Stirling Range Vista

I took a photo of this scene as I was on holiday with my family, driving through the lovely scenery of the Stirling Range National Park in Western Australia. I loved the fantastic shape and colour of the mountains as we were coming towards them as decided I had to paint them. After preparing the canvas with gesso and layers of acrylic paint, I drew the scene with a pastel pencil and started to lay in the shapes with light tones of acrylic paint. I added Thick Slow Medium and Clear Painting Medium to blue, grey, white, yellow ochre and green paint to create the colours I wanted for the painting. I added final details of the trunks and branches of the trees in white and dark brown acrylic. This painting has a dramatic feel and would make a great point of interest in any room. The painting has been professionally framed in white timber.

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My name is Marilyn Kiesey. I live in Perth Western Australia and I have been painting now for about 15 years. I worked as a lecturer in Business Studies at Perth TAFE for many years but have always loved drawing. When I retired from teaching at TAFE I was able to explore watercolour, pastel and oil painting.

I love experimenting with all the different mediums and my favourite subjects are seascapes and landscapes. I am painting in acrylics and watercolour at the moment, as these mediums dry more quickly than oil and I am able to produce more work. My husband, who is also a painter, and I enjoy travelling in Australia and overseas, taking photographs and sketching. When we get home we use these photos to create our paintings.

I am largely self taught although I have done watercolour, acrylic and oil painting courses at Atwell Gallery in Alfred Cove. I am a member of Alfred Cove Arts and have taken on the Membership Co-ordinator role, which I enjoy. Earlier this year my husband and I opened our home to display and sell our work at Melville Arts Open Studios, which was hugely successful.

I was thrilled to win a Highly Commended award for my oil painting 'The Basin, Rottnest' at the Awards for Excellence exhibition by Alfred Cove Arts. I have also sold a number of other paintings at a variety of exhibitions run by Alfred Cove Arts, the latest being a painting of Emu Point, Albany at a recent Awards for Excellence exhibition.

I have also been picked as a finalist in 2024 for the Melville Art Awards which is a juried exhibition.

I have a large number of my paintings listed on Bluethumbart for sale and have recently been chosen as a Featured Artist. I have also had my painting selected as a Staff Pick on Bluethumb.

I am available for work on commission.
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