Coastal Drift - ready to hang

Sunlight flickers over the sea in shades of gold with a small sailboat as the focus under a sky with several gulls.
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Accents of metallic gold leaf highlight the rippling water and the gulls. The gold leaf shimmer and change in the light - and as you walk by the canvas
The oil paints have been gently layered and built up to create the surf and sky.
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Ready to hang
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This artwork is sealed with a satin varnish and the painting will continue around the edges -making it a neat finish and not requiring a frame.
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A similar artwork can be created on 2 or 3 panels and in any size.

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Australian artist Laurie Franklin (b. 1981) is an established, internationally collected painter known for her layering of paint and mixed media to create tactile works ranging from mountains, seascapes to florals and abstracted forms.

Laurie has sold 1000s of artworks since starting painting in 2002, artwork is displayed in hotels, restaurants and held collections in over 20 countries. Past hotel projects have included 200m of hand painted wallpaper and hundreds of original artworks for hotel suites.

Based in Melbourne, Australia she works from a large studio space allowing several artworks to be worked on simultaneously. She travels and undertakes Art residencies around the world, the changing scenery influences her unique approach to capturing the intrinsic character of the landscape . Her gestural style, tight color palette and use of metallic elements create tactile, intriguing artworks.