Helen Ansell
Helen Ansell's vibrant paintings capture the spirit of native Western Australian flora and fauna. Helen lives with her family in Mullewa, in the centre of Western Australia's wildflower country.
Art print of an original painting by Helen Ansell. Wreath Flower (Leschenaultia macrantha)A speci...
Art print of an original painting by Helen Ansell. Wreath Flower (Leschenaultia macrantha)A species of low growing plant, the unique and distictive "Wreath Flower", amazingly, grows in bare gravel roadsides, quarries, cemeteries, etc., particularly around Mullewa, inland from Geraldton, Western Australia. Mullewa is renown for it's carpets of everlastings, but of the many flowering specimens in the district, the wreath flower is the star attraction of the annual Mullewa Wildflower Show held e...
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Spotted Pardalote Amongst the Isopogen Print
Art print of an original painting 'Spotted Pardalote Amongst the Isopogen' by Helen Ansell.
Art print of an original painting 'Spotted Pardalote Amongst the Isopogen' by Helen Ansell.
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Art print of an original painting 'Colours of Coalseam' by Helen Ansell. “The Coalseam National P...
Art print of an original painting 'Colours of Coalseam' by Helen Ansell. “The Coalseam National Park is located halfway between Mingenew and my hometown of Mullewa and is one of the biggest tourist attractions in this area. The place of the first mined coal deposit in Western Australia, the park gets its name from the exposed bands of coal seams that still stripe the cliff faces. 2021 was one of the most spectacular displays of wildflowers I had ever seen in this area – inspiring me to paint ...
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Art print of an original painting 'Honey Possum' by Helen Ansell. 'This tiny marsupial, Tarsipes ...
Art print of an original painting 'Honey Possum' by Helen Ansell. 'This tiny marsupial, Tarsipes rostratus, is found in the south of Western Australia, being most common in regions of high Proteaceae diversity. Its entire source of food is nectar and pollen from a diverse range of flowering plants, and is often an important pollinator; similar mammals are all bats. It is mainly nocturnal, but will come out in daylight to feed during cooler weather. A prehensile tail and opposing toe on the lo...
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Art print of an original painting 'Hakea Haven' by Helen Ansell.
Art print of an original painting 'Hakea Haven' by Helen Ansell.
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Art print of an original painting 'Matchstick Banksia' by Helen Ansell.
Art print of an original painting 'Matchstick Banksia' by Helen Ansell.
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Art print of an original painting 'Seroja' by Helen Ansell. “Cyclone Seroja hit Western Australia...
Art print of an original painting 'Seroja' by Helen Ansell. “Cyclone Seroja hit Western Australia in April 2021 causing significant damage to critical infrastructure including roads, telecommunications and emergency services buildings. Several towns received damage including Kalbarri, Northampton, Mullewa, Yuna, Morawa, Mingenew, Three Springs, Carnamah and Perenjorie. Approximately 30,000 homes and businesses were without power, and communication systems were extensively damaged. The damaged...
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Art print of an original painting 'Twenty Eight Parrot' by Helen Ansell.
Art print of an original painting 'Twenty Eight Parrot' by Helen Ansell.
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Sun Setting on the Carnabys Print
Art print of an original painting by Helen Ansell. Sun Setting on the Carnaby's Black Cockatoo (C...
Art print of an original painting by Helen Ansell. Sun Setting on the Carnaby's Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris)The endangered Carnaby's Black Cockatoo is one of just two species of white-tailed black cockatoos on earth. The other is the Baudin's Black Cockatoo, and they are both found only in the Southwest Australia Ecoregion. Their population has declined greatly in recent decades, mostly due to the loss and fragmentation of their preferred habitats, and they need the support of...
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Art print of an original painting by Helen Ansell. White Spider OrchidThis group contains about 1...
Art print of an original painting by Helen Ansell. White Spider OrchidThis group contains about 16 species, most of which are in the Caladenia longicauda group. All of them have predominantly white flowers with no red tip to the labellum, most of which have relatively large flowers. The subspecies are generally very similar with subtle differences ranging from differences in the size of the flowers, size and shape of the labellum and the distribution. As a group, they are very common across t...
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Sturt Peas and Zebra Finches Print
Art print of an original painting 'Sturt Peas and Zebra Finches' by Helen Ansell. “The top end of...
Art print of an original painting 'Sturt Peas and Zebra Finches' by Helen Ansell. “The top end of Australia is a harsh yet stunningly beautiful environment. I have screeched my car brakes to stop and take photos of bright red Sturt Peas growing in the wild – yet sometimes these beauties commonly grow in the gutters and town roadside verges! I love the colour combination of the dark red soil (Pindan) the purple and green Mulla Mullas, red Sturt Peas and clear blue skies. Zebra Finches are tiny...
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Art print of an original painting by Helen Ansell. Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)The laughing k...
Art print of an original painting by Helen Ansell. Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)The laughing kookaburra is the largest of the kingfisher family, and famous for its chorus of laughter which echoes through the Australian bush. Unlike most of its relatives, kookaburras occupy the same territories year-round which they mark with their noisy calls. Each group knows the boundaries of each others territories by communicating before the spring breeding season to establish boundaries. The name is a...
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