Oleander Study

I like the moody colours and dramatic movement of line in the stock photo of pink oleander flowers by Alan Cabello. I've tried to capture the drama in watercolour, with the detail of the flowers and buds contrasted with the "leafy" abstract background. The modest oleander flowers almost jump off the page. For those who like botanical art with a twist.

The piece is signed on the front, and signed and dated on the back. The piece is A3 in size with a 0.7cm bleed edge all around for framing.

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Hi there, I’m Kate. Thanks for looking at my art!

I am a largely self taught hobby artist, working mainly in watercolour, pen and ink and graphite. I don’t have any formal fine art training, but brief study of interior and industrial design grounded me in the fundamentals of highly detailed representational work. Despite my love of the finer details I am trying to find a looser, more emotive style, veering toward semi-abstract.

I enjoy learning the properties and limits of an often unpredictable medium like watercolour, because it’s equally frustrating and satisfying. Sometimes when you think watercolour has gone very badly wrong it turns out so right! This is why you’ll find chaotic experimentation and controlled detail contrasted in my work.

I don’t have a particular narrative I’m trying to deliver: I’m a dilettante mainly driven by the aesthetic, especially that of the natural world. I find inspiration in random places, from magazines to photography, to hikes in the bush and doing my own never-ending gardening, to graphic design. I work from my own reference photographs and stock photography.