This week we welcome Tiel Seivl-Keevers to the Guest Blog! Tiel is one of our favourite Australian artists and bloggers and we’re so chuffed that Tiel will be blogging with us all week, sharing some of the things that inspire her and her artwork. It’s going to be a lovely week, thanks so much Tiel! – Jenny x
I’m obsessed with looking closely at natural and organic shapes. Plant life that is, not overweight men at the beach.
I’m a collector, but not a keeper. I mean I keep what I collect for a period of time until I’m bored with it. I pick flowers, put them into vases, forget to add water and watch how they change. Leaves can shrivel and curl, petals will fall and I love how their oldness becomes new. It’s something I try to capture in my paintings and illustrations.
Vegetables and fruit can have the same beauty. The purple leaves of an onion, the seeds in a pomegranate, the shapes of freshly cut shallots.
The structural elements of plants amaze me. So complex, yet so simple.
- Tiel x
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So beautiful – thanks for sharing.
I love the colours you use and the shapes that inspire your work.
beautiful… looking forward to more inspiring posts throughout the week…
thank you!
Very inspiring, I think I may do some nature inspired art with the three children I am babysitting today!
Love the use of the plant life and the subtle colours.Gorgeous
Gorgeous!
So beautiful!
I love those natives- the shapes and subtle colours. Beautiful.
Wonderful artwork; shapes, colours and balance. Love!
These works are so beautiful that I’ve already purchased one within minutes of checking out the etsy shop. I gift for myself for Christmas!
Gorgeous. Some nice inspiration for swapping the tinsel and plastic for more inspired and beautiful decorations around the house at this time of year!
These pieces are really beautiful. Just gorgeous.
This could be an interesting unit of work to explore with my
Art students. I think they will appreciate the organic influence of
Australian native plants. Thanks!
I like the way you love nature for what it is, what ever colour, shape or stage it’s in, and then make something beautiful from it that you can’t stop looking at… much like the overweight men at the beach – you just have to love them for what they are.
So lovely!
Beautiful work. Congratulations!
Wow… I love the colours. Am going to check out Etsy for Mums Christmas pressy!! :)
So pretty!
I love your work Tiel and have been a fan and a follower on your blog for some time… it’s lovely to see you here!
thanks for the inspiration…
they are wonderful organic works, I love them.
very inspiring..
You have such talented people on your guest blog. Tiel is no exception, would love to win.
Such beautiful, peaceful pieces of art.
I love how pretty TIel makes nature look. Gorgeous!
Tiel’s work is really inspiring… I’m looking forward to the coming posts!!!
Enjoyed looking at your etsy page. I am also a collector, but I’m often a keeper! So that makes me a hoarder, but how can I throw away those beautiful big gum leaves, or that little bit of smooth wood because I might make something out of it soon…
Such beautiful artwork. I love your card range! Inspiring!
i love discovering new artists – Tiel, your work is just gorgeous!
absolutely adore the organic colours and shapes that are innate of real found objects in your designs. A new fan, will be checking out your Etsy store and blog immediately!
Lauren
Love your work. I too enjoy watching the changes as plants die. The latest bunch is 3 weeks old and a bud just bloomed. Unexpected and delightful.
I can see why you are so inspired.
Your work is absolutely gorgeous!
That last photo is beautiful. Something about tipping the flower upside down makes it look all fresh and new and interesting.
Striking and simply beautiful. A perfect talent!
I love Tiel’s work. Not only is the art super-lovely, but she is too. I’ve got one on my wall. Love, love, love it.
Am a big fan of Tiel’s beautiful work, looking forward to reading all her posts this week!
As a sculptor working in metals and using botanicals as an inspiration ~ I love your drawings, composition and colours.
Very individual
I love how the natural beauty of nature is highlighted by your work
I find these artworks to be really calming. They are gorgeous to look at for a while and take in all the different tones of colour and detail. I would love to win one for my home.
Such gorgeous work & such a beautiful way of seeing & portraying natural elements. Very inspiring.
Beautiful work.
Beautiful work.am really inspired by your vision and depiction of the world around you. Can’t wait to see more. (Am v.interested in that little peek of the bird pictures – more please!)
So delicate and beautiful. A perfect gift!
Never ceases to amaze me the talents that people have….so inspiring!
beautiful
so lovely.
I have followed your blog for a long time and love your work!
I love the colour palate in the picture of the leaves. I can certainly see how this could inspire artwork…
How lovely and inspiring. Thanks so much for the Monday ‘pick me up’.
those colours are sublime.
Really good! Really inspiring….Whish that I could have them!!!
So natural and beautiful, it’s really inspiring to see others inspired by our environment. Lovely!
Must be wonderful to see the world in such a unique and beautiful way!
You work is really lovely, thank you so much for sharing it with us!
tiel, your work is so beautiful. nature is so inspiring, and i love how you interpret life… x
Very appreciative perspective on nature and uplifting and beautiful work Tiel – I love how you view nature metamorphing from one beautiful stage to the next and then creating something from it – lovely to share.
Beautiful coulours – stunning!
I am such an enormous lover of the ephemeral nature of plants. Each form is perfect in its growth and decay. Thank you for sharing your work x
Lovely work! Gorgeous colours…
Tsk Tsk was one of the first blogs I ever read. Love her art work.
Absolutely gorgeous very inspirational
i love people that see the beauty in flowers as they turn and fall. beautiful post.
***dreamy*sublime*heavenly ***
Tiel I’m so excited to read today that you’ll be guest blogging here this week as I’ve admired your artwork for some time now and love reading your blog posts. I am also a nature lover and am facinated by the forms, patterns and details that can be found all around us and I just love the way you delicately place the inspiration you draw from nature over your warm and beautiful painted backgrounds. Beautiful work xxx
Saw this this morning, came home and popped over to the big cartel site and just had to buy myself one! Beautiful work, I’ll have to save up for a painting….
Tiel, I adore your work. I have been reading your blog for several years now. You still manage to inspire me. Greetings from an illustration-student (or soon to be illustrator).
amazing, spiritual and quite moving. Wow, Tiel, what a special gift you have.
Beautiful, delicate Your work makes me want to start drawing again.
I am really taken by your work Tiel…delightful and inspirational! Thank you.
Lovely reverence for how plants have lived, the time we spend with them, and how they die too. All beautiful.
It’s so lovely to see Australian motifs done in this feminine and modern way!
I agree, plants are amazing things – and they keep us alive too. Exquisite interpretations of nature, Tiel.
Love the prints, there are so many of those plants I have never seen! Love the work!
Hi Tiel, we love pods and leaves and shapes here too, isn’t nature just amazing! Her colour combinations are inspirational too.
Hi Tiel, so very delicate and beautiful, you make me want to pick up my pencil again. Thanks!
Native flowers give such good mileage, from fresh to dried and everything in between
Hi Tiel, what great prints! As someone who works out in gardens I really understand your inspiration. Thanks for sharing.
I love your abstract art of natives and your usage of colours and composition is beautiful and clever.
Hi there… I like you have my studio in my room…and an understanding husband so can so relate to todays post! If you are ever in vic you would appreciate the hamilton botanical gardens. One of the oldest in australia.. Thanks. Jasmine
so glad you’re guest blogging I love your work and the descriptions behind it.
Thank you Tiel for such an inspirational week of guest blogging, it’s changed the way I look at native plants, I now see artworks! Your work is truly beautiful. Also, I love Snugglepot and Cuddlepie too!!
I love your photos Tiel….very inspiring to me!