Native Flora is an original mixed media painting from the Botanica collection, where bold botanical form meets layered colour and expressive surface. The background takes shape and form from Australian wild flowers extracted from a vintage tea towel. Set against a deep, atmospheric ground of indigo, charcoal, and softened blue, the composition is punctuated by rich bursts of burnt orange, coral, and ochre. These warmer tones emerge through layered applications of paint, creating contrast and intensity against the darker field beneath. At the centre, stylised botanical forms unfold in saturated greens and deep teal, interwoven with curved bands of yellow and golden tones. Surrounding elements—suggestive of leaves, petals, and fragments of pattern—shift between opacity and transparency, allowing colour to build in depth across the surface. Influenced by mid-century design and vintage textile references, Native Flora balances decorative pattern with expressive abstraction. The result is a composition that feels both structured and organic—where colour, rhythm, and form combine to create a work that is bold, immersive, and deeply atmospheric.
