Protea
1998Acquired by the City of Gosnells from City of Gosnells Rotary Art Award in 1998.
Vertical decorative artwork depicting native flowering plant forms arranged in a tall, narrow composition on a white background. The design consists of stylised botanical elements rendered in a mosaic-like or geometric technique, with leaves and flowers constructed from numerous angular segments outlined by fine pale borders.
At the top and bottom of the composition are star-shaped flowers with cream, yellow, red and orange petals. The upper section includes a hanging flower head composed of a dense cluster of red-orange stamens suspended beneath green foliage. The central section features a large circular flower resembling a banksia or protea bloom, incorporating red-orange, cream and brown tones radiating from a detailed centre. Below the central flower is a second cup-shaped flower head with prominent red-orange stamens emerging from a rounded floral base. Clusters of seed pods and buds are distributed throughout the design.
Foliage occupies most of the composition and consists of numerous green and grey-green leaves of varying shapes and sizes, arranged around the flowers in a symmetrical vertical pattern. Colours include shades of green, grey-green, cream, white, red, orange, brown and yellow. The artwork is executed in a highly decorative, stylised manner emphasising pattern, texture and geometric form.
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A small artist's signature or inscription is visible near the lower right corner of the artwork. The inscription is not sufficiently clear in the supplied image to be transcribed accurately. No other inscriptions, dates or markings are visible.
