on canvas. “I see beauty all around me in nature and understand there is a purpose to every living organism. The human connection, care and respect for these is vital to the survival of mankind.”