Grevillea
$400.00
The Australian native Grevillia flowers are commonly known as spider flowers and belong to the Proteaceae family and are one of Australia’s most iconic flowers. This water colour painting is of the ‘Ned Kelly’ variety, the vibrant and profuse blooms of which are a haven for swarms of pollen seeking bees. The Grevillia is named after Charles Francis Greville, a British 18th century mineralogist and horticulturist.
Artwork Info
| Artist Name | |
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| Medium | Watercolor |
| Size | 50cm x 40cm |
| Artwork Date | 2022 |
Artist Bio
Over the past eight years Sue has participated in the Royal Melbourne Botanical Gardens Botanical Art Program, developing her profile as a Botanical Artist under the expert tutelage of highly respected Australian Botanical Artist, Dianne Emery. This ‘second career’ follows a fifty-five-year long career in a range of areas in education and organisational leadership. Sue believes she is now ready to present her work that has built on a love of drawing and painting sparked by her early high school art lessons at Dimboola Memorial High School in the 1950’s conducted by internationally renowned artist and sculptor, Ken Unsworth. Her love of all ‘things’ botanical was similarly nurtured by her early life in Dimboola through her membership of the Gould League of Bird Lovers and excursions with friends seeking out native orchids and other native flora.
Sue invites you to view examples of her artwork and hopes that her enjoyment in completing each of them is apparent.