It is such a privilege to be surrounded by the bush and the birds. In the garden outside my art studio, there are some beautiful grevilleas. The lorikeets absolutely love them and are often our alarm clock in the morning. They don’t exactly have the nicest song, but I still love to hear them everyday.
It is such a privilege to be surrounded by the bush and the birds. In the garden outside my art studio, there are some beautiful grevilleas. The lorikeets absolutely love them and are often our alarm clock in the morning. They don’t exactly have the nicest song, but I still love to hear them everyday.
Acrylic Paint on stretched canvas, ready to hang.
76 x 76cm
Signed on the front.
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For a couple of months tragedy surrounded us, culminating with my Father in law being in ICU.
The depth and weight of all that was happening meant we had to, as a family, find a way through. We went to the beach, and on bush walks, we had dinner out, we found ways to find joy in the small things: I call them microjoys. To see flowers popping up in the garden, birds all around. Seeing beauty in small things, helped us to get through the hardest things.
This beautiful kookaburra was on one of our walks, and it just kindly sat and let me walk up close and take its photo. So thanks Mr Kookaburra for allowing me to preserve a micro joy.
61 x 76cm
Mixed media on canvas
This one is quite different for me, as I literally blobbed and squelched paint over the canvas, like a child. I still don’t quite know how I feel about it, but it allowed freedom and healing to come as I ripped and pasted fabric, drew squiggles and randomly applied paint.
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$900
Simply Complicated
Life seems so simple
Yet the juggle is so complicated
But what matters is so simple?
I was painting this while juggling all that life’s throws at me and was struck by art imitating life. I thought when I started this painting, at first glance it was much simpler than my usual flower and yet the more I painted the more complexity I discovered!! What beauty in the simplest things we find.
How amazing is this little discovery? But the more you look at it the more you discover it’s extraordinary complexity.
61 x 61cm
Signed on the front.
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On the way up the hill, the council planted the most beautiful crabapple trees. When they loose their leaves, they aren’t much to look at, but in spring, there is nothing like them, they are absolutely packed with the most stunning flowers. The colour is so vibrant that no matter what I do, I cant seem to match the intensity of the pink! What a wonder the crabapple is, and such a gift to all who take the time to look at it.
61 x 61cm
Signed on the front.
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$900
I love the Australian bush. I am aware of what a privilege it is to be surrounded by the bush where we live. What it does for me is that it grounds me, when I am anxious or feeling hopeless, it reminds me of God, it reminds me that there are bigger things than the things I am going through.
One of my favourite things to do in the bush is find wildflowers. I am so fascinated by the contrast between the dry bushland and these beautiful random flowers that come up everywhere. Randomly these shockingly beautiful, intricate and unique flowers spring up.
How easy is it for us to walk through life with our mind elsewhere and not notice the beauty and the gifts we are surrounded by.
These visually rich flowers are such a good reminder to me, to get out of my head, all the things that need to be done, the worries that come over and to pause, to appreciate the little things that give life unexpected pleasure
61 x 61cm
Signed on the front.
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$1400
I have become a bit obsessed with bees. When my family and I go for walks we spend a lot of time watching the busy bees doing their thing. They are amazing and without realising we actually rely on them for survival, but we walk past them, everyday doing their work. Thank you God for the busy bees.
I will be doing a mini series of these busy bees. 4 minis and one 76 x 76 cm.
Acrylic Paint on stretched canvas, ready to hang.
76 x 76cm
Signed on the front.
I have become a bit obsessed with bees. When my family and I go for walks we spend a lot of time watching the busy bees doing their thing. They are amazing and without realising we actually rely on them for survival, but we walk past them, everyday doing their work. Thank you God for the busy bees.
I will be doing a mini series of these busy bees. 4 minis and one 76 x 76 cm.
Acrylic Paint on stretched canvas, ready to hang. Framed Tasmanian oak floating frame.
Painting 30 x 30cm
Framed 33 x 33cm
Signed on the front.
SOLD
I have become a bit obsessed with bees. When my family and I go for walks we spend a lot of time watching the busy bees doing their thing. They are amazing and without realising we actually rely on them for survival, but we walk past them, everyday doing their work. Thank you God for the busy bees.
