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Mixed media on canvas
137cm x 41 cm x 4cm
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Inspired by beach house living and summer days. This series of soft seascapes in watercolours, ink and charcoal are a beautiful choice with a neutral and fresh palette.
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Mixed media on canvas
30cm x 10 cm x 4cm
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Inspired by beach house living and summer days. This series of soft seascapes in watercolours, ink and charcoal are a beautiful choice with a neutral and fresh palette.
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Mixed media on canvas
30cm x 10 cm x 4cm
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Inspired by beach house living and summer days. This series of soft seascapes in watercolours, ink and charcoal are a beautiful choice with a neutral and fresh palette.
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Mixed media on canvas
152cm x 121cm x 0.1cm (x2)
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Ships in a roll. I can assist with stretching/framing.
Using a simple palette of deep dark blue and white with gold leaf, a sailing regatta comes to life with churning sea and white caps. The gold leaf shapes the sailing boats, except for one, the dark horse of the race whose sails blend in with the sea.
The total dimensions will be 305cm with no gap, 320cm with a small 15cm gap, and 340cm with a 35cm gap.
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Mixed media on canvas
106cm x 167cm x 3.5cm
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Ready to hang.
Acrylic and metallic gold on canvas.
Algue De Mer 2 is part of the Dune series, inspired by sand dunes and inlets, shells and rockpools. There is a companion piece Algue De Mer 1 - with a green khaki palette and is a slightly larger artwork at 112cm wide.
This huge artwork ripples with metallic gold and layers of colours that have been built up in layer upon layer to give a translucence and to create the depth of looking through water into a rockpool with seaweed and rocks.
This artwork is painted on a high quality cotton on a custom made canvas stretcher.
The colours are black, tan, khaki, dark green, olive, black, two shades of gold and white. The areas of gold leaf have been sealed.
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Mixed media on canvas
61cm x 91 cm (x2)
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This is a diptych, with each canvas measuring 61cm x 91 cm, ideally hung with a 10cm to 30cm gap between canvases.
Inspired by beach house living, this abstract seascape with a setting gold sun is a beautiful addition to a bedroom or hallway. The coastal horizon is a metallic gold gilding and it will change in the light.
Ships in a box. Signed on the edge.
The gold leaf has been sealed.
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Mixed media on canvas
91cm x 122cm x 4cm
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Chasm is part of the Banksia Series, tracing the Australian landscape through this iconic tree.
Inspired by the immensely beautiful Kings Canyon in NT, I have captured the passing of light and shadow.
The use of subtle colour, charcoal and metallic gold are evocative of the magic and mystery of the liminal spaces between desert and city.
This abstract landscape is painted in shades of beige, metallic gold, charcoal black and deep brown.
This artwork is stretched and ready to hang.
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Mixed media on canvas
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Copper Banksia Gorge is a large abstract landscape depicting an abstract view of Clark Gorge in Kosciusko National Park.
Metallic copper reflects the light through the trees.
Charcoal black, a very deep brown/black, metallic copper leaf gilding, warm light cream, beige and white are present within the work.
Ships ready to hang and is professionally packed and couriered.
A small signature is visible on the right of the artwork and on the reverse.
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Mixed media on canvas
145cm x 335cm
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This artwork is on an unstretched canvas. Stretching can be arranged in your home or office for an additional fee through a professional mobile framer.
This huge abstract landscape is part of the Banksia Series, depicting forests and banksia trees.
Showing a horizon of trees in a monochromatic palette of warm neutrals, and interest is created in washes of acrylic, layers of collage, charcoal and gold leaf.A warm beige background sets off colours of deep brown, black, gold leaf, charcoal black and off-white shades.
Signed on the front.
The artwork is sealed with varnish and a signature is visible on the right of the artwork and on the reverse.
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Mixed media on canvas
200cm x 115cm x 4cm
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Inspired by the setting sun filtering golden light through trees in a ravine/canyon, this abstract landscape is a minimalist painting with highlights of gold leaf.
I have used metallic gold gilding through the painting which changes in the light. There are areas of translucent collage creating abstract tree forms and detailing of rocks and plants in charcoal.
Signed on the front.
The gold leaf and charcoal is sealed.
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Mixed media on canvas
252cm x 158cm
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Unstretched and ships in a roll.
I can assist with framing/stretching recommendations in any city.
This restful abstract landscape depicts a banksia grove at the base of a steep rocky cliff.
The muted tones offset the gold leaf and the striking combination of a blue sky and neutral beige/ cream background.
The gold leaf is sealed, and will change in colour depending on the viewing angle. There is added tactile interest with a soft paper collage.
The full un-stretched dimensions are 264cm x 170cm - which allows a 2 and 1/2 inch (6cm) border for easy stretching or framing.
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Mixed media on canvas
76cm x 101 cm x 4cm
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Ready to hang.
Unframed.
This evocative abstract landscape is part of the Banksia Series.
This elegant abstract landscape is inspired by banksias edging the bank of river. The featured gold leaf detail of the banksia tree is a recurring motif in my artwork. Several of the trees are created with a handprinted translucent paper.
This refined palette of charcoal black, gold leaf, shades of warm brown, beige and cream are a striking contast to the metallic gold leaf.
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Mixed media on canvas
40.5cm x 122cm x 3.5cm
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Ready to hang.
This neutral landscape of creamy beige, black and dark chocolate brown depicts a river creek with banksia trees. The metallic gold sparks and changes with the angle of the light. There are areas of hand printed translucent collage building up the tactility of the banksia forest. It is reminiscent of mountains and distant horizons.
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Acrylic on canvas
91cm x 91cm x 4cm
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The beautiful Wattamolla Lagoon in Royal National Park, NSW is a vibrant waterway, where the turquoise sea sparkles in green lagoon, edged with golden beaches.
This artwork is highly textured and layered with vibrant lush acrylic.
Signed on the edge of the canvas.
Sealed with clear varnish.
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Mixed media on canvas
162cm x 130cm
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Copper Shimmer Rockpool is part of the Dune series, inspired by sand dunes and inlets, shells and rockpools.
This huge artwork is inspired by the sun rippling on the surface of a rockpool filled with seaweed.
The colours are black, charcoal grey, an ochre/ burnt orange, creamy beige, soft grey and white. The greens range from sage green to khaki green, olive green and moss. There is shimmering metallic copper leaf over the artwork and highlights of black charcoal. The metallic copper will change from a bright copper penny to a deep burnished copper, depending on the light.
This artwork will measure approximately 150cm x 118cm when it is stretched over a deep/thick edge stretcher, and flows over the edge. It can be hung either way - portrait or horizontal.
Unstretched.
Purchasing from Laurie Franklin:
I offer free shipping within Australia via courier and typically ship my works out within 3 business days.
International shipping is based on artwork size and destination country. Please contact me directly via my website for more information.
Framing can be done upon request. Buyers will need to pay the framer directly and will be subjected to the framer’s returns policy. Please contact me directly via my website for more information.
I offer free returns on artworks shipped in a roll. For stretched works, buyers will need to pay 50% of the return and insurance costs.