Weeping Bottlebrush

Weeping Callistemon flowers are the focus of this still life. Flowing and hanging like bottlebrush flowers do, with vibrant flowers and stalks of unopened buds filling the space around the blue vase. Organic ink linework adds structure and a top layer over the washes of watercolour paint. The painting is fisnished with warm yellows and oranges, contrasting with the vase and retaining a sense of light.

The ink lines are built up to hold the watercolour washes and shapes of the subjects, looking a bit like stained glass.

Painted with artists quality materials on 300gsm Arches watercolour paper.

The painting meaures 41.5x52cm and is unframed

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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.