Dancing Waratahs

The magnificent waratahs I gave my daughter for her end of year ballet concert. She'd requested Australian natives and was delighted with this bunch of colour drenched beauties.

Here, flowers in vibrant shades of red, pink, and cream, are captured nestling in a fabulous rippled turqouise vase, the dappled shadows from nearby tamarillo tree merging with the curly, dancing shadows from the waratahs themselves.

I adore painting waratahs - the striking shapes of the flowers and multitude of noodley petals, ideal for a looser painting approach. The expressive brushstrokes and rich, thick, colours reflecting the joy I felt that afternoon, one quietly spent observing and reflecting on the unique, radiating beauty of these quintessentially Australian blooms.

Painted in oils with love xx

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Rohani Le Rossignol is an artist and textile designer from the Bellarine Peninsula. With a background in Graphic Design, fashion and illustration, and a love of art, craft, and nature, her work explores the wonders of the natural world around us and celebrates the beauty of nature.

Through her art she aims to portray the beauty of flora and fauna through the use of colour, pattern and light. She often uses her own fabric designs in still life arrangements consisting of flowers from her or her mothers garden and other treasures near and dear to her.

Rohani divides her time between her slow fashion label RoEnArt, growing her art practice, her two kids, husband and fur baby.
She is represented by Eagles Nest Gallery and was selected as finalist in the Small Works Art Prize 23 at Hoop Gallery and Omnia Art Prize 23.