On Friday my work was part of a wonderful exhibition with a group of talented artists to raise funds for WWF in the fight for conservation in Borneo. The exhibition, Jungle Heart, was held at Southside Tea Room and all of the artists included work that was based on the theme of the cause. I sold all of my paintings on the night and donated 50% of the proceeds! The exhibition was put together by the wonderful Camille Nathania and decorated with beautiful paper flowers and vines by Lena Lime. I normally work with mixed media and scan in my ink & water colour textures and manipulate them digitally, so it was a bit of a challenge to create some raw originals for the event. I played around with some variations of water colour and ink layers with some different versions of the clouded leopard and an orangutan.

Post Exhibition

We need a post exhibition debrief.
Last night I had an exhibition of my new work as part of the RAW:Brisbane showcase at Oh Hello in Brisbane.  I had my own little space to set up and was given a fence to display my art on.
Thank you to everyone that came along and supported me on the night and to any one who took the time to stop and have a look at my work! :)   It felt really good to create this body of work.

I created a "Spring Collection" for the event.
Hand painted bunting with water colour spring patterns
Colourful star lights
roses
A card stand filled with my range of greeting cards
water colour & pencil
flora and fauna
homely loves
Heart felt messages

My current inspirations need to be acknowledged: Lizzy Stewart, Charlotte Trounce, Leah Goren, Anke Weckmann and Kelly Thompson.

Ok be prepared to have your eyes filled with multiple images of my new artwork.... haha

Oh! And I got a new hair cut for the event. It feels sooooo good to have fresh hair.




Playing with an old lens from a recently discovered/remembered family SLR camera. It is exciting because the old lens works with my DSLR and my new lenses work my the old SLR. Lots of fun to play with.


"I love my little home"



I like to draw a rough mock up before I work on the final piece.


 The post exhibition aftermath...

Birds in Love


You are Loved - SOLD


Be true to your self


Mysterious Night Bird - SOLD


Have Courage


I love my little home


Flora & Fauna (separate or as a set)


You are my home


Tea for me


Fantastic Fox


Rose-tinted glasses
  


If you missed out on the exhibition I will have one of each print available on my online store and a few original artworks.
http://www.emilynelsonart.bigcartel.com/

If you have any inquiries about work for sale get in touch on my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Emily-Nelson-Art/151941871500030