Orange Banksia

Banksia prionotes, the orange banksia, rises like a flame from the landscapes of southwest Western Australia. Towering up to ten metres, it carries both strength and delicacy — a tree of resilience crowned with fiery blossoms. Its blooms are torches of colour against the muted bush, radiant yet grounded, ancient yet ever-renewing. In their rhythm, we glimpse endurance, beauty, and the pulse of place itself.

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Tetiana Koldunenko was born in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. She doesn’t remember her life before making Art. It means so much to her. She studied at the State Art school and graduated from Ukrainian Academy of Art and Architecture then completed a Master of Design at Florence Design Academy in Italy. Later, she completed a Master of Design (Honours) at UNSW in Sydney.
She worked as an illustrator and graphic designer and continued to paint. Many of her works are acrylic or watercolours; sometimes she uses other mediums including digital. She has participated in many exhibitions both in Ukraine and in Australia. She had her solo exhibition in Kyiv, and participated in “All For You” group exhibition at Global Gallery in 2011 and at “Transcendence” exhibition at The Arthouse hotel in 2011 (Sydney). She exhibited her works at “Taste of Ukraine” Ukrainian Diplomatic function Canberra in 2021.