The story of Lori Ellen Neuzerling’s family farm near Northcliffe – the intertwining of the native Marri trees and the tough-as-nuts climbing rose.
This Droving Life
Another stunning agricultural scene captured by Beverley artist, Pat Lane.
Lori Ellen Neuzerling
Lori was born in Manjimup in the southwest of Western Australia. Her early years were spent on her father’s farm in the beautiful karri country of Northcliffe, near the famous Valley of the Giants, and this lush wilderness nurtured in her a love and respect for its distinctive plants and wildlife.
Lori’s adventurous spirit took her to some of the remotest parts of Australia over many years of her adult life but she eventually returned to her place of birth in the early 1990s and there her love of the southwest was reborn. It was then that she began painting her vivid and intricate watercolours of bush life. Lori is completely self-taught. Through trial and experiment, she developed her own unique and exacting art. Her first love is the flora and fauna of Western Australia, but Lori finds inspiration and fascination in the colours, textures and contours of almost all plant life and wild creatures.
Noela O’Keefe
Noela O’Keefe is a Western Australian Artist who works in oils and in watercolour. Noela’s works in oil are highly textured and strong in colour. Her watercolours, although more simple, still retain a vibrancy that is distinctive of her style.
Noela is considered an Impressionist and Interpretive Artist with her work being an interpretation of the bush and the ocean that she loves. Her work is currently collected in Australia, New Zealand and USA.