Liz Lovell

Major Mitchell Cockatoos by the Waters Edge

76 × 61 cm

Oil on triple primed cotton canvas

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Suggested offer$400

About the work

Major Mitchell Cockatoos by the Water’s Edge captures a gathering of Australia’s iconic pink cockatoos within a dreamlike wetland landscape, where soft reflections and expressive brushwork create a sense of stillness and movement at once. The painting balances playful character with atmosphere, drawing attention to the birds’ flamboyant crests and quiet social interaction along the waterline.

The stylised rolling clouds reference the distinctive “flat-bottomed cloud” motifs often associated with the work of Blak Douglas, whose graphic skies and symbolic landscapes have become a recognisable visual language in contemporary Australian art.

Hints of swirling texture and expressive colour also nod toward the emotional movement and painterly energy of Vincent van Gogh, particularly in the animated sky forms and rhythmic brushstrokes. The result is a contemporary Australian scene that feels both nostalgic and alive. Celebrating native birdlife through colour, movement and atmosphere.

About the artist

Liz is an Australian-born Sydney based artist. Her artworks are based on a variety of different aspects of the Australian life as seen with beachscapes and high country series. Most artworks tend to feature Australian wildlife and botany. Liz has featured in the ArtEdit Magazine, Best of Flora and Fauna , 2018. Her artworks are painted with the intention to highlight the beauty of wildlife and the nature for expressing the importance of conservation and protection of those that have no voice. She aims to capture character in the animate and inanimate with a broad brushstroke of harmony and aesthestic added to the eclectic mix. Observations made on Liz's on everyday walks, her upbringing in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, love of wildlife or travels abroad inspire her artworks, using texture, hues, forms, colours and lines to portray the natural world and symmetry or asymmetry that exists. Liz enjoys variety in her artworks, as they say variety is spice of life, as such does not limit her artworks to any particular matter or thing. So little time and so much to paint means she is always painting several art series at any point in her home art studio. Previously an investment banker with a Masters in Commerce from UNSW , Liz has a Diploma of Visual Arts from Northbridge Previously an investment banker with a Masters in Commerce from UNSW , Liz has a Diploma of Visual Arts from Northbridge Art School 2015 and a certificate in Natural History Illustration from the University of Newcastle. Liz has also attended National Art School, Julian Ashton and Art Est art courses amongst others art courses around Sydney for life drawing and pottery). Liz has also taught watercolour and life drawing at art workshops teacher with Bustle Studios in Surry Hills and at an art gallery, in St Leonards. Liz also underwent training as a volunteer art guide with Art Gallery of NSW, an experience that certainly enhanced her artistic education and appreciation. Time is precious in her art studio, especially with a busy family life, budgies, gardening, spending time with her darling bordoodle dog and other work commitments that also keep her busy. She has recently taken to enjoying kayaking and plans to include more travels abroad to provide more artistic inspiration to her artworks.

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