Christine Johnson 'Australian Sunrise' hyper-real This detailed figurative work by

This detailed figurative work by renowned Australian artist Fred Cress is instantly recognizable

'Lake Botanical' 2002

Signed: Signed lower left

Melbourne and Tasmania’s Queen Victoria Museum and Gallery

Christine Johnson 'Australian Sunrise' hyper-real This detailed figurative work byChristine Johnston is a highly accomplished artist. Her work is inspired by nature, gardens and the movement of time and light. Indeed, there is something of the 18th century Enlightenment counter movement, Romanticism, to her work. She seeks to reunite the viewer with the power of nature, to remind you of its deep, penetrating poeticism. Australian Sunrise is a portrait of a flower. It is up close and sensual, its petals pushing forth like a velvet