Seafront Cottages

This painting is an abstract landscape depicting a coastal village. Loosely based on villages in the North of Scotland sketched during my last visit.

The dramatic coastline drops away steeply in places where small villages are nestled in the sheltered bays. The houses, hills and clear skies are depicted in a stylized way with washes of loose and in places heavier watercolours and all held together by a framework of delicate ink linework which gives a stained glass effect.
 

• Artists quality paints

• Painted 300gsm cotton rag watercolour paper

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Nicola is a Perth based multi-award winning artist and owner of The Artists Nook a collaborative artists team providing public and community art projects throughout WA. She has a BA Honours in Fine Art Printmaking from Gray’s School of Art in Scotland.

Her art practice encompasses printmaking and painting with a focus on linocut and watercolour. Nature is a constant throughout her work with native flowers and birds as subjects and motifs.

Art Nouveau and stained glass work have been an enduring inspiration and are echoed throughout her pieces. Juxtaposing flat ink against textural and tonal watercolour washes create a tactility in her still life and botanical pieces.