Red Demi Banksia

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Tania has been drawing since she was a little girl...always dragging around a bag of coloured pencils and paper wherever she went. Completing qualifications in Art Education and then Fashion Design gave her all the basics. After a successful career in both she now pursues her true passion and vocation as a contemporary botanical ink artist.

Her drawings are large and very detailed ... sometimes taking months to complete. Hand drawn with a fountain pen to get the blackest black ink. Her goal is to highlight little pockets of magic in the natural environment that might get overlooked in our everyday life.

The drama of black and white was her first love focusing on texture and pattern. Her works are mostly black ink on white paper but sometimes living dangerously and working with the bursts of bright color that nature inspires. The contrast of the black and white beside the bright color aims to show the movement, pattern and texture captured in a static moment of the natural environment.

Her themes are based around her observations of the unique architectural flora that Western Australia has to offer. Tania is endlessly inspired by the textures and patterns in our natural environment aiming to capture it in her botanical art through her reimagined lense.

Tania is currently enrolled at the University of Western Australia completing a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts. An exciting opportunity to pursue and present her interpretation of the environment, nature and the amazing landscape of Western Australia.

Tania had the honour of being selected as the Red Earth Arts Festival 2021 Artist In Residence where she not only immersed her art practice in the amazing Pilbara flora. Was given the wonderful opportunity of taking her art into the community via open studios and workshops. The result of her time in the big red landscape was presented at her exhibition 'Art In Bloom'. She is thrilled to have had this amazing opportunity and the big red landscape will be an inspiring element of her work for years to come.