Opp Shop Treasures

A magpie finds many treasures
Finds the shiny stuff and brings it back to its home, proud with its glittering steal.
And opp shops hold gold for those who look.
As I peruse opp shops, I see treasures of all descriptions.
From seashells to nana sweaters and flowers that gather dust
Someone else’s trash is someone else’s treasure.

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Like a magpie, I’ve taken to the kitchen sink when creating this artwork with a combination of fluid and impasto acrylics. In some places the paint is thin and watery, in others it is thick enough for me to dabble with etching. Artist-quality acrylic paints, ink and glitter were used.

My piece has the grounding of some figurative work (red flowers) but the rest is untethered abstract forms. I’ve deliberately played with many brushes to get the results I wanted – some bigs are graffiti-like smudgy, other bits are wavy. In some places I’ve drawn ink roughly with a paintbrush.

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Anna Kosmanovski is an artist who lives in Geelong.
Growing up with a strong sense of creativity, after high school, she became a professional writer. However, after having a young daughter, art has visited her life again.
Her paintings reflect an intuitive love of free play, draw to textures and a celebration of the joy de vivre of colour.

From graffiti-like scrawls of paint to bold impasto squiggly lines to surprises of etching, Anna uses a variety of approaches in her works.
Anna sold her first painting in Year 12 and went on to sell many after school to local collectors.

When she's not covering a canvas with paint she's running after her young family, letting her cat in-and-out and ordering decaf cappuccinos. Anna lives in Geelong, ten minutes from the Bay and the ever-fresh Barwon River.