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Saliha Tacal Tajhal

Sydney

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Illumination captures a fleeting moment of light transforming the ordinary into something extraordinary. Inspired by a reflection seen in a car’s headlight on a neighbourhood street, the drawing explores the fascinating interplay between glass, chrome and reflected surroundings.

Sunlight strikes the curved surface of the headlight, scattering across layered reflections that almost resemble a kaleidoscope. Through detailed graphite work, mechanical forms and reflective surfaces merge into a complex composition of lines, textures and tonal contrasts. What first appears to be solid metal reveals itself as reflective glass, playing with perception and visual illusion.

The intricate pencil work highlights subtle gradations of light and shadow, bringing depth and movement to the composition. Familiar objects dissolve into abstract forms, inviting the viewer to look closer and discover new details within the reflection.

Illumination celebrates the beauty hidden in everyday moments, where a brief encounter with light transforms a simple street scene into a striking study of reflection, texture and form.

Illumination

Saliha Tacal Tajhal

Drawing, 82cm (W) x 62cm (H)

A$21,900

Bauhinia & Palmtree

Saliha Tacal Tajhal

Pencil, 52cm (W) x 65cm (H)

A$1,600

Botanical Harmony – Original Trilogy

This trilogy brings together three botanical artworks inspired by the quiet beauty of nature. Designed to be displayed as a harmonious set, each painting explores a different botanical form while sharing a cohesive palette of greens, blues and natural tones. Together the works move from lush foliage and tropical leaves to the serene elegance of a water lily, creating a calm and balanced visual narrative.

Painting One – Bauhinia Leaves
The first painting focuses on the distinctive form of Bauhinia leaves, known for their elegant heart-shaped structure and flowing veins. Layers of foliage create depth and movement, capturing the rich textures and rhythms found within a tropical garden.

Painting Two – Palm and Tropical Leaves
The second work introduces bold palm fronds and vibrant green leaves arranged in sweeping diagonal lines. The composition brings energy and contrast, echoing the layered complexity of tropical plant life while maintaining the calm botanical palette that connects the trilogy.

Painting Three – Water Lily
Painted on location at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Water Lily captures a quiet moment of stillness within one of Australia’s most iconic garden landscapes. A luminous white bloom, delicately edged with soft blush pink, rises gracefully from a lush bed of layered green lily pads.

Created using richly pigmented, wax-based Prismacolor pencils, the artwork has a beautiful depth and softness. Smooth blending and subtle layering bring gentle texture and dimension to the petals and foliage, while emerald, olive and moss tones create a vibrant natural backdrop. Cool blue undertones suggest the calm presence of water, and the unfolding petals become the tranquil focal point of the composition.

Together these three works form a botanical story celebrating the beauty, structure and serenity of the natural world.

Spirit of the Garden

Saliha Tacal Tajhal

Pencil, 52cm (W) x 65cm (H)

A$4,200

Nature’s Triumph – Monstera deliciosa presents the iconic tropical leaf as a symbol of vitality and resilience. Set against a bold red ground, the composition transforms a familiar botanical subject into a powerful visual statement.

Intricate veining is carefully rendered, revealing the internal structure of the leaf and inviting close, contemplative viewing. The vivid green contrasts strikingly with the warm red background, creating a dynamic interplay between organic form and expressive colour.

Balancing realism with stylisation, the work sits between botanical illustration and contemporary decorative painting. The flattened composition and emphasis on pattern elevate the subject beyond representation, suggesting growth, endurance, and the quiet strength of nature.

Elegant and graphic, this piece brings a sense of energy and grounded presence to any interior.

Nature's Triumph - Monstera Deliciosa

Saliha Tacal Tajhal

Pencil, 74cm (W) x 98cm (H)

A$13,330

Emily Handlin

Inner West, Sydney

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A desert lanscape, leopard print foreground mimics the dry cracked desert eath, and the mountains are a lipstick red against a cream-coloured sky.

Mobwife Mountains

Acrylic, 80cm (W) x 50cm (H)

A$920

A dusty-coloured desert landscape where there appears to be lifeless black cowboy boots jutting out of a rolled up Persian carpet. Nearby, a feminine figure in a leopard print coat sits inside a 1970 Dodge Charger.

The Rat

Acrylic, 60cm (W) x 42cm (H)

A$1,120

A dusty desert landscape, mountains in the backgound. In the middleground, a cowboy stands with his hands on his hips, facing a red classic car in a standoff position.

The Standoff

Acrylic, 60cm (W) x 42cm (H)

A$1,120

Brad Smith

Sydney, New South Wales

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Abstract mixed media collage featuring layered black, white and red forms, with fragmented textures and blurred text elements creating a sense of tension and depth.

Darkness IV

Mixed Media, 34cm (W) x 34cm (H)

A$650

Abstract black, white and muted pink collage with layered textures and bold horizontal black blocks obscuring fragmented imagery and text, framed in light wood.

Fear I

Mixed Media, 44cm (W) x 44cm (H)

A$800

Abstract black-and-white mixed media artwork featuring layered geometric forms, distressed textures, paint smears, and fragmented typographic elements beneath thick white brushwork, framed in natural timber.

BAD X II

Mixed Media, 24cm (W) x 33cm (H)

A$280

Abstract mixed media collage composed of layered photographic fragments, torn paper, and textured surfaces in dark tones, with scattered highlights suggesting movement and light.

TFIF TGIF II

Mixed Media, 55cm (W) x 45cm (H)

A$950

Paula Holliday

Sydney

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Pink, blue, green, white and aqua leaves with details and markings layered upon each other

Bright Botanical

Acrylic, 51cm (W) x 61cm (H)

A$220

Red, orange,ochre,gold,black, copper and white patterned leaves layered upon each other

Autumn Leaves

Acrylic, 51cm (W) x 41cm (H)

A$220

Up close, side on view of bird with eyes in place of feathers. Detailed patterns and shapes on eyes and beak. Bird is surrounded by blue sky with dotted patterns

See Bird

Acrylic, 102cm (W) x 76cm (H)

A$740

Beautiful black and white banksias, Waratah, gum leaves and blossoms on golden patterned background

Golden Botanical

Acrylic, 40cm (W) x 51cm (H)

A$240

Louise Morgan

Woodburn

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Magnolia #1

Acrylic, 80cm (W) x 90cm (H)

A$390

Banksia #1 was created after the 2019 South Coast Bushfires and represents the temporal quality of the bushland

Banksia #1

Acrylic, 80cm (W) x 80cm (H)

A$370

After the Bushfires was painted after the 2019 Bushfires on the South Coast of NSW

After the Bushfires

Oil, 160cm (W) x 120cm (H)

A$1,390

This abstract landscape is inspired by bushland on the South Coast of NSW

Bush flora

Acrylic, 70cm (W) x 90cm (H)

A$330

Ashley polyblank

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Earth Flow

Ashley polyblank

Resin, 52cm (W) x 74cm (H)

A$390

Pink Honey

Ashley polyblank

Resin, 91cm (W) x 91cm (H)

A$590

Jonathan Holowell

Redfern

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In this painting I have tried to capture a feeling of desert landscapes.

Mexico

Jonathan Holowell

Acrylic, 90cm (W) x 120cm (H)

A$1,340

feeling of the desert and open space

Uluru

Jonathan Holowell

Acrylic, 70cm (W) x 70cm (H)

A$800

a deep forest feeling with mysterious undertones

Deep Forest

Jonathan Holowell

Acrylic, 76cm (W) x 91cm (H)

A$740

Robyn Moignard Ferrell

Sydney

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A2 size reproduction print from original etching on copper plate in two colours
Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Cotton Rag 308gsm

Salzburg Series Orange Ed. 1 of 100

Robyn Moignard Ferrell

Reproduction Print, 42cm (W) x 59.4cm (H)

A$320

A2 reproduction print of original etching , three-colour copper plate
Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Cotton Rag 308gsm

Salzburg Series Blue Ed. 3 of 100

Robyn Moignard Ferrell

Reproduction Print, 42cm (W) x 59.4cm (H)

A$320

A2 reproduction print of original etching , two-colour copper plate
Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Cotton Rag 308gsm

Salzburg Series Mauve Ed. 2 of 100

Robyn Moignard Ferrell

Reproduction Print, 42cm (W) x 59.4cm (H)

A$320

A2 reproduction print of original etching , two-colour copper plate
Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Cotton Rag 308gsm

Salzburg Series Pale Ed. 2 of 100

Robyn Moignard Ferrell

Reproduction Print, 42cm (W) x 59.4cm (H)

A$320

frederic terreaux

Sydney

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Urban landscape of street of Sydney.

#125

frederic terreaux

Oil, 43cm (W) x 43cm (H)

A$1,790

Urban landscape of street of Sydney.

#112

frederic terreaux

Oil, 43cm (W) x 43cm (H)

A$1,740

#193

frederic terreaux

Oil, 64cm (W) x 49cm (H)

A$1,790

Lions with tattoo

#199 - Lion tattoo

frederic terreaux

Oil, 43cm (W) x 43cm (H)

A$950

Silas Ingles

Newcastle

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