The timed auction ends Thursday September 24th at 8:00pm. Whoever holds the highest bid at the auction closing time wins.
Natalie Bessell
California Poppies, 2026
tempera on linen, timber frame
Height 29 cm x Width 24 cm
Artwork is framed and ready to hang & comes with a certificate of authenticity
Starting Bid: $550
A close-cropped study of California poppies in bloom, rendered in vivid layers of coral, vivid yellow and green. Sharp, grass-like leaves cut through the composition, giving the piece an energetic, sun-drenched feel. Signed and dated on the back.
Artist Bio: Natalie Bessell (b. 1992) grew up in San Diego, California and has lived in Australia since 2021. She is a multi-media artist, with a focus on painting. Featuring figurative and abstract elements, her recent work primarily involves oil pastels on wood and painted glaze on ceramics.
She draws inspiration from her life as a new mother in a semi-rural beach town on the Mornington Peninsula, in the outskirts of Melbourne. Themes of nature, fertility, motherhood, and femininity have pervaded her work both before and after she became a mother. This reflects her more general fascination with the intersection of that which is ordinary and that which is magnificent.
photograph- Bri Horne
Dimensions:
29 cm x 24 cm