Flowers Close-up Painting Workshop

I have always loved Painting. I love to express the beauty I see around me in the natural world.I attended art school at age 17 but then ventured out on my own in a bid to develop my own style.Since 1995, I've been experimenting with the use of various mediums from pastels and colour pencils to watercolours, mixed mediums, Acrylics and Oils.I have been exhibiting and selling my work through mixed exhibitions, in galleries and venues on the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Singapore. My work selling also to collectors overseas.I paint mostly in oils. My works are created in a traditional layering process. Petals are created in several layers, blending repeatedly with each new layer to create realistic silky, delicate petals, whilst shadows and depth are attained through rich glazes.My larger than life paintings represent actual captured moments in time, and are a culmination of many years of gathering photographic reference for my work. My study of flowers concentrates on nature’s unique design handiwork as well as the effects of natural lighting upon the blooms. It is the play of sunlight and shadows in a dance of contrasts, tones and reflected colour that creates the magic that brings the paintings to life.Since 2011 I have been living in the Dandenongs. The beautiful scenery, gardens and magic on the mountain inspires my work. There is inspiration everywhere.“Find what inspires you creatively. If you find your passion, your art will flourish.”I will guide my students to paint from the heart, and develop their own unique style.