It is a passion that has been developing for years, as Bronwyn worked to combine two unlikely pairings — grids and nature.
Instinctively the two were strange bedfellows, until inspiration struck in one of the more unlikely places — as it often does.
Nature’s expert at geometry, bees. Her imagination was sparked after an apiarist visited her property and she saw the honeycomb in flat bee hives. From then on, it was love at first geometric sight.
‘‘I remember seeing them when he pulled them out of the hive, the sun hit them and I just stood there thinking ‘wow’,’’ she said.
‘‘The bees make these amazing patterns and it’s just from them going about their lives.’’
Her artworks grew as she developed the shapes, texture and colour.
‘‘When I started discovering the idea, it was quite exciting,’’ she said.
‘‘The best colour comes from nature, without a doubt, because they all match. Birds, for example, they are all different colours but no matter what they are, they are all perfect.
‘‘That’s not to say I sit with those and don’t try anything else.’’
Painting for more than a decade, Bronwyn said she looks to other artists’ work for inspiration. Having studied painting, drawing and graphic design, and currently teaching out of the Foundry Arts Space, she said the fine arts have an influence over the graphic arts.
‘‘There would be a few who may not agree with that, but I think you can see certain influences,’’ she said.
Since seeing the honeycombs, Bronwyn has painted more beehive-inspired pieces than she can count, with two of her pieces on display in the foyer at the Riverine Herald office on Percy St.
Bronwyn said the inspiration for What Is The Password? had a juvenile aspect about it, and What Slows Us Down? was reminding everyone to take a step back.
‘‘These two paintings depict natural hives. For What Is The Password? I looked at it and it reminded me of a cubby that you’d build as a kid — and they’d always ask ‘what’s the password?’ to let you in,’’ she said.
‘‘What Slows Us Down is very much related to the speed of life and what happens to us to make us realise that speed isn’t always the answer.
‘‘I’m grateful for the opportunity to show these pieces. The arts is very important in our community and there are lots of great artists in our community.’’
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