Meet a Northern Beaches Artist: The Coastal Inspiration Behind My Work
Meet Northern Beaches Artist Holly Mahoney
Daydreams translated in paint - that’s a good description of the artistic process! I often gaze at the sky and out to sea to try to imagine what colour paints I would crack open or mix together for the perfect blend to interpret the landscape and with what technique or brushstrokes I'd emply to layer to honour those colours in front of me and amazingly found in nature.
Life by the Sea: How the Coast Inspires My Work
Living and painting on the Northern Beaches, I'm endlessly inspired by the way light shifts across the waves and how the sky feels vast and full of possibility. My creative practice is deeply rooted in this place and its rhythm. Like the changing tides from epic Bommie on the horizon at Long reef, King tides crashing over Dee Why Ocean Pool or a sparkling sea of blue lapping gently on the shore - the ocean colour palette is changeable and mesmorising.
Drawing and Painting Movement, Light, and Emotion
If you have seen my earlier post about 'Following your star’, you will have read about the start of my creative journey—from Geelong to Ballarat, England, Ireland, Canada and finding my new dream home—and inspiration, right here on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Movement of water and light always, shapes my work, whether figurative or landscape.
Discover My Latest Work
Here’s a glimpse inside my studio and what I'm currently creating as an art commission of Avalon, Northern Beaches. An aerial view of the coastline re-imagined with whales and dolphins and waves crashing over a textural ocean pool.
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Thanks for being part of this adventure with me. Stay tuned for more!
— Holly 💙
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