Delft Silver Snow Gum - select stretching at checkout

The winter is stark in the Australian landscape - where the gum trees reach for the sky under a blanket of snow.

The colors used are a light grey, grey blues, off white, a bit of beige, dark navy blue, charcoal black and a deep ultramarine blue. The acrylic has been layered on in broad brushworks with charcoal used to add depth.
Some of the branches are highlighted with silver leaf- the metal will change colour depending on the angle of the viewer from a bright silver to a gunmetal.

This artwork is un-stretched and ships in a roll - select stretching at checkout or use Mobile Framing or Fantastic Framing that will stretch and deliver to you.
The full unstretched size is 212cm x 164cm - allowing a 6cm edge for neat stretching.

Commissions are welcome.

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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.