CELEBRATE ART: Blooms and Brushstrokes

To bring some blooms into your home and brighten up your week, here is a look inside the colourful pages of Blooms and Brushstrokes: A floral history of Australian art! 

When the world is normal, one of my favourite things to do is visit my local art gallery and wander slowly. I've visited so many times, sometimes with family, sometimes by myself. It's an outing that I truly miss now that I'm working from home.
Luckily, there are other ways to get a taste of beautiful art without ever leaving the house.
This week I wanted to take a closer look at a beautiful book from within the Wakefield Press art collection, sharing some pages to brighten up your week!

 



 
These works of art shine a light on the role and importance of plants and flowers in everyday life. They illustrate changing floral fashions, as well as highlighting flowers in their various forms – cut flowers, pot plants and gardens.
And along the way you'll encounter many of Australia's most significant artists, including John Glover, Arthur Streeton, Margaret Preston, Grace Cossington Smith, John Brack and Margaret Olley, as well as some of Australia's most beautiful, and sometimes intriguing, native flora, such as the waratah and Sturt's desert pea, not to mention perennial garden favourites like roses, sweet peas and daisies.
Spectacular, intimate, engaging and meticulously researched – and full of interesting and quirky facts about the flowers and the artists themselves – Blooms and Brushstrokes is a book for art, flower and history lovers alike.
Discover more about Blooms and Brushstrokes on our website and remember, the best way to show your support for writers, poets, publishers and booksellers is to buy books!
Support Wakefield Press by buying our beautiful books!  Visit our website or contact us on 08 8352 4455 for more information, or to purchase a book (or three!). We can post your purchase to your doorstep!