{"product_id":"bridget-steer-the-thorns-have-bright-pink-leaves","title":"Bridget Steer - The Thorns Have Bright Pink Leaves","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e54cm x 64.1cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eAcrylic and house paint on canvas, framed in raw oak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\"The Thorns Have Bright Pink Leaves” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses” (‘A Tour Round My Garden,’ Alphonse Karr, 1856) Growing up, the rambling bougainvillea branches were always such a hazardous area for the cricket ball to end up in. Such gorgeous colour, such sharp thorns. Imagine my delight when our current home had an overhead arbour of bougainvillea nowhere near any possible ball sports. Now we get to enjoy the colour without the trauma. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eBridget Steer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eBridget Steer is an emerging artist and women’s health GP living in Toowoomba (land of the Giabal, Jarowair and Jagera people). Bridget’s artworks are narrative works, using specific composition choices and often children’s toys to convey how ordinary, small moments can capture common human experiences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off\"\u003eWorking in mostly acrylics and house paints initially acted as a practical strategy to overcome the mental barriers that can come with using “precious” materials - preventing starting, experimenting or the fear of not achieving a perfect result. However it has also become a philosophical choice to elevate the building blocks of the work, to parallel the way women’s crafts have not previously been accepted as art as they haven’t conformed to the traditional materials used by Western artists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off white-space-prewrap\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off\"\u003eIn 2025 Bridget was a finalist in the Art to Art Unearthed Art Prize and the Corner Store Gallery’s Inside This Box Art Prize. Bridget’s work is featured in the 2025 Australian Artist Collective x Dangerous Females Collaboration to fundraise for domestic violence charities. Bridget has been invited to exhibit at the 2026 Grammar Art Show at Toowoomba Grammar School.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off white-space-prewrap\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off\"\u003eA percentage of profits from each artwork sale is donated to charity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bridget Steer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53316605706539,"sku":null,"price":725.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0950\/1560\/0427\/files\/BridgetSteer-TheCollective3-TheThornsHaveBrightPinkLeaves1.jpg?v=1776914853","url":"https:\/\/13zhy6-xn.myshopify.com\/products\/bridget-steer-the-thorns-have-bright-pink-leaves","provider":"Inverell Art Gallery ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}