Studio Mini Study #1 Rainbow Beach

This artwork is a part of a studio mini series where every week I paint 1-2 artworks smaller than 30x30cm. The purpose of the series is to establish a regular art practice that pushes me to experiment and try new things within a small timeframe. This is an opportunity to try new colours, marks, techniques and/or mediums and simply enjoy my time in the art studio.

This particular painting is a new style for me, I began by creating abstract marks on my canvas and then about halfway through the painting I was inspired to use photographs from my recent trip to Rainbow Beach to resolve the painting.

Original painting by Jaimia Ollington.

Acrylic on stretched canvas, ready to hang.

Signed certificate of authenticity.

Painted on deep edge stretched canvas with painted sides, signed and ready to hang.

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Jaimia's artwork is a celebration of the colours and movement found in the natural Australian landscape. She wants to bring the beauty of Australia onto the canvas, in a way that values the emotional truth of the subject over exact realism. She enjoys working with many layers, finishing with thick, bold heavy-textured marks. She mostly uses acrylic paint but at times will reach for the oil paint/sticks in that final layer.

Jaimia lives in Mount Samson, Queensland. She finds inspiration from the many National Parks she visits on her family camping trips both coastal and country and usually around South-East Queensland.

You can see a gallery of Jaimia's other work at www.jaimiaollington.com