A bit about me
Im a Melbourne based artist and designer and my artistic pseudonym is Natapart. I love to use saturated washes of watercolour and juxtapose them with ultra light ones, in my endless exploration of value. Playing with transparencies and the aquatic quality of this magical medium is so satisfying for me, as well as using any mean like acrylic, gouache, pen, pencils and oils to take a piece to its natural completion. Im obsessed with the colours sienna and blue and in these latest years my whole work has become exclusively an exploration of these two colours.
One of my most popular collections is Uluru, where I created abstract takes on the sleeping giant as I like to call it and also on its lesser now sister Kata Tjuta, equally magnificent and a like a good feminine presence, secured in its beauty, dressed in mystery and content in not asking for attention.
Also as a professional visual designer, I explore with many ideas around the practice of design: the use of negative space, the tension created by an edge, oversized shapes, the power of contrast and framing, and clean minimalistic layouts. My approach to art is experimental and adventurous. I enjoy the process as much as the final result. Sometimes great things come out of so called “accidents”, and as an artist I allow this to happen and embrace it as an active part of the composition.
Inspiration
In my paintings, I care more about how a place or thing feels than how it actually looks. I let my instincts guide me and focus on creating a mood or feeling rather than getting caught up in the details. As a viewer, I love to experience art that makes me feel something too.
Right now, my work is centered around a main theme: animals illustrations, specially aquatic ones, in blue or sienna colour.
Key to my process is simplifying forms, creating my own visual language, mixing my own unique color palette, and playing with contrasts—like matte vs. transparent, small vs. large, simple vs. complex, and controlled vs. free.