Di West
Multi-award winning and highly collectable Queensland artist, Di West is well known for her endearing human and animal characters and witty observations in paint and also in bronze. Di has a Masters Degree in Fine Arts from Queensland University of Technology.
After living all her life in the heart of the city, Di has relocated to the lush countryside near Maleny in the hinterland of Queensland's Sunshine Coast. This was a "tree change" that had a profound effect on the artist, her subject matter and her sensibility.
Di's new series of works for the 30x30cm exhibition "30 Days hath September"... refers to her childhood. She employs her signature dark backgrounds which she says probably come from being afraid of the dark for the first 20 years of her life. She has a quirky sense of humour and turn of phrase and embues her paintings with a sense of optimism and well being. Her paintings and sculptures also contain nostalgic references about her own life in Maleny and her keen observation of the people and animals around her clearly shows through.
Budgie Whisperer 30x30cm $330 SOLD
and all the blue came off... 30x30cm $330
You can keep your hat on 30x30cm $330
Blue Bird Spotter 30x30cm $330
Silly Bunny 30x30cm $330
Ladies Lunch 30x30cm $330
Bad Hare Day 45x56cm
Afterglow, Oil on canvas, 100x100cm
Coming Around Again, Oil on canvas, 90x60cm
Saving Grace
Glad Rags, Oil on canvas, 90x60cm
Bold and Beautiful, bronze on marble base, 20x25x6cm
Di West, Tears For Fears, $1,500
Di West, Let's Face the Music and Dance, $2,700
Di West, The Summer Breeze, $1,900
Di West, Amazing Grace - Portrait of Stirling Mortlock,
Captain of the Wallabies Rubgy Team, $2,900