Welcome to Elaine Steele's Gallery
Welcome to my world of creativity and inspiration!
My work is autobiographical, a reflection of readings, emotions and concerns of our fast-changing environment. It often incorporates gestural marks and suggests realism so anyone can read them. My collection includes paintings, drawings, prints, and much more.
Whether you need a custom piece or just want to explore some beautiful art, you are in the right place. If any of my pieces interest you or you have any questions, please use the 'Enquire' button to contact me with the name of the art and we shall make it happen.
Artwork for sale
Red Head
Red Head
Size: 41x32cm
Medium: Acrylic & gold leaf canvas board
Price: $600
Description: One of a series of works created to celebrate women a series of portraits.
Exhibited at Silkwood Estate - Pemberton
Samovar
Red Head
Size: 66x82cm
Medium: Acrylic with metal leaf on canvas
Price: $650
Description: To celebrate a wedding party between different cultures. I chose the Samovar theme as a symbol of sharing, coming together and unity.
In Russia Central Asia and Persia, tea is often prepared in a samovar which is a glorified large teapot/kettle. The tea ceremony is a valued gift of respect and honour in many cultures.
Exhibited at Silkwood Estate - Pemberton
Prussian Flow
Size: 60x90cm
Medium: Cyanotype on canvas
Price: $890
Description: Figurative suggestion and bird shape. First I collected found Cockatoo feathers and local flora from my daily walks. Then painting the light-sensitive medium on the canvas I placed the objects on the canvas that block out the light and then let the sun develop the colour. This is a memory to me of my walks around my home.
Exhibited at Silkwood Estate - Pemberton
Margaretas Cat
Size: 93x62cm
Medium: Acrylic paint and acrylic inks on canvas
Price: $950 (framed)
Description: My inspiration from novel The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov from 1929 this novel describes a visit from the devil with his entourage to Margarita in Soviet Union.
Solar - Feathers and Flowers
Size: 55x75cm
Medium: Cyanotype on paper
Price: $760 (framed behind glass)
Description: I use the symbolism of the flower shapes for new growth the falling flora and feathers for the passing time.
Exhibited at Silkwood Estate - Pemberton
The Third Truck
Size: 94x123cm
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Price: $1200
Description: One of three on canvas in this series (photo from Michale Bauer inspired these large works). This painting is visually different all about displacement herded women and control.
My home page also features 'The second Truck' which is pastels and water-based pigments on canvas
Linkage
Size: 80x120cm
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Price: $1900
Description: Observing these two long-time friends hold fascinating intense conversations, like academics, discussing and sparing on the deeper meanings questions of life on earth and throughout the galaxy. Here I reference a long ride on their Triumphs. Still wearing the winter bike gear gave me licence to play with the textures of the acrylic paint on canvas which I like to use as it is such a contrast to the ubiquitous screens we are all surrounded by. Mostly my works are narrative. You may see a third character to add ambiguity to the story.
Overflow
Size: 42x120cm
Medium: Acrylic paint over silver leaf on canvas
Price: $950 (framed)
Description: This acrylic painting is a response to the overflow alongside the backs of our dam when we have an abundance of water, the change in landscape reveals silver grey areas not seen in other seasons. I began this playful combination with a simple linear composition, gradually separating and then breaking up to observe the gold leaf with different companion shapes and colours.
Life blooms silver blue
Life blooms silver blue
Size: 16x49cm
Medium: Acrylics over metal leaf on panel
Price: $1100
Description: Exhibited at Silkwood Estate - Pemberton
Reflection
Reflection
Life blooms silver blue
Size: 125x135cm
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Price: $1100
Description: Exhibited at Silkwood Estate - Pemberton
Couple 1
Size: 54x45cm
Medium: cyanotype pastels acrylics and silver leaf
Price: $590 (framed)
Description: My Comfort series stems from my emotions after watching a soldier comforting a friend. Why compassion/empathy. Ask the question 'are you OK'? What can I do? Do I know what you're thinking? Of course not. Hold Held Nurture Love, Protect touch touched, Isolation shock trauma separation alone single endure align encourage cover together, Warm cosy safe. This is after the global pandemic. I always enjoy using figures in my paintings, especially to enhance an emotion.
Couple 2
Size: 16x20cm
Medium: Acrylic pearlised paint on canvas panel
Price: $600
Description: Part of comfort series.
I have used the pearled paint to shine, with warm sunny colours to uplift and contrast the emotion of the first painting
Couple 3, Child
Size: 16x20cm
Medium: Mixed media with gold leaf on canvas behind glass
Price: $600
Description: Part of comfort series.
In this composition, I experimented with adding more texture to counteract the reflection of the gold leaf. Adding text - the writing is the remains of the beautiful script of a sentimental letter.
Couple 4, Comfort with Flowers
Size: 28x20cm
Medium: Mixed pastels & water-based pigments on canvas:
Price: $600
Description: Part of comfort series.
I am still keeping the triangle shape in the overall composition, adding openness with the overlay of floral shapes to create fresh feelings to lighten and calm the emotional charge.
Break up
Size: 40x50cm
Medium: Acrylic with metal leaf on canvas
Price: $600
Description: I began this playful combination with simple linear composition, gradually separating then breaking up to observe the gold leaf with different companion shapes and colours.
Poet or Priest Jamal
Size: 62x62cm
Medium: Oil paint canvas
Price: $850 (framed)
Description: Conflicts of myths stories and confessions initiated this painting as an experiment with colour.
Elemental Fragments
Size: 81x60cm
Medium: Collage from my own made papers gold leaf cyanotype pastel
Price: $910 (farmed behind glass)
Description: This collage I started working on while in a studio with a group of artists all working on our own works but also a lot of discussions were happening. Sometimes even with many distractions I find I can be in the flow and relaxed enough to put away the self-critic and just be & go with my instincts. This was one of those wonderful days. The composition was floating for a while and, not till I got back to my studio did I see the structure that was needed to hold all the elements together,
Four in One
Size: 53x73cm
Medium: Cyanotype acrylics, metal paints, silver and gold leaf on canvas
Price: $890
Description: Four in One (being four limbs). Theme of group show What would you want painted on your Protheses? Started with basic leg shapes. My thoughts were to show an orientation view of front, back and side all at one time. Accessory colour blue sky and sea, metals earth silver gold paint
Diamond Forest
Size: 47x63cm
Medium: Cyanotype on paper with gold leaf and metal paints
Price: $485 (Framed behind glass)
Description: I live in the Diamond Forest. All the shapes shadows and the shapes in between are from the Diamond Forest.
Holding Perigrine
Size: Print 22x14cm (paper size 29x21)
Medium: Reduction lino print
Price: $70
Description: (Edition of five) Inspiration watching the manoeuvres in the flight of the Peregrines in Pemberton. Then meeting up with a wheelchair-bound person the same day I was contemplating the two together. Sketching my ideas I decided to create this lino cut.
Reduction Lino or woodcut is made using one block: For multiple colours, the first part of the design is carved into a block, then inked, printing the first colour. The block is then cleaned, carved again, and inked for the next colour. The process of carving and printing continues for each subsequent colour till little may be left of the original block.
Portia - the intelligent jumping spider
Size: 30x20cm
Medium: Reduction lino print
Price: $180
Description: (Edition of five) In the SW of West Australia we have amazing spiders, the now very popular peacock and the jumping spiders. Now recognised as intelligent. Watching them and after reading the novel “Children of Time” by Adrian Tchaikovsky led me to produce the lino cut Portia. Showing the spider and the Lizard.
Pink for Love
Size: 29x42cm
Medium: Monotype Gelletine print
Price: $80
Description: Monotype is one of a kind an original unique piece of art
Dancing Seat
Dancing Seat
Dancing Seat
Size: 29x42cm
Medium: Monotype Gelletine print
Price: $80
Description: Monotype is one of a kind an original unique piece of art
SOLD Artwork
Respite - SOLD
Size: 90x90 cm
Medium: Acrylic metal leaf on panel
Price: $1600
Description: Rest and relief for the mind and for our planet. An acrylic landscape with gold leaf as a reference to the history of mining. Gold can symbolise wealth, success, prestige, prosperity, compassion and religious enlightenment. Gold also has a dire history and is still retrieved from the land using the poorest people in the world. I created a decorative composition that could also hold many dark secrets for the eye to traverse, rest and rejuvenate.
Appreciating Turtle Eggs - SOLD
Size: 36x36cm
Medium: Pastels and oil on canvas
Price: $900
Description: I began this work as a celebration, thinking and reflecting on my fortunate situation. My appreciation of the diversity of my surroundings. After observing the Long Neck Turtles ambling through the Sword Grass up from the river, crossing the red ochre gravel then slide down the clay walls to the water of our dam in front of my home. Later I watched them crawl out and dig into the hard gravel ground to lay eggs. (Next day I saw the cracked soft empty egg shells at the burial site, with scratching etched into the ground from the Fox that had eaten the eggs.)
This canvas started as a pastel then texture and hazy effects to help keep it light. Then moved on to using light oil paint on the canvas.
Floral Abundance - SOLD
Size: 52x42cm
Medium: Acrylic gold leaf on canvas
Price: $650
Description: Exhibited at Silkwood Estate - Pemberton
Back to Back - SOLD
Size: 16x20cm
Medium: Inks over gold leaf (metal) on canvas panel
Price: $600
Description: Though the composition shows two people back to back perhaps I've got your back would also be suitable as I intended the composition to be strong, upright and supportive in emotion and structure. I am excited to use the metal leaf which is so interesting as it changes as you move around, shimmering and dulling depending on the lighting and the amount of wash I use to reduce reflection. Using metal leaf the possibilities and effects can create a sea of difficulties that inspire me to learn how to use it.