Acrylic on linen, ready to hang.

Signed on the back.

This artwork comes with an external frame

'Banksias' has a strong layered geometric composition with simple shapes providing a layered background to a foreground of stylised Banksias inflorescences and leaves.

These paintings start with a technical approach and the background shapes and the botanical outlines are drafted using AutoCAD : a program used by architects and engineers. These preliminary layouts are printed out and used as a guide to setting up the painting. Sometimes initial colour-planning is also done using photoshop. However rarely do these guides last long as it is nearly always impossible to mix colours that match and as soon as a few colours are on the canvas, these dictate what will work alongside them and then the initial plan goes out the window. As with most art, the work takes on a life and momentum of its own.