COLOURS OF NATURE: A HEALTHY ESCAPE

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Image: Rosemary Warmington, Song in the Wind (detail), 2023, acrylic on canvas, 91 x 91 cm. Image courtesy the artist.

Rosemary Warmington
12 August – 8 November 2024

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This exhibition brought my experience of the natural world into a visual painted experience. Nature inspires my creative senses. It is when I am back home and in my studio that I penetrate and translate the remembered colours and forms of the natural world into a visual painted expression through the colour and texture of paint.  

I paint with saturated colours using mixed media, markings, layering of colours, surface scratchings and motifs, working in an intuitive process to create semi-abstracted paintings of remembered landscapes. I want the colours in my paintings to echo within us, to awaken that feeling of ‘aliveness’ that can become hidden and forgotten in our daily grind. 

Research shows that being in nature has a positive impact on our health and wellbeing. My exhibition uses both nature and colour in paintings inspired by nature. My paintings reflect my memories of landscapes from my travels including the Tasmanian coastline and its beautiful Cradle Mountain UNESCO World Heritage National Park.

This exhibition was part of SALA Festival

Artist Bio

Rosemary Warmington paints from her beautiful Goodwood garden studio. Although recognised as a contemporary artist today, Rosemary’s formal education is in social work and business. Rosemary was for many years the CEO of Carers SA and in 2012 she was conferred with a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). While in full time employment Rosemary painted on weekends, retiring in 2017 to paint more. 

Rosemary’s first major solo exhibition was Colour Echoes (2021) at BMG Art Gallery. She has exhibited consistently since, receiving several awards: RSASA Solar Art Prize (Winner Section 6, 2024), RSASA Abstract Prize (Finalist, 2023), West Torrens Art Prizes (Shortlisted, 2020 & 2023), and Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize (Finalist, 2022).