Perth-based artist Stephanie Boyle has spent a busy week within the Wheatbelt South capturing the pure fantastic thing about the panorama with the comb.
Boyle is the second artistic to take up residence on the Narrogin and Dryandra Visitor Centre artist quarters and her connection to the area and the bush brings vitality to her watercolour work.
“I was born in Narrogin Hospital but lived on a farm at Dudinin,” she mentioned.
“There’s nothing there hardly now, and I went to school at Kulin so I do know the area.”
Her mainstays are acrylics and watercolours and Boyle likes to discover open air and indoors.
“I do love doing landscapes because I was brought up surrounded by the land,” she mentioned.
“I do like doing that, but I seem to have gone a bit more abstract . . . you should see my studio, it’s got everything.”
While in Narrogin, Boyle has centered on plein-air portray, travelling to locations resembling Foxes Lair and Yilliminning Rock Reserve.
Working away from the studio may be difficult however Boyle has tailored.
“You’ve got to have the right equipment,” she mentioned.
“I paint from an ironing board now because I’ve found that it’s really good with watercolours.”
The light-weight board discovered at an op store is straightforward to move and alter and the artist takes a minimal method to working open air.
“You’ve got to take as least as possible,” she mentioned.
“That takes a lot of discipline because we like to take everything.”
Composition and light-weight are two components that appeal to Boyle to a location and the simplicity of her set-up retains the creativity flowing.
“You can’t spend too much time scouting around because you waste your time; you’ve just to make the decision ‘I’m going to paint here’ and start painting,” she mentioned.
The easy method to mode extends to medium.
“Watercolours is best if you don’t fiddle with it and don’t overwork it,” Boyle mentioned.
“It can lose that freshness if you spend too much time on them.”
Boyle has made each second rely whereas on the town.
“Around this area — Narrogin — there’s some really beautiful places,” she mentioned.
“It’s lovely . . . I’ve been out every day and I haven’t touched the surface.”
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