Cheryl Willcox
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Oil on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

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LILY POND TRILOGY (triptych)
Please Note: 3 paintings in this TRIPTYCH. Each painting measures 91X122cm
Knowing that the finish is close, is bittersweet…..After spending months working on this large triptych 122x91cm oil painting it has become an extension of me. It began as external physical experience and now is a painting of that experience. Twice, I change the order of the work before settling on this order.
Today , I want to add the golden light reminiscent of afternoon light, and reinforce the sweeping lines of the pads as they wander over the water. …connecting all the elements together ......individually and between all three paintings.
Tomorrow , after sleeping on it and reappraising the work I will sign it. At that moment I know that I am letting go of the painting and it will ultimately pass onto somebody else and gain a new life, a new meaning beyond my original intent. That is the beauty of art. And the heartache to let it go. But go it must. Otherwise it is not art. Art is part of us, beyond us and shared by us.
‘LILY POND TRILOGY' Each Painting measures 120 x 90cm oil painting of a lily pond behind the oval at Terrigal. Terrigal lagoon extends under Terrigal Drive to create the pond. I started painting the lily pond during the Covid lockdowns. It was I place I could go and paint without being disturbed or interrupted because it is encircled by trees and bush unlike the openers of the beach. I would go and "hide" undetected except for a fisherman who came to the pond to fish for bass. Apparently the fish swim through the large pipes situated under Terrigal Drive, to the pond.
My enjoyment for painting the pond has grown as I seek to capture what is above and below the surface reflections.
Visible brushstrokes providing texture.
Expressive and bold use of colour.
One of a kind original oil painting triptych.
The paintings are on stretched CANVAS with an internal wooden frame.
The painting is varnished to add protection.
Edges of the painting are blackened, so that it looks great from all sides and is ready to hang
There is a wire and extra hanging rings on the back.
Signed on the front
Will be packaged securely with bubble wrap in a thick walled cardboard.
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Cheryl Willcox
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This is a tall vertical ( golden mean proportion) oil painting of a water lilies growing in a pond. It is a bright day with the bright blue sky reflecting on the water. We can see deep into the foreground water to the weeds and purple shadows below. On the surface the light dances across the green lily pads, highlighting the green pads and orange leaves that have fallen from above to take us across to other side.This is a large horizontal oil painting on canvas measuring 122x91 cm (4x3ft) lily pads in a pond. Along the horizontal middle line the pads are bright green, before receding into the background. Ultramarine and cerulean blue water reflect the colour of the sky and white clouds into the foreground. In the bottom left corner there is tangled of dying stem and "drowning leaves". Rather than a romantic depiction of lily pads this painting is bold and colourful, containing all of the life cycles of the lily pads, from flowers to dying .he lily pads have been bright curved discs of exuberant green for most of the season. With the Autumn cool comes the curling of the lily pads and change in colours. The last of the flowers and the myriad of buzzing and wriggling life above and below the water line are disappearing. The lily pads move from the excitable green of spring to bunker green, with some clocking out into golds, copper and brown. The Autumn stretch is upon the pond and the distant shadows begin to slide further across the surface. Leaf fall in the twilight to remind us all things must pass…until SpringThe early morning yellow sunlight is shinning through the trees in the background and lighting the waterlily pond in the foreground.

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The back waters of our local lagoon (Avoca Lagoon) secludes itself from visitors and tourists. Even locals sometimes. Far from the crashing beach entrance and the energetic dogs and noise of the children, this is where the quietness of water, light and shadows come to rest around sleepy islands. All different physical elements but all appear to be in peaceful balance with each other. Time to sit, draw and let the surroundings paint themselves. All the elements seem to be sharing part of themselves with each other and the shadows are only extensions of light, water and a mirage of an island. Phantoms of a physicality that draws you into illusions of light, space, shade and shadows. The Back Waters have their own magic that is best experienced without the crowds and a timepiece. This painting has been inspired by the view from the lookout (Lincoln Rock) at Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains NSW. It forms part of the Blue Mountain Series series of that relates to the blue mountains. The afternoon shadows envelop most of the landscape, imparting a sense of tranquility and quietude. However, the higher peaks and hills in the distance are untouched by the shadows. Bathed in golden light, these elevated forms seem to emanate warmth and radiance. The light, elegantly traces its way across the terrain and extends to the distant ridges. In the foreground, small native shrubs, red grevillea and yellow wattle, stretch out beneath the observer's feet. Their textured details contrast against the backdrop of the deep and shaded valley. The tranquility of the valley, the radiant hills, and the gnarly native shrubs collectively inspire a sense of awe and wonder.Horizontal Lily pads floating in a blue Pond. The sunlight is streaming through the reeds at the far end of the lily pond.
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