Portraits
Nadine Reynolds “Oikonomias” 74cm x 98 cm Acrylic and silk thread on silk $750 I painted this silk for “The Bradley” the ABC Radio's Portrait Prize. In 2024 Gardening Australia's Costa Georgiadis was the subject. When researching I loved that Costa spoke about his grandparents and the affect they have had on his life. I was very interested the idea of ‘oikonomias.’ This philosophy of saving, appreciation living humbly really. I have embroidered this Greek word. I decided to paint a lemon tree in the background to reference his grandparents. There are many photographs of Costa on the internet with and even adorned with nasturtiums. They are a favourite flower of mine too. It has been a pleasure researching as much as I could about someone who is using his voice to make the world a better place.
“Sewing the Seeds of Love” Nadine Reynolds Pen, Acrylic and silk thread on silk 68cm x 92cm Not for sale Looking through time, this is a self-portrait teaching my daughter to sew. Images drawn by Gemima in early childhood, capturing stages in her artistic development have been replicated and embroidered into the silk. As you walk past the silk, the work will move. This is to communicate ideas of flow, change, excitement, growth. My daughter is now a teenager, sewing her own clothes with a machine. In the future her skills and artistic development will continue to grow and change. Capturing her likeness and the images she made as a little girl honour this precious time.
"The rocks in my head – a portrait" 2016 24’x 36’ (60.9 cm x 91.4cm) acrylic, paper and silk thread on linen Did you turn upside down? Does this make you feel unsettled? A little taste of vertigo
"Justine as Van Gogh" Watercolour on paper NFS During Lockdown my sister used her acting skills to emulate significant paintings. Half a world away I used her photographs posted on social media to draw and paint her in character. It was like having her in my studio.
"Justine as the girl with the pearl earring" Watercolour on paper. NFS During Lockdown my sister used her acting skills to emulate significant paintings. Half a world away I used her photographs posted on social media to draw and paint her in character. It was like having her in my studio.
"Mia" Watercolour on paper $100 Mia's watercolour painting is a study used for "The Pebble"
"Dad" Watercolour on paper NFS Painting during lockdown from a photograph for my dad's eightieth birthday.
"Stone walls do not a prison make" Acrylic on canvas 61 cm x 75 cm This portrait of my husband captures some of his confidence in his delight in trying new things, living life on the edge of his comfort zone and never being constrained by the prison walls of others' expectations. “Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.” ― Richard Lovelace, To Althea, from Prison