Brenda Gael Smith

Contemporary Textile Art

Botanica

 Integrifolia

Botanica

Lupine

Wildflowers

Pyrenees

Back in 2006, my husband and I did a home exchange to a small village in the French Pyrenees. Amongst other things, I was captivated by the abundance of spring wildflowers. Pyrenees Wildflowers Collage

le printemps
Pyrenees #3 © 2011 Brenda Gael Smith
Pyrenees #4 © 2011 Brenda Gael Smith
Pyrenees #6 © 2011 Brenda Gael Smith
le printemps
30cm x 30cm ©2006
Pyrenees#3
30x30cm ©2011
Pyrenees#4
30x30cm ©2011
Pyrenees#6
30x30cm ©2011
Integrifolia #3: Stops & Starts

Integrifolia #3: Stops & Starts

©2019 Brenda Gael Smith

109x114cm

As the woody, cone-like fruit of the coastal banksia mature, the follicles open up to reveal irregular elliptical chambers. Seeds are released to start the cycle of regeneration anew. Nature is replete with such stops and starts. This is reflected in the complementary palette of red and green and the lines of stitching echoing out into the universe.

Exhibitions: Golden Textures 2019 Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough, Victoria.