Dog Days I

$1,525.00

Acrylic on wood panel, 80 × 80 x 4 cm
Framed size: 82 × 82 x 7 cm

This richly layered acrylic painting is created on a sturdy handcrafted wood panel and finished with three coats of gloss medium to bring out the depth of colour and texture. It’s presented in a hand-sanded meranti float frame, waxed to a soft sheen that complements the work without overpowering it. The final surface is gently taken back with beeswax to a beautiful satin finish that catches the light just right.

Wired and ready to hang straight out of the box.

Acrylic on wood panel, 80 × 80 x 4 cm
Framed size: 82 × 82 x 7 cm

This richly layered acrylic painting is created on a sturdy handcrafted wood panel and finished with three coats of gloss medium to bring out the depth of colour and texture. It’s presented in a hand-sanded meranti float frame, waxed to a soft sheen that complements the work without overpowering it. The final surface is gently taken back with beeswax to a beautiful satin finish that catches the light just right.

Wired and ready to hang straight out of the box.

Dog Days I

Painted as part of a triptych during my 2023–2024 residency at The Acres, Dog Days I grew from weekly sketchbook studies of flowers in ink and crayon. This rich observational material became the foundation for a series of studio floral paintings.

Dog Days I is part of a triptych created during my residency at The Acres in 2023/2024. I drew in my sketchbook weekly for months, capturing flowers in ink with crayons to indicate colour, which then informed the studio paintings. As Queensland’s summer heat intensified, the neat rows of flowers became wild, and rains turned the paddocks into verdant microcosms of runaway blooms, weeds, and insects. Dog Days I evokes the intense heat, sudden rain, and vibrant energy of a Queensland summer. Each panel can be displayed alone or together as part of the triptych.