The Kookaburra Rest

The Kookaburra Rest is a large watercolour and ink painting of the iconic Laughing Kookaburra perched amongst eucalyptus branches.

This art nouveau inspired artwork depicts the beautiful bird surrounded by gumnuts, wattles, flowering gums, bottlebrush, grevillea and banksia leaves with two leaf cutter bees.

The flowers and leaves are growing and falling in multiple directions and drawn organically in a stylized way. 

Washes of watercolour and intricate linework are built up in stages to create a luminous artwork painted on 600gsm Arches paper with deckled edges ideal for float framing.

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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.