This latest semi-abstract work is done in mixed media. Using watercolour as a base, I have built up layers of colour with acrylic, both in liquitex (thick and opaque) and in ink (translucent). The layers of Pastel also help to build up the texture....

Painted in India, this still life combines white lilies with Lotus buds. A 5" x 7" greetings card of this image is available from my website www.katebedell.com.

A sunflower at the end of its flowering prime. However, the autumn colours give a warmth and friendliness to the seedhead, which is just coming into harvest. This painting symbolizes nature at its most fertile.

A sunflower stripped bare of its beautiful golden petals. This painting is a stark contrast to the soft and radiant colours of the other sunflower paintings. The focus here is on the structure and strength of its magnificence as opposed to the stre...

This painting is part of the "Eternal Cycles" exhibition that I did in 1994, where I painted scenes and subjects from nature with an emphasis on the four elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. The poppy was from the Air series and shows seeds scatter...

This painting was the second part of the series for Sunflower paintings. The Colours are softer and more muted as I was trying to create a very mellow mood with the wet-in-wet technique. Original Size 21" x 14" Giclee Prints are available from my ...