by Evelyn Antonysen | Jun 8, 2014 | art, miniature art, painting, Silk painting, Tasmanian artists, Tasmanian landscape, watercolour, Wearable art
Today I was doing more of what I love most…. my original paintings in miniature on silk. This time I made the artworks (and some which I had painted previously) into brooches. All except one are watercolour technique. The odd one out incorporates gutta outline....
by Evelyn Antonysen | May 26, 2014 | art, Silk painting, Tasmanian artists, Tasmanian landscape, watercolour
Back to silk painting today up at Burnie Makers’ workshop. It is winter time, so mists are creeping into my paintings. It is interesting how the weather conditions of the day often unconsciously find their way into my work.
by Evelyn Antonysen | May 23, 2014 | All Blogs, art, Tasmanian artists, watercolour
The flame robin is one of our beautiful, colourful small birds in Tasmania. Although we do not get them in our garden, a friend, Natalia, in nearby Wilmot has resident, chubby, “robin red breasts”. Natalia, took the photo from which I have painted this...
by Evelyn Antonysen | May 3, 2014 | art, Tasmanian artists, Tasmanian landscape, watercolour
What inspires your art? Studying to be a Maths and Science teacher at Uni I loved Geology (well I loved it all actually). Now, as an artist, I often think about how much art was within the geology I studied. Drawing crystal shapes with their faces represented in 3D,...
by Evelyn Antonysen | Apr 26, 2014 | acrylic on canvas, art, Exhibition, Floral, painting, Tasmanian artists
I am really pleased that for the third consecutive year my entry in Tasmania’s Material Girl Exhibition has made the finals. This year’s theme is Tall poppies…. late bloomers. I pondered a portrait of “tall poppies’, Mother Moses being a...
by Evelyn Antonysen | Apr 19, 2014 | All Blogs, art, Tasmanian artists, watercolour
My husband is a keen fisherman, especially loving fly fishing. I enjoy painting landscape, mostly scenes with water in them. What a perfect match as we live in Tasmania, the most wonderful location for both of these activities. This watercolour is still small, being...
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