Purchasing Quality Original Artworks How is it possible to buy quality original artworks without the high price tags found in art galleries and at art shows? This is a question that many people ask and there is a very simple answer. The Problem Have you ever visited an art show…
It’s exciting to announce that there will be a NaturalArt exhibition in the month of February 2014 at Eagles Nest Gallery, Aireys Inlet on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria. The exhibition titled ‘Romance and Realism’ will be a collection of recent artworks by Moyra Le Blanc Smith and Margaret Torney.
NaturalArt is for sale in a variety of places. Online at Gallery 247http://www.gallery247.com.au/ At the Shearers Arms Gallery – 202 Aberdeen Street Geelong West http://www.geelongartsociety.com.au/ Tussock Upstairs Gallery in Point Lonsdale http://tussockupstairs.com.au/ Anglesea Art House in Anglesea. By appointment on the Bellarine Peninsula email moyra.leblancsmith@gmail.com …
The Flinders Ranges is one of the most BEAUTIFUL places in Australia. There are huge weathered old gum trees in the creek beds with gorgeous purple coloured hills. The red earth and dry yellow grass makes it just heaven for the artist who loves colour like I…
It has been a busy time for NaturalArt in the garden this summer with this irresistible Sturt’s Desert Pea really enjoying the hot weather and flowering prolifically. Needless to say I couldn’t rest until they were painted. There are a number of Art Shows coming up over Easter as…
There are new NaturalArt paintings being produced every day. Here are the latest ones: ‘Eagle Rock’ started en plein air at Aireys Inlet on the Great Ocean Road and finished later in the studio. A fun painting at a gorgeous location. ‘Twin Gums’ an irresistible…
These 6 miniature paintings are a result of 5 weeks plein air painting at an idyllic location on the Moorabool River at Batesford in Victoria. The gum trees reflected in the water made a very peaceful scene. The petit NaturalArt paintings will be on show at…
New NaturalArt paintings are being created with greater use of the palette knife for the application of paint. The method gives me more freedom to apply paint in a looser style. It is a very enjoyable way to paint as it allows the full the tactile, buttery feel of the…
A recent visit to the magnificent Napoleon exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria has given me renewed inspiration. Whilst the art is nothing like the Naturalart subjects that I paint, I have great admiration for those olden day artists. It was truly wonderful to spend hours following the life…
Luis Melendez – Master of the Spanish Still Life Inspiration for NaturalArt can be found in amazing and unusual places, such as in this book about the 18th Century still life artist Luis Melendez. The book is very interesting to read and shows close up details of the paint…