💫 For Emily a few weeks back ~•~•~•~ Feeling within and without ~ the natural cycles of growth ~ moving forwards and softly into womanhood ~ Intwined symbols of the ocean ~ its strength and gentleness • mountain ranges of fluidity || perseverance of a desert wildflower Handpoked for Emily @dallasfly @xolavant // Thank you lovely 🧡 #handpoke #handpoketattoo #sticknpoke #stickandpoke #nadika #xolavant #adelaidetattooartist #pattern #patternwork #simpletattoo #tattooart #illustration
Lil singing birdy for Lauren ~ a ‘warbler’ of some sort to accompany Lauren’s shoulder 🕊 design from my recent flash release // Handpoked @xolavant || Thank you @cowan9 ❤️🧡❤️ #handpoke #handpoketattoo #sticknpoke #stickandpoke #nadika #xolavant #adelaidetattooartist #pattern #patternwork #simpletattoo #tattooart #illustration
Hand painted Australian Native plant + South African king protea pot commissioned by Amelia for her friend ~ super kind birthday gift 🧡 Thank you Amelia 🙏🏽 was a pleasure creating this plant home for you inspired by much loved plants 🌿🌿 Using @resenecolour paint from a really awesome paint store on Unley rd @thelocalpaintshop 💫💫 #handpaintedpot #australiannative #sturtdesertpea #banksia #acacia #kingprotea #resenepaint
For Lauren // in loving memory of her father • • • from those who have passed still remain living memories, embodied life & energy through the ancestral line • connected from the roots below • remembered through the night sky // Mountain ranges and bush scape for his love of the Australian landscape • Thank you so much Lauren 🧡🌿 || Handpoked @xolavant #handpoke #handpoketattoo #sticknpoke #stickandpoke #nadika #xolavant #adelaidetattooartist #pattern #patternwork #simpletattoo #tattooart #illustration
For Jemimah ~ Sweet dove flying over the mountain tops // Jemimah means little dove in Hebrew/Arabic ~ Some words behind the design ‘Doves serve as liaisons between intuitive thought and common reality.' This ability to move between two worlds (sky and earth). Doves teach us that, regardless of external circumstances, peace is always a touch a way’ // Handpoked @xolavant for @jem.imah 🕊 🙏🏽 Thank you Jem, was so nice to meet you 💕 #handpoke #handpoketattoo #sticknpoke #stickandpoke #nadika #xolavant #adelaidetattooartist #pattern #patternwork #simpletattoo #tattooart #illustration
For Cheryl // a piece dedicated to her 3 sons ~ from the top eldest // Jacob ~ calm wise old soul (sunshine) ~ Patty ~ Firey and challenging bub, which brought much growth (plant and fire swirl) ~ Harrison, the surprise bub yet meant to be, wild and high energy yet easy going (smile, semicircle) ~ the last semicircle is symbolic of motherhood ~ nesting and roots 🌿 || Done @xolavant ~ Thank you @mum_the_kids_and_the_wardrobe #handpoke #handpoketattoo #sticknpoke #stickandpoke #nadika #xolavant #adelaidetattooartist #pattern #patternwork #simpletattoo #tattooart #illustration
|| The sun, the moon, the earth ~ for Julie today @xolavant // Thank you @juliesayasomething 🙏🏽 Happy birthday week! 💕
~ Earthly path ~ contours ~ native footprints ~ equanimity ~ #platylobiumobtusangulum
• • • Mystical tree • • • painting created for the lovely @sophbree for her home yoga space ~ commissioned by @jaumawines as her birthday gift 🧡❤️🧡 This was such an interesting piece to create and mentally explore the ideas behind // An upside down topsy turvy tree ~ ‘this tree exist within the structure of the human body and nervous system. One must know and climb this paradoxical tree to arrive at truth’ swipe across to read the script on it from the Bhagavad Gita. // Thank you both 🙏🏽🧡 // Beautiful frame by @pca__studio using recycled native rainforest timber ~ Thank you Pop! #mysticaltree
❤️🌿 Infinite growth of love ~ inspired by the Mexican sacred heart folk symbol • with divine love for humanity • from my recent flash placed on a dear soul @l_agnes_h // Thank you Laura 🙏🏽 #handpoke #handpoketattoo #sticknpoke #stickandpoke #nadika #xolavant #adelaidetattooartist #pattern #patternwork #simpletattoo #tattooart #illustration #sacredheart #infinitelove
Seasonal sun embraces / \ the motion of ~ • ~ Handpoked for Fatema, a dear client || made at @xolavant / this design was from a recent flash 💫 Thank you Fatema 🧡 * lil heart below not by me *
Heart opening piece for Tahlia • She oak ~ casuarina • using details from the leaf/needle (cladode), seed pod, seed and petit lil flower // this piece representing aspects of the magical healing that comes from meditation and connecting in with self and the messages from plants & the natural world ~ sowing the seeds of growth from the heart space // slide across to see all Handpoked @xolavant || Thanking you Tahlia for your trust and openness 🙏🏽💫 #handpoke #handpoketattoo #sticknpoke #stickandpoke #nadika #xolavant #adelaidetattooartist #pattern #patternwork #simpletattoo #tattooart #illustration #sheoak #casuarina