August 02, 2023

Original Oils

Oils are my preferred medium......

Created by Cheryl Willcox

Horizontal painting of red Hollyhock flowers and old fashioned rose buds and a blue pond. In a garden setting with glimpses of a pond and a dark background

COLOUR OF HOPE

ByCheryl Willcox

91cm (W) x 61cm (H)

Oil
A$1,700
A close up of a pig face, Alisan and freesias growing in the garden.

FLOWERING FREESIAS

ByCheryl Willcox

50cm (W) x 40cm (H)

Oil
A$490
The composition of this painting was based on the 'infinite symbol'. Red Hollyhocks is a horizontal arrangement in a garden with a dark background.

INFINITY

ByCheryl Willcox

91cm (W) x 61cm (H)

Oil
A$1,700
Individual Holly hock Flowers is standing tall and dominant in the garden. The painting has applied in an impressionist style with expressive bold brush strokes.
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CENTRE STAGE

ByCheryl Willcox

64cm (W) x 95cm (H)

Oil
A$1,600
This a close up of yellow, red and orange freesia growing, with a dark background. The painting has a gold floating frame.

FREE FOR ALL

ByCheryl Willcox

64cm (W) x 95cm (H)

Oil
A$1,630
A garden of lavender leads to a gate in a stone wall.

IMAGINE

ByCheryl Willcox

61cm (W) x 90cm (H)

Oil
A$1,530
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.

Into The Lily Pond

ByCheryl Willcox

68cm (W) x 112cm (H)

Oil
A$1,900
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 .

Lily Pond Vision

ByCheryl Willcox

123cm (W) x 91cm (H)

Oil
A$2,500
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 Spring

The Autumn Stretch

ByCheryl Willcox

91cm (W) x 122cm (H)

Oil
A$2,500
The medley of checkered lily pads stretch slow motion across the pond. They take me out to the middle of the pond like a green and yellow tapestry until they dapple into the shade from above. The tessellated pattern reminds me of a mosaic with pads as the small patchwork that form a larger picture. Lily pads to lily ponds is just echoes arranged so you believe you can travel to the other side. The lily pad carpet ride.

Lily Pad Carpet Ride

ByCheryl Willcox

91cm (W) x 122cm (H)

Oil
A$2,500
The rebound of life in early Spring with the emergence of new colours and activity in the pond is when the pond transforms by the hour. A time of fish close to the surface and new lily pads pushing each other for sunlight and space. The old colours of winter are being quickly renewed for the surge ahead. New beginnings for everything the Sun touches and life forces are in full swing. The pond is alive with lavish life.

Lily Pond Spring

ByCheryl Willcox

91cm (W) x 61cm (H)

Oil
A$1,500