Nighttime Florals

"Nighttime Florals" is a large botanical painting showcasing large Australian native plants such as the Banksia alongside smaller plants like Billy Buttons. I was inspired to create this painting while searching my own garden for some interesting plants to paint, wanting to create a large, almost abstract piece.

When I couldn't find anything in my own yard I started thinking about where I could go locally to find some native plants and when I walked into my bedroom I took a different look at a dried flower arrangement I received almost two years ago for a housewarming gift.

It's a beautiful arrangement and takes up quite a bit of space, and when I looked at it through a different perspective I started seeing the possibilities. The arrangement itself is made of quite neutral colours and I wanted to offset those neutral colours with a bright blue background.

I've painted the flowers and leaves of some of the plants very large as I wanted the painting to have an impact - it currently hangs in my front entrance so it packs a punch as soon as guests enter the house!

This stretched canvas measures approximately 48" (H) x 36" (W) or 122cm (H) x 91cm (W) and is ready to hang.

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A bit about my work - I believe it leans towards expressionism and abstract art, perhaps with nods to impressionism and fauvism. A little bit modern, maybe even a little bit cartoon. I paint in multiple layers, working with brushes and palette knives, typically finishing with markers and paint pens. I enjoy working with landscapes and familiar places, trying to create a sense that you, the viewer, have been there before or are there in the moment.

A bit about me - I am a lot of things, none of them perfect! I am flawed, I am impatient but I try to be kind and make others comfortable, especially when we're most likely to be uncomfortable. I am a mother to an incredible daughter who I named after Salvador Dali (the Dali part, not the Salvador part!) and I have two sausage dogs, Mr Chips and Frankie who will often be lazing about in the sunshine in my studio. I've been drawing and painting since I was a kid - I started with drawing houses because I loved the new homes section of the weekend paper and then I switched to portraits when I was a teenager. I started delving into landscapes and abstracts around 2015/16 and have changed my style a million times since then. My hope is that my style continues to evolve and develop distinctly so that you will recognise a Kirsty Hay painting instantly.