Coastal Scrub Dance – large 183cm x 122cm Original Painting

This is an original large abstract painting on linen that is ready to hang on your beautiful wall.

Dimensions: H122cm x W183cm

Medium: Acrylic Polymer Paint on Traditional Gallery Wrapped canvas

This painting belongs to my more abstract-expressionist body of work, which is inspired by my microscopic ‘Life Enlarged’ series as well as my muse, the Australian Coastline.

On the one hand the repeatative expressionistic brush marks in this painting are reminiscent of my microscopic fabric paintings of the past.

On the other hand these rhythmic gestural brush marks hark back to the seascapes and coastal regions of Australia and my passionate love of these places.

This one takes the viewer on a walk through the Aussie coastal scrub via tea tree, banksia, pandanus, spinifex and she-oaks down to the beach. All those gnarly forms and tree shapes along the way. The beautifully formed knotted rhythmic lines of branches, vines and leaves with little snippets of sea, sky, cliff and sand glimpsed through little windows in the foliage. I have placed these fibrous forms in infinite spaces also reminiscent of coastal scrub forests, deep water kelp forests or matted dry seaweed on the shore. The mark making, movement and colours are all inspired by these things.

There are also beautiful textures in the surface; from mark making and dripping paint that gives a fluid, open kind of feel to the artwork.

I wanted the painting to have a kind of uplifting energy, beautiful and vibrant. So I hope that has come to be.

What I enjoy most about my paintings is they make people smile with a sense of wonderment and feelings of happiness as well as giving their walls finesse and a splash of colour for years to come.

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 ALL PAINTINGS ARE VARNISHED with Professional Quality Artists Varnish, once they have been photographed. This gives a protective surface and an exquisite sheen that really makes the colours powerful & eye-catching.

The painting is on canvas wrapped around traditional wooden stretcher bars with edges that are a smart 4cm deep out from your wall.

The edges are cleaned, staple free and painted a black to compliment this painting.

Ready to put on your wall with hanging wire on back.

Painting is signed and titled verso.

Artwork is sold UNFRAMED but SHADOW BOX FRAMING in raw oak, white or black can be arranged at for an additional fee. Message me for a quote.

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DELIVERY NOTE

For international collectors (or those who would prefer it), this painting can be safely shipped as an unstretched canvas in a heavy duty tube. Your local picture framer should be able to re-stretch the canvas on to wooden stretcher bars with a hanging device for a reasonable fee.

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