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Luxury Whitsunday Resort Hangs Samantha Beau Originals

June 3, 2021 by lorenz Leave a Comment

As an artist you always want that “BIG” gig, the one that gives you world class exposure and traffic.

My opportunity came 18 months ago when I was asked to paint two pieces for the refurbishing of luxury hotel, Coral Sea Resort in Airlie Beach, gateway to Australia’s premier islands, The Whitsunday Islands.

The brief was for two pieces, both using charcoals and subdued tones, a particular red and reflecting the reef.

Obviously the less ambiguous the better however this request did through me for a brief moment.

I presented a few concepts trying to artistically capture what was within the interior designers mind.

Finally we got there. Two large abstract pieces, flowing in nature, indicative of the Great Barrier Reef with it’s channels and bright flecks of iridescent blue.

Coral Sea REsort
Commission

The resort is amazing fringed along the foreshore leading from the main port to the Coral Sea Marina.

The Rocks is a pool bar that offers music with the setting sun, a cracking wine list and bar style food. I recommend staying at the resort but if you can’t stop by for a Sunday session and watch the sun go down after exploring my art works.

The first of Mystics are in the board room and the second you will find on the second floor by the lift.

I have a third piece in the hotel and my favourite by far.

I painted it to reflect the reef and water and was my submission for the 2019 Luxembourg Art Awards.

The Great Barrier Reef Samantha Beau
140 x 170
Commission

You will find this beauty in suite 201 which is a grand room with views over the Coral Sea, islands, pool and with it’s own gallery.

The resort is uplifting and the spa rooms amazing. I highly recommend staying and exploring the region and my art works.

Click here to make a booking and click here to follow me on instagram.

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Mystic #3

March 29, 2021 by lorenz Leave a Comment

Mystic #3

Obtain your own little piece of paradise and the Whitsundays with Mystic #3.

A sister painting to Mystic #2, #1 which were commissioned by Coral Sea Marina Resort in 2019 when the luxury hotel underwent a refurb.

Depicting a satelitte and interpretation of the Great Barrier Reef with it’s flowing currents, vibrant colours and charcoal sophisticated colours, Mystic #3 is a wonderful piece that lights up your imagination and keeps you staring for hours on end.

This piece lends it self well to brighten up a darker corner and looks amazing under a down light.

Acrylic on Canvas

Stretch

185 x 85cm

$2000 AUD

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Festive Nudes

March 29, 2021 by lorenz Leave a Comment

Festive Nudes is a captivating piece reflecting on Venice Carnivale.

The colour, action and try art is confronting and transformational and everyone should visit Carnivale.

The art piece, Festival Nudes, is a celebration of all that is Carnivale.

 

Oil on Canvas

Pine floated frame

78.5 x 104cm

$2850 AUD

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Dancing with Happy Feet – Blue Footed Booby

February 4, 2020 by lorenz Leave a Comment

Dancing Mates

This February I will be hosting my solo exhibition, Dancing with Happy Feet at Art Post Uki.

This is a little bit about the exhibition and what inspired me to paint the booby.

The exhibition’s open night is Thursday 27th Feb 630pm local time. Wine, cheese, music and street food. It is going to be a hoot. Come along!

 

The booby:

Recently I was introduced to the enigmatic Blue-footed Booby by a born and bred Galapagos Islander.

The incredible birds habitat the east coast of the Pacific Ocean with over half of its breeding couples being found on Galapagos Islands.

The word “booby” comes from the Spanish word “clown” or “stupid” which is funny when you see the delightful birds staggering around, making whistling sounds as they dive deep for their catch and just being birds in general!

The marine bird only returns to land to lay eggs and nurture it’s young. By natural selection the male and females select each other based on the vibrancy of the blue hue of the other bird’s feet.

Believed to be blue from carotenoids arrived by eating a diet mostly of sardines, the blue feet depict the health of the bird. Females seek out “bluer” males as they do their elaborate, spectacular, swaying mating dance and males seek our (brighter footer) younger females to breed with.

The birds are one of the only species that can stagger laying their eggs. They can stretch out the birth of their offspring by laying eggs over a few days. For this reason the bird has been studied about its sibling hierarchy and adaption rules.

The egg itself will change colour to match the earth surrounding it!

Unfortunately, in recent years, the numbers of this fascinating bird are diminishing.

In 1997 it was estimated that 20,000 birds lived on the Galapagos Islands with that number dropping markedly in 2012, to be only 6400 birds. The current train of thought and research indicates that it is due to a drop off in sardine supply.

The demise of the booby is everyone’s issue. This is our planet, shared with other humans and other animals, and plant species. We need to do our best to prevent erosion, warming and extinction of many species currently under threat.

Raising awareness of the colourful birds is one way to engage children (and adults) to become involved in the planet we live upon. To consider the delicate nature of equilibrium nature has established over millennia and how our footprint needs to be lighter.

We all need to minimise waste, stop using plastic and above all, become aware of animals under threat and take positive action.

 

Dancing with Joy

Blue-footed boobies have the capacity to stagger the delivery of their eggs and hatch. Because of this unusual characteristic the birds have been studied for the sibling behaviours. The eldest will eat first and when food is scarce, or the oldest bird loses 20% of it’s body weight the mother will stop feeding the other birds in preference to the eldest one. This bird is elated at her newly hatched offspring, dancing for joy and eager to see it’s delightful tiny blue feet.

 

Expecting

Amongst the haze of life two birds seemingly vanishing examine their brood. The Blue-footed booby is one of the many bird species currently in decline globally. Many are choking from the inside out due to plastic ingested into their delicate bodies. The blue-footed booby appears to be declining due to very low sardine levels, their main food. And yet their primal urge to breed is strong. What will the world hold for the delicate new hatching”

 

Contemplating

Two Blue-footed boobies stoop their faces not sure of their future. Oblivious to global warming, to our oceans being fished out, they simply know that times are tough. They make decisions not to breed. They don’t who will defend them, who will feed them, how will they survive. They are stuck in contemplation.

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Samantha Beau in the paper for her Christmas Street Chalk

December 27, 2018 by lorenz Leave a Comment

Having painted over my very popular street chalk and community board, I felt an urge to give one more to the street and my community.

Boldly I decided to go straight onto the fence.

One of my children sprung me mid -drawing and gave me a “mum, do you have to do that? It’s so embarrassing!”

So with much love, I thought I would ask the local newspaper for their take on it. That thought it would make a wonderful Christmas Day Article.

So that is how it ended up, front page of the Gold Coast Bulletin.

The FULL ARTICLE IS here.

The image was inspired by a post made by the Dartmouth pub on face book.

Author: Amanda Robbemond

Publication: Gold Coast Bulletin

Publication Date: December 2018

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