Plants Taste Better

This artwork has won the Still Life category in the Bluethumb 2023 Art Prize! It is available to purchase on site and is currently on view in Bluethumb's Melbourne Gallery from 11th October.

A deliberately composed still life, “Plants Taste Better’ aims to subtly challenge the viewer to ponder their own role in current environmental issues, specifically on soil quality and our food chains, and their global impact.
Struck by Arthur’s Streeton’s prophetic dystopian landscape paintings from the 1920s highlighting his concerns and projections for the environment in the future, Streeton’s paintings served as a catalyst to pose my own current concerns about soil quality and food supply chains, and their effects on our land we are custodians of. My hope is that the viewer is prompted to have a further conversation about these issues to begin the catalyst for change.
Equally this still life painting is a celebration of the natural world around us and the way we can enjoy nature in our homes and as our food, and a total appreciation of nature's design.

This painting was a finalist in the Northern Beaches Environment award

Oil on Belgium Linen, framed in Tasmanian Oak with D-Rings attached on the back and ready to hang.

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Awarded the Sir William Dobell scholarship by the Julian Ashton Art School in 2015, she completed her full time scholarship, receiving a diploma of Fine Art in 2016. Jessica has been selected as a finalist in several art awards and participated in select groups shows. Most recently Jessica was the winner of the Bluethumb Art Prize - still life category 2023.
With a previous career in fashion design and production, and with an emphasis on portraiture and still life, her knowledge and passion for fashion, design, and detail are woven into her artistic sense and subject matter, working collectively to inspire her work.