Peach and Panna Cotta Poppies after Rain

'Creating textural abstract paintings that evoke connections with nature.’

'Teach and Panna Cotta Poppies after Rain' blends delicious colours with metallic hues and textural appeal. Over 150 blooms comprising over 500 individually applied palette knife strokes.

- Stretched and ready to hang on the wall
- Full signature on the front
- Gallery style, deep edges 4cm thick
- Artwork title, date and full signature on the back
- Comes with signed Certificate of Authenticity

Naomi Crowther’s practice examines the relationship between natural environments and human perception. Through layered surfaces, mark-making, and subtle material shifts, she explores growth, renewal, and the psychological impacts of ecological change. By foregrounding imperfection and the tension between order and flux, her work reflects both environmental fragility and resilience.
Career Highlights

For a full list of Crowther’s work & exhibition visit naomicrowther.au/bio

Exhibition Highlights

11 Solo Exhibitions across NSW and ACT (2001–2025), including UNSHUCKED: Oysters and Waterways, River of Art Festival (2025); Coastal Reflections, Coastal Garage Vintage Gallery (2023); andNaomi Crowther Recent Works, Foreshore Space, Kingston ACT (2020).

15+ Group Exhibitions in regional and metropolitan galleries including Salon de Refuses, River of Art Prize (2025); From the Forest, Eurobodalla Botanic Gardens (2025); What’s Past is Prologue, Basil Sellers Gallery (2025); Homeliness,M16 Art Space ACT, (2006).

International exhibition: Australian Art Showcase, Sheraton Hotel, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei (2009)

Awards & Prize Achievements
Winner: Royal Canberra Show – Print Media (2007)
Finalist placements: River of Art Prize (2025); The Palette Project Art Prize (2025) Mixed Media, Sydney Royal Easter Show (2007); Canberra Art Prize – Acrylic, Oil & Mixed Media (2005)

Publications & Media Coverage
Featured in Salty Magazine (2025), The Fold Eurobodalla (2025), and About Regional (2020).

Exhibitions reviewed in The Canberra Times, City News Canberra, Australian Country Style Magazine,Artlook Magazine, and other regional and national publications (2004–2025).

Public & Corporate Collections

Works held in significant public and institutional collections include:

Australian Government Department of Human Services (ACT)

Australian Defence Force – ADFA Chapel (ACT)

South East Regional Hospital (NSW)

Multiple ACT and NSW educational institutions including St Edmund’s College, Merici College, Marist College, and Daramalan College

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2026 Bluethumb RISING STAR. Naomi Crowther b1973 Kenthurst. Abstract painter living and working on NSW Far South Coast. Exploring effects of time alone in nature on the human condition, which transcends to a greater understanding of the environment, ourselves, our connections and priorities. Naomi is a multidisciplinary artist working in impasto acrylics, metallic leaf, cyanotypes and hand cut paper. BA Visual Arts ANU (first year only). Diploma of Interior Design RMIT. Recently shown at Gallery Alchemy and Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre. A mid-career artist who's work spans three decades. Her poppies series is licensed across several Australian Defence Force memorabilia brands. The latest lotus series is inspired by a sizeable lotus pond at her rural shared studio near Mogo, NSW. Waterways and rugged beaches near her Surf Beach home and main studio influence the artist's coastal abstract works and oyster series.