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Strawberry Tea

$895.00

Acrylic on wood panel, 60 × 80 x 4 cm
Framed size: 62 × 82 x 7 cm

This richly layered acrylic painting is created on a sturdy 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.

This series was made for my solo show at The Churn Room in Dayboro in March 2025.

  • I paint in acrylic on a wood cradled panel

  • framed in meranti for a finished size of approximately 2 cm all round, larger than the panel size. Please ask for the exact dimensions if required

  • d rings and wire are attached to the back

  • The piece is ready to hang

  • The painting is finished with 3 coats of gloss medium

  • When the gloss is dry, the surface is waxed to produce a soft satin finish.

  • The float frame is hand constructed,

  • hand-sanded and

  • then waxed.

  • Meranti is a pinkish hardwood

  • The style and colour frame perfectly the work

  • A float frame is a simple and contemporary look which enhances a work without overwhelming it

Acrylic on wood panel, 60 × 80 x 4 cm
Framed size: 62 × 82 x 7 cm

This richly layered acrylic painting is created on a sturdy 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.

This series was made for my solo show at The Churn Room in Dayboro in March 2025.

  • I paint in acrylic on a wood cradled panel

  • framed in meranti for a finished size of approximately 2 cm all round, larger than the panel size. Please ask for the exact dimensions if required

  • d rings and wire are attached to the back

  • The piece is ready to hang

  • The painting is finished with 3 coats of gloss medium

  • When the gloss is dry, the surface is waxed to produce a soft satin finish.

  • The float frame is hand constructed,

  • hand-sanded and

  • then waxed.

  • Meranti is a pinkish hardwood

  • The style and colour frame perfectly the work

  • A float frame is a simple and contemporary look which enhances a work without overwhelming it

Strawberry Tea and the Bordens

60x80x4cm

I love blue which is clear in the majority of my paintings so a move to red was a radical step. My daughter was gifted a strawberry teapot and I found her a strawberry jug to go with it.

The flowers in the jug are Ixora, grown in our garden. My husband had some clients who were building a beach house in Bermuda. They bought a home on South Shore in Tucker's Town and demolished it. We salvaged beautiful old doors and hardware from the home before the wreckers arrived. I also snaffled a few plants from the garden and the Ixora was one of them. It always reminds me of the Bordens and "Full Fathom Five".

I set up this still life in a corner of the kitchen. We have recycled Mexican tiles as a backsplash behind our stove and black granite counter in our kitchen it was an interesting and challenging set-up.

I was gifted the tiles as part of 2 full palettes which a primary school Mum gave me. She ran an imported tile business and these were seconds. She had been supplying them to mosaic artists but it had become onerous so she gave them to me. I was teaching mosaic classes with kids at the time and I wasn't expecting quite so many tiles. We shifted them down to my studio and then shifted them many times around the studio over the years. Many were used in mosaic projects and I gave many boxes away, some for a pizza oven project. The final blue and white tiles ended up on our kitchen wall and they were perfect for a still-life background.