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Watercolours

Painting from nature, I feel every petal, every leaf, the bark on the trees with every stroke I make.

Amanita Flavaconia mushroom watercolour painting

Amanita Flavaconia

'No mushroom presents more of an enigma than the fly agaric, Amanita muscaria. It is the most recognizable mushroom on the planet, and is widely known as the hallucinatory ‘shroom responsible for Alice’s trip into Wonderland' by Hank Shaw

Materials: Watercolours

Size: 30cmx21cm

Artist: Anna Thurecht

Amanita Muscaria is an orange mushroom growing on a stump.
Entoloma Hochstetteri mushroom watercolour painting

Entoloma Hochstetteri

'The Māori name for the mushroom is werewere-kokako, because its colour is similar to the blue wattle of the kōkako bird.' by Charlie Gates

Materials: Watercolours

Size: 30cmx21cm

Artist: Anna Thurecht

Entoloma Hochstetteri is a blue mushroom. There are five in woodlands in this painting.

Hygrocybe Coccinea

'Blackening Waxcaps, also known as witches hats can be red, orange, yellow or, of course, jet black.

Russula Emetica mushroom is red. The watercolour painting is set on woodland floor.

Materials: Watercolours

Size: 30cmx21cm

Artist: Anna Thurecht

Russula Emetica mushroom watercolour painting
Marasmius Elegans mushroom watercolour painting

Marasmius Elegans

Commonly known as the Velvet Parachute often found in eucalypt forests.

Materials: Watercolour

Size: 30cmx21cm

Artist: Anna Thurecht

An orange mushroom watercolour painting, Marasmius Elegans on woodland floor against a tree stump.
bushland watercolour painting
A close up of bushland scene in watercolour.

Out bush

'Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference' - Robert Frost

Materials: Watercolour

Size: 30cmx21cm

Artist: Anna Thurecht

Poppies in  red

'We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valour led,
It seems to signal to the skies

That blood of heroes never dies.' - Moina Michael

Poppies in red watercolour painting close up

Materials: Watercolours

Size: 14cmx21cm

Artist: Anna Thurecht

Poppies in red watercolour painting
Mixed poppies watercolour painting pink yellow

Mixed Poppies

'Through the dancing poppies stole a breeze, most softly lulling to my soul' by John Keats

Close up of mixed poppies is a watercolour painting of yellow and pink poppies on white.

Materials: Watercolour

Size: 30cmx21cm

Artist: Anna Thurecht

Camelia flower watercolour painting pale pink

Camelia

One of the first flowers to bloom in our garden just before spring.

Materials: Watercolour

Size: 30cmx21cm

Artist: Anna Thurecht

A close of a pale, pale pink Camelia painted in watercolour. The first of the season.
Peppino is a monochrome watercolour painting of a man outside a bank

Peppino - Sardinia 1955

Materials: Watercolours

Size: 14cmx21cm

Artist: Anna Thurecht

Peppino is a monochrome watercolour painting of a man outside a bank close up
Gesuina and Marco is a monochrome watercolour painting in blue of woman and son sitting at a dining table

Gesuina and Marco - Canberra 1964

Materials: Watercolours

Size: 14cmx21cm

Artist: Anna Thurecht

Gesuina and Marco is a monochrome watercolour painting in blue of woman and son sitting at a dining table close up
Geraniums in red in terracotta pot watercolour painting

Red Geranium

The geranium flower symbolises happiness, good health, good wishes, and friendship. 

Materials: Watercolours

Size: 14cmx21cm

Artist: Anna Thurecht

Geraniums in red is a watercolour painting. Geraniums are in a terracotta pot. A close up.

 

Email: anna.thurecht@hotmail.com

Phone: 61 0401 118 668

More to come soon......

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