ART FOR SALE
ART FOR SALE
Warrnambool Artist Sherry Johnstone’s artworks are woven with rich colours and symbols of culture and place. Her focus of her work is her deep connection to her spirit and soul.
Sherry currently works primarily in acrylic paints however she loves exploring other mediums to work with and see where her creation takes her.
Sherry Johnstone’s drawings, paintings and commissioned pieces can be found in private, public and corporate collections across Australia. Her most recent commission project included designing four poles for an entry of a home.
Some of Sherry’s work is available for sale upon request as high quality prints on canvas or archival paper.
Plenty
Plenty was painted onto two canvases that hang side by side and inspired by a trip I was lucky to go on up through the Northern Territory, but in particular the rock art I saw at Jabiru and its surrounding wetlands and waterways. I blended this creation from that experience with some local flavour by adding the eels which where also such an important food source for our local Aboriginal people and still are today, and also adding my Great Grandmothers totem the long necked turtle representing Yorta Yorta Country, where she was born.
Was $3,000 - Now
$2,750 due to very small blemish.
Dimensions:
Each panel is 76cm x 101.5cm Origin acrylic on canvas
Cosmic Creation
This piece is about my connection to my ancestors who hold my dreaming in the stars where they live. Its represents our spiritual connection and their DNA that flows through me and even though we are galaxies apart we are still connected.
Price for original acrylic on two canvases to be hung side by side
Unframed: $850
Unframed: $850
Dimensions:
Each canvas is 46cm x 46cm
Mother Earth
Was inspired by my realisation that everything is connected. The sun, the stars, the earth. The story is about how Mother Earth controls the rains, the landscapes, the rivers, the oceans, people’s journeys and animals and people living together in harmony. She is powerful, she surrounds us with her energy and light, she is our environment and the core of our universe. She is also guided by her spirit people. See if you can find them in the picture.
Price for the original acrylic on canvas now framed: $1900
Dimensions: 76cm x 118cm
How We Shape A Child
In the centre, is the umbilical cord, surrounding it is men and women of different cultures working together to shape thats child’s journey and future. The differing sections of dots means it doesn’t matter what colour you are or what mob your from. The hands and surrounding patterns represent the energy, effort, protection and nurturing that all help to shape a child’s journey, purpose and identity.
Price for original acrylic on canvas unframed: now $1,700.00
Dimensions: 91.5cm length x 91.5cm height
Nature Connection
Price for original acrylic on canvas now framed: now $550.00
Dimensions: 91.5cm length x 76.3cm height
Secrets in the Bark
Trees witness everything around them, the knots are their eyes. They witness the beauty that surrounds them, the seasonal changes, animal behaviours and ours.
Dimensions: 121.8cm high x 91.5cm width
Medium: Original acrylic on canvas - framed in timber oak floating frame
Price: $1,950
ARTWORK SOLD
These pieces have been sold already but if you like these styles, please contact Sherry to talk about creating something similar.
Midden Dreaming
This piece reminds me of the shell fragments that have been captured in the layers of time at midden sites which prove the ancient existence of First Nations peoples.
Dimensions:
61cm high x 45.7cm wide
Generational Journey
The layers of circles represent my ancestors' tribes and clans over thousands of years, with the journey line running through, representing the journey they have taken to keep passing on their culture. The dots represent the cellular memories that have also been passed on through the generations.
Dimensions:
91cm length x 91cm width
Medium:
Original acrylic on canvas - framed in timber oak floating frame
Waterway Wisdom
Artwork story: The hypnotic movement of water mesmerises and fascinates me. This piece is about the wisdom of mother earth with how lakes, swamps, rivers etc. are formed. Waterways are mother earth's veins and are a vital part of our existence and ecosystems.
SOLD
Dimensions:
91.3 length x 61cm high.
Landscape Symphony
Price for original acrylic on canvas now framed: SOLD
Dimensions: 76.3cm length x 76.3cm height
Spring Grass
Price for original acrylic on canvas unframed: SOLD
Dimensions: 91.5cm length x 76.3 height
Hidden Gems
This original acrylic painting on canvas represents how we often don't see the hidden gems that are often all around us unless they stand out. Its about encouraging you to look for the small but amazing things that we forget to take the time to notice or appreciate.
SOLD
Dimensions: 121cm length x 76cm High
Developing Dunes
This piece represents the winds creating the sand dunes that shift and change over time.
Price for this original acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Dimensions:
61cm high x 45.7cm wide
Family, Growth, Connection
The leaves in this piece represent Growth. Within the leaves are family, their journeys and the generations of children that carry on culture and become part of our growing community. The pattern in between the leaves represents their connection to culture, families and Country.
Price for this original acrylic on canvas
Framed: Sold to St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Dimensions:
61cm high x 92cm length
River Rock Dreaming
Price for original acrylic on canvas framed: SOLD by Peterborough Antiques and Art
Dimensions: 91.5cm length x 76.3cm height.
Songlines
This piece is about different tribes creating songlines that travel over Country as they clap their boomerangs together to make the beat and rythym during ceremonies and dances. This energy travels far and wide. The pattern surrounding them is the dancing flames of their fires.
Price for this original acrylic on canvas
Framed: SOLD by Peterborough Antiques and Art
Dimensions:
102cm length x 76.2cm high
The Right Sunset
This piece was again inspired by the Southern Right Whales journey to Warrnambool and the beautiful sunsets I see from my home.
The price for this original Acrylic on canvas is:
SOLD
Dimensions: 61cm x 91.5cm
Abundance
This original acrylic painting on canvas was inspired by a photo I seen of an aerial view of the Waterways of Budj Bim. (Framed)
SOLD
Dimensions: 76.5cm length x 51cm High
Free Spirit
This original acrylic painting on canvas represents my totem the Red Tailed Black Cockatoo and my connection to it and culture. (Framed)
SOLD
Dimensions: 122cm length x 61cm high
Seashell Dreaming
This original acrylic painting on canvas resembles the fascinating swirls, colours and patterns that so many seashells behold.
SOLD
Dimensions: 91.5cm length x 76.5cm High
Because Of Her We Can!
Inspired by the 2018 NAIDOC week theme Because of her, we can! This is a poem that describes this piece.
Because of her, we can!
Like the Dreamtime, she creates life,
- she is powerful
Like Mother Nature, she beholds beauty,
- she is healing
Like the tall tree standing strong, her roots the foundation to family,
- she is strength
Like the wildflowers, she gives us the confidence to grow,
- she is guidance
Like a river, she flows through our veins
- she is connection
Like the bush foods, she nourishes our soul
- she is nurturing
Like the rain, she showers us with her skills,
- she is knowledge
Like the seasons, the land and animals, she teaches us to adapt to change
- she is courage
Like the rays of the sun touching country,
- she is the light in our lives
Like the special people in our journeys, she leaves her footprint on our hearts
- she is love
Because of her, we can!
By Sherry Johnstone
SOLD
Dimensions: 83cm x 64.5cm (including frame)
Southern Right Dreaming
It was inspired by the journey of the Southern Right Whale to Warrnambool once a year.
SOLD
Dimensions: 61cm x 61cm
Hope
- The star represents the paper stars that are currently being made by community groups around the world as part of the 'One Million Stars To End Violence' project. These stars will be collated and displayed in the 2018 Commonwealth Games as a global symbol against violence.
- The hands represent the physical aspect of violence and the damage they can cause physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
- The kneeling people represent the broken spirit of the victims of violence.
- Bunjil the eagle is well known for its exceptional eyesight and it represents children witnessing violence
- The fire represents the trauma created from being exposed to or being a victim of violence.
- The boomerangs represent the cycle or pattern of violence that keeps coming back through generations.
- The people inside the star represent a visible wave of people working together to make a difference.
- The candlelight inside the people represents the burning desire and passion inside these people to make a change.
- The black and white patterns represent different cultures collaborting, like a woven basket our combined efforts intertwine to become stronger together.
- The waves of energy coming from the star points nurture seeds within it to create a change of thinking for our future generations.
- The light in the middle of the star represents hope. Hope that we can one day put an end to violence.
Windows Of Opportunity
The coming together of men and women for community and business decisions to plant seeds for the future.
These decisions create windows of opportunities for community, employees, programs, services and innovation for everyone to benefit from. The light within the windows represent creating a bright future.
Throughout this process pillars of strength are created that help hold and protect communities needs and the organisations interests into the future.
Some opportunities may tread water for a while and some may be put into action and set the wheels in motion.
Over-time repectful relationships are built and this keeps networks and friendships coming back like boomerangs throughout generations.
-By Sherry Johnstone
Hypnotic Waterways
This original acrylic painting on canvas was inspired by viewing aerial views of waterways and how mesmerising and hypnotic the movement of water is whether its a river, swamp, lake, pond or the sea.
SOLD
Ceremony
This original acrylic painting on canvas is about six tribes coming together for a ceremony in the sandunes during a full moon. It includes the grains of sand that still hold the essence of the songlines, traditions, movement, and culture within them.
SOLD
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