Artwork Description

This painting is framed as seen in the second image. The framed size is 45 x 45 cm

I chose to center my painting around the intriguing hummingbird, which are among the smallest birds in the world. I picked the Ruby throated hummingbird as I loved their colours and markings and thought they'd be a lot of fun to paint, which they were!

The tattoo that features on the females shoulder is an Aztec design and chosen as the Aztec god Huitzilopochtli is often depicted as a hummingbird.

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Medium

Acrylic and graphite on gessoboard

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All art by Melissa Hartley

Banksias in a silver ornate metal vessel casting a shadow on a wooden tableBlue petunias in pot with purple lamp and blue satinStill life contrasts with our lives today which are dynamic, moving and constantly shifting, so there is definitely a strange irony in my work. I’m trying to suspend time, but it is still a reminder of our mortality, transience, and that things will fade and pass. Time becomes precious.
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