Chrysanthemums

a small painting, sorry about the reflected light on the surface of the picture, no time to take another shot, it is more subtle in reality, hope you both like it!!

Pomegranates and Mug.

This is a recent painting , I have a deadline of about a month to produce about half a dozen new works, to fill the gallery, as we have invited lots of people to the opening, nothing like a deadline and pressure to bring out the best in you!

3 pears and Chinese Vase

This little painting was completed the other day, I'm starting to use the palette knife, and it helps those highlights to grab attention, the size of this picture is 410 x 310 m.m. hope you like it.

two pears and an apple.

I'm doing this blog while the weather is freezing, only 13 degrees at the moment and know heating in the studio until the handyman comes and installs the woodheater. hope you like the painting.

still life with pumpkin.

Another still life, this one is slightly larger than the others at 400mm x 200mm. oil on canvas.

small still life.

A new still life, one of many I will be adding to my blog over the next few weeks, I'm hoping to open my studio and gallery to the public at weekends only, or by appointment, my aim is to open the doors mid July, I have to build a stock of artwork before then, wish me luck. any comments are welcome.

Studio.

This a view of new studio from the front, notice my bush poles used as support for the verandah.

Up and Running!

Hi Guys, this is my 1st posting since making the move over here to Victoria last October, my time has been taken up with renovating the house and clearing our block of land and also building the studio.

This view (top photo) is from the bush below the studio, the sculpture was done in Adelaide, and I couldn't resist bringing it with me, the view from the studio window is fantastic, and almost like looking in to a McCubbin painting.

My problem will be, to stop looking out the window and actually produce some work!

Natural Selection

This is a recent painting, it's just over 1 meter in width, oil on canvas. This will be my last posting for a few weeks as I am moving to Victoria from South Australia. I will need to set up a new internet account, I will also be having a new email address, so much to do and so little time! I'm hoping to setup my own Studio/Gallery 5 kms from a beautiful town called Daylesford. I'm building a studio and it should be up and running about April next year.

Man on Horse

This is a photo of a painting  did about 10 years ago.  I did it to look like a George Stubbs original!  It has fooled many visitors to our house.  I used an oil paint cracking substance to give it some authenticity, and lots of layers of different varnishes.  We have just sold our house to move to Daylesford in Victoria, the people who bought the house wanted me to include the painting in the sale, which I did.  It's about 1 meter 20 cm in width.

Across the universe

A recent nest painting that I had on display at the Cathedral.  The red in real life is slightly darker in tone, more of a Japanese red.

Jo side on

A drawing completed last week at our groovy life drawing session.  I like the profile on this one.

Grapes2

I enjoyed painting grapes 1 so I have tried another one with a different coloured background.

Exhibition

Here are a few photos of my recent exhibition at the St Peters Cathedral in Adelaide.  

extra-terrestrial

Oil on canvas, 1 meter x 1 meter.  Notice the trade mark little beetle on the leaf on the left.  Thank you bloggers!  I'll add some more things next week.

Celine, side view

I like the way the model's toe curls around her ankle, and the spontaneous marks make this a dynamic drawing.  It is about 70 cms or so in depth, so a fairly large drawