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Floriosa
Arrangement on Duck Egg, 2026
Original Oil on Board, signed on the front.
Height 39 cm x Width 31 cm
Artwork is framed and ready to hang & comes with a certificate of authenticity
Starting Bid: $700
This painting grew from a loose arrangement of flowers set against a soft duck-egg blue ground. I was drawn to the contrast; the deep, almost inky centre holding the lighter pinks, lilacs and sky blues around it.
The blooms aren’t carefully arranged or overly described. They shift and overlap, some dissolving into the background, others pushing forward with thicker, more confident brushstrokes. I’m always interested in that balance between control and looseness; in letting the painting breathe while still holding its structure.
Painted in oils, this work feels fresh and contemporary while still carrying the richness and depth of layered colour.
Artist Bio: Floriosa is a botanical painting practice based in Sydney, Australia. Drawing on Australian flora and landscape, the work uses plants and flowers as a starting point for expressive, painterly exploration rather than literal description.
The paintings are intuitive and responsive, shaped through colour, gesture and mark-making in the moment. Forms appear loosely and fluidly, evoking the rhythm and energy of plant life without resolving into fixed imagery. The work sits gently between observation and abstraction, leaving space for atmosphere, feeling and personal interpretation.
Sally Browne has been a practising artist since the early 1990s. After moving from the UK to Australia in 1994, what began as a gap year became a permanent home and a lasting connection to Australia’s plants, wildlife and landscapes. Spending quiet time in nature remains central to her process and wellbeing, and continues to inform the Floriosa works.
She returned to full-time studio practice in 2015. Since then she has been a finalist in national awards including the Calleen Art Award, Greenway Art Prize, Lethbridge Art Prize, Bluethumb Art Prize and the National Contemporary Watercolour Prize. Her work has been widely collected, licensed across Australian homewares and gift ranges, and exhibited in solo and group exhibitions.