BLOSSOM & LANDSCAPES
In 2010 I visited Japan for the first time and saw so much lightness and beauty in the temple gardens. My love of blossom stems from childhood at my grandparents' property, and our annual ritual of being photographed with the almond or plum blossom.
The lifespan of blossom is so fleeting. I've given them centre stage in larger than life tonal realist oil paintings, with heightened colours and detail. Smaller paintings depict blossom in the context of urban scapes around Adelaide, my home town and sister city of Kyoto, Japan.
In 2013 I travelled to New Zealand to reconnect with friends there. The landscapes took my breath away. Out of madness or naivety I undertook a three day hike on the Routeburn track. At times I was on the track alone, but never felt it as the memories of those who have meant and still mean so much to me were always in my mind.
![]() Kelly Tce I Oil on canvas 20x20cm, 2011 | ![]() Lake Tekapo Oil on canvas 61 x 61 cm, 2014 | ![]() View from Mt John Oil on canvas 61x76cm, 2014 |
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![]() Parsons Road, Inman Valley Oil on canvas 30x30cm, 2016 | ![]() Lake Harris Oil on canvas paper 20x20cm, 2014 | ![]() Evans Crossing Oil on canvas paper 30x30cm, 2014 |
![]() Goolwa Oil on canvas 30x30cm, 2013 | ![]() Almond Love Oil on canvas 76 x 101 cm, 2012 | ![]() Lost in Himeji II Oil on canvas 50x50cm, 2012 |
![]() Lost in Himeji I Oil on canvas 50x50cm, 2012 | ![]() Yogen-in Japonica Oil on canvas 71x112cm, 2010 | ![]() Ni-jo jo Plum Grove Oil on canvas 102x71cm, 2010 |
![]() Mejiro and Sakura II Oil on canvas 71x71cm, 2010 | ![]() Mejiro and Sakura I Oil on canvas 71x71cm, 2010 | ![]() Olive St III Oil on canvas 101x76cm, 2011 |
![]() Willunga I Oil on canvas 50x50cm, 2011 | ![]() Willunga II Oil on canvas 50x50cm, 2011 | ![]() Nijo-jo IV Oil on canvas 76x76cm, 2011 |
![]() Olive st I Oil on canvas 101x76cm, 2011 | ![]() Almond Love II Oil on canvas 20x20cm, 2011 | ![]() Brompton Blue House Oil on canvas 20x20cm, 2011 |
![]() Thorngate Japonica I Oil on canvas 66x66cm, 2011 | ![]() Almond Love I Oil on canvas 20x20cm, 2011 | ![]() Nijo-jo V Oil on canvas 66x101cm, 2011 |
![]() Nijo-jo III Oil on canvas 76x76cm, 2011 | ![]() Kelly Tce II Oil on canvas 20x20cm, 2011 | ![]() Olive st II Oil on canvas 101x76cm, 2011 |
![]() Brompton Yellow house Oil on canvas 20x20cm, 2011 | ![]() Thorngate Japonica II Oil on canvas 66x66cm, 2011 | ![]() Nijo-jo II Oil on canvas 101x101cm, 2011 Awarded First Prize, Adelaide Cathedral Art Show, 2012 |
![]() Nijo-jo I Oil on canvas 101 x 101 cm, 2011 |
JOANNA POULSON
VISUAL ARTIST