Fiona Lenord | Sitting In The Sunday Sun
Sitting In The Sunday Sun | 2026
Mixed media on birch panel
100 x 90 cm
Tasmanian Oak shadow box frame
$5,500
WARATAH SONGS NOV 26
With two decades of experience as a textile designer, colour and florals have always been at the heart of Fiona’s work. Growing up on her parents’ fruit farm shaped her love of nature and the changing seasons, which now inspire her still-life paintings of Australian native flowers. Working in mixed media on birch panel, Fiona captures the beauty and character of these blooms in what she describes as quiet floral portraits. Recently, Fiona has been brave enough to take on the challenge of painting the iconic waratah — the rock stars of Australian native flowers. Bold, dramatic and full of personality, she hopes to make them sing
Fiona Lenord
BIO
Fiona Lenord
Blue Mountain's based artist Fiona grew up in the Hawkesbury on a stone fruit and strawberry orchard, later moving to Sydney to study and work as a textile designer, creating florals for well-known fashion and bedlinen brands.
This background has both inspired and informed her new creative practice. Preferring the organic nature of the birch, plywood panels, Fiona uses layers of mixed media to play with colour and light, in an attempt to evoke joy in the viewer.