I will be doing a mini series of these busy bees. 4 minis and one 76 x 76 cm.
Acrylic Paint on stretched canvas, ready to hang. Framed Tasmanian oak floating frame.
Painting 30 x 30cm
Framed 33 x 33cm
Signed on the front.
SOLD
$560
I have become a bit obsessed with bees. When my family and I go for walks we spend a lot of time watching the busy bees doing their thing. They are amazing and without realising we actually rely on them for survival, but we walk past them, everyday doing their work. Thank you God for the busy bees.
I will be doing a mini series of these busy bees. 4 minis and one 76 x 76 cm.
Acrylic Paint on stretched canvas, ready to hang. Framed Tasmanian oak floating frame.
Painting 30 x 30cm
Framed 33 x 33cm
Signed on the front.
I have become a bit obsessed with bees. When my family and I go for walks we spend a lot of time watching the busy bees doing their thing. They are amazing and without realising we actually rely on them for survival, but we walk past them, everyday doing their work. Thank you God for the busy bees.
I will be doing a mini series of these busy bees. 4 minis and one 76 x 76 cm.
Acrylic Paint on stretched canvas, ready to hang. Framed Tasmanian oak floating frame.
Painting 30 x 30cm
Framed 33 x 33cm
Signed on the front.
M’s art teacher has a daily habit of walking and posting photos of beautiful flowers along the way.
What a great reminder of God’s goodness in the beauty around us! Whenever I see them I am struck by the diversity and abundance, and I cant help but be drawn to them.
This is one of a series of magnolia flowers that she photographed and posted to her story.
Photo credit to Cathie Hall. Painted with permission.
310gsm cotton rag
Giclee, archival quality
50 x 50cm (60 x 60cm with 5cm border)
Requires framing
Other sizes available on request.
Due to prints relying on specialist printing services, orders maybe delayed.
Print on paper
Signed and numbered on the front.
I have always loved Dr Seuss, but only as an adult have I really appreciated the depth and profound nature of his writings.
As I was painting the beautiful wattle, I was reminded of The Lorax, and the beautiful truffler trees (before they were cut down).
How lucky are we to be surrounded by such beauty. It is breathtaking to see the diversity around us; even amongst such an unforgiving environment in Australia.
310gsm cotton rag
Giclee, archival quality
50 x 50cm (60 x 60cm with 5cm border)
Requires framing
Due to prints relying on specialist printing services, orders maybe delayed.
M’s art teacher has a daily habit of walking and posting photos of beautiful flowers along the way.
What a great reminder of God’s goodness in the beauty around us! Whenever I see them I am struck by the diversity and abundance, and I cant help but be drawn to them.
This is one of a series of magnolia flowers that she photographed and posted to her story.
Photo credit to Cathie Hall. Painted with permission.
76 x 76cm painting size
79 x 79cm frame size
This painting is framed with a painted Tasmanian oak, white frame. Due to the use of real wood, the frame will have small imperfections.
I have always loved Dr Seuss, but only as an adult have I really appreciated the depth and profound nature of his writings.
As I was painting the beautiful wattle, I was reminded of The Lorax, and the beautiful truffler trees (before they were cut down).
How lucky are we to be surrounded by such beauty. It is breathtaking to see the diversity around us; even amongst such an unforgiving environment in Australia.
76 x 76cm
Acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Print on paper
Signed and numbered on the front.
This crabapple was planted by the council and is so annoying, it completely blocks the path, so often you either have to walk on the road to get past it or you get slapped by it as you wheedle past. But it is so breathtakingly beautiful when it flowers. It is funny how sometimes we need these things that may seem cumbersome and in the way to literally stop us in our tracks and appreciate life.https://kimneil.gallery/2021/08/13/the-crabapple-path-edition-print/
310gsm cotton rag
Giclee, archival quality
50 x 50cm (60 x 60cm with 5cm border)
Requires framing
Due to prints relying on specialist printing services, orders maybe delayed.
Print on paper
Signed and numbered on the front.
This crabapple was planted by the council and is so annoying, it completely blocks the path, so often you either have to walk on the road to get past it or you get slapped by it as you wheedle past. But it is so breathtakingly beautiful when it flowers. It is funny how sometimes we need these things that may seem cumbersome and in the way to literally stop us in our tracks and appreciate life.So life is pretty tough at the moment, we are all (in NSW) in a metaphorical winter, or even some may be in a dark night of the soul. But as winter passes, so do dark nights of the soul.
These barren times where the trees are naked of life and leaves and maybe you begin to despair; but then slowly tiny buds start to develop, small and hidden. Then more time passes and one courageous bud bursts through to show you life, to show you that ALL seasons change. The winter passes and the dark nights of the soul pass too.
310gsm cotton rag
Giclee, archival quality
50 x 50cm (60 x 60cm with 5cm border)
Requires framing
Other sizes and canvas available
Due to prints relying on specialist printing services, orders maybe delayed.
Have you ever noticed the first buds appear? Everything looks bleak and then slowly emerge the buds…then one or two courageous buds emerge into flowers before the rest.
I feel like sometimes it takes courage to be the first: the first to see the weather changing, first to see the season changing, first to see hope.
But after a few buds courageously transform themselves, slowly, slowly, the rest join them.
How can we be conveyors of life, or hope and of the changing season?
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This crabapple was planted by the council and is so annoying, it completely blocks the path, so often you either have to walk on the road to get past it or you get slapped by it as you wheedle past. But it is so breathtakingly beautiful when it flowers. It is funny how sometimes we need these things that may seem cumbersome and in the way to literally stop us in our tracks and appreciate life.So life is pretty tough at the moment, we are all (in NSW) in a metaphorical winter, or even some may be in a dark night of the soul. But as winter passes, so do dark nights of the soul.
These barren times where the trees are naked of life and leaves and maybe you begin to despair; but then slowly tiny buds start to develop, small and hidden. Then more time passes and one courageous bud bursts through to show you life, to show you that ALL seasons change. The winter passes and the dark nights of the soul pass too.
Print on paper
Signed and numbered on the front.
This crabapple was planted by the council and is so annoying, it completely blocks the path, so often you either have to walk on the road to get past it or you get slapped by it as you wheedle past. But it is so breathtakingly beautiful when it flowers. It is funny how sometimes we need these things that may seem cumbersome and in the way to literally stop us in our tracks and appreciate life.
310gsm cotton rag
Giclee, archival quality
50 x 50cm (60 x 60cm with 5cm border)
Requires framing
Due to prints relying on specialist printing services, orders maybe delayed.
This artwork is part of my splatter art series. It brings me so much joy, to literally throw paint on the canvas, and is a At our local shops there are the most adorable little swallows that roost in the eves. No matter how many spikes have been placed there, pretend snakes put up, these gorgeous little birds can not be persuaded to move on. While it may not be the best for the businesses, they are so beautiful and a highlight of our visit; when we can spot them.
Framed in a painted white, lovingly made (by me) Tasmanian oak floating frame.
40.5 x 50.5cm painting size
43.6 x 53.6cm framed size
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This was a commission, done for a neighbour who recently had suffered a significant loss. I put some special secret touches in memory of their loved ones.
My wondrous weeds of joy!
We don’t get to choose what life throws at us, most of the time, but we can choose how we see it.
This is another one that definitely looks better in real life, check it out up close.
91.5 x 91.5 cm
Acrylic on stretched canvas, ready to hang
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This painting was inspired by a beautiful, unexpected bunch of flowers, my husband surprised me with out of the blue. I loved the almost antique look of them, with their crinkly and ambre petals.
21 x 29.7cm
Acrylic on UNSTRETCHED linen canvas
Requires framing
This was influenced by a previous painting and lessons I learn from Mitzi Vardi at a class. Super fun experimenting with splattering paint, water and then seeing what comes of it.
I love this process as it starts out as completely abstract and forces me to be uncomfortable and not paint perfectly, but go with the flow of what the painting reveals over time.
102 x 76cm
Acrylic on stretched canvas, ready to hang
SOLD
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