Painting by Sarah Matsuda 16 Artworks Sold

Nocturnal Sleep

Acrylic, Paper (Requires Framing)

42cm (W) x 30cm (H) x 0cm (D)

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A$590

Arrives 20–22 Sep

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Artwork Description

Your night-time friends will be snuggled away.

This original artwork features several nocturnal, Australian animal species. Two juvenile Powerful Owls and a parent owl try to catch up on some sleep in the bright sunshine, while a Sugar Glider nestles into it’s hollow home in the tree.

It is one of the artworks I created for children’s book “Snuggled Away” written by Cate Storey and it contrasts to the majority of the others in the Snuggled Away series, as it’s a daytime scene. It was fun giving character to the owls, who look as though they may have been startled from a loud noise.. The original artwork was acrylic with mixed media.

Powerful Owl adult and chicks with Sugar Glider.

Artist Bio

Sarah Matsuda is a fine artist and children's book painter living in Paddington, Brisbane. Specialising in mixed media, Sarah works on a range of commissioned pieces for books, portraits and also figurative pieces for sale.

The third generation artist on both sides of her family, Sarah's mother is Robyn Bauer the fine artist painter & her father is Mark Andrews the sculptor who created the larger than life "Sheep" at Teneriffe, Brisbane. Her grandmothers Joan Bauer & Pixie Joan Andrews were also both well known, Brisbane artists. Sarah’s first exhibition was a joint exhibition at the age of 13 years old with her mother Robyn, where she showed lino prints coloured with watercolour and sculptures of animals in clay.

Sarah's first solo show was in 2022, in conjunction with the launch of a beautiful children’s book about Australian wildlife called “Snuggled Away” written by Cate Storey and illustrated by Sarah. They have also published a second book "The Perfect Hollow" and their third book "Sunny Finds His Song" is about to be released.

You can commission artworks for subjects including brides and wedding images, boudoir, breastfeeding mother and baby, family portraits & pregnancy.

Commissions

Sarah's studio is in Brisbane