Serrata Still I

Banksia serrata or saw banksia is an important food source for many Australian animals and birds including sugar gliders, pygmy possums, honeyeaters and yellow-tailed black cockatoos. In this petite artwork the foliage was lovingly collected by Jacky from the roadside in Port Stephens and placed in a simple glass vessel.

Created with a palette inspired by the coastal areas in which it’s found, ‘Serrata Still II’ works in harmony with other pieces from the Coastal Path collection including its sister pieces ‘Serrata Still I’ and ‘Serrata Moment I’.

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Smith & Brooks is a collaboration between friends and artists, Kerrin Smith and Jacky Brooks.

‘As lovers of art, lovers of painting, lovers of printing, lovers of canvas, lovers of fine art paper we just needed to create. The feeling of filling a space with a beautiful image is something that drives us both. We collaborate on our colour palettes, themes and compositions. We work out our subject matter based on how it will translate to different mediums. Our works are then created by hand with acrylic paints, brushes and other mixed media.’

Kerrin and Jacky share very similar career backgrounds, having both worked in the videography and photographic industries, as fine art printers and as photo and video editors. Kerrin has a Bachelor of Visual Arts and Jacky has a Bachelor of Digital Arts, which creates a wonderful ‘opposites attract’ dynamic in their work. They both reside on properties in the city/country fringe of Brisbane and draw a lot of their inspiration from their own bushland backyards.