Dahlias with Roses (53 x53cm) Leree Lindsay

Leree is the fourth generation of her family to live in the Northern Rivers. Leree draws on her family’s history of dairy farming in the region by incorporating old Norco bottles in her paintings.

She is inspired by the lush tropical rainforests of the Northern Rivers and the native bushland and garden that surrounds her studio. Her botanical paintings depict flowers, foliage and fruit collected from the garden, with the colours and tones reflecting the changing seasons and the flowers that are blooming.

She works to capture and magnify the beauty and vibrancy of flowers, highlighting the subtle differences in foliage. Using a palette knife and oil paint she has the freedom to work alla-prima. By applying the paint thickly it allows her to denote expression and gesture giving movement and life into her canvas.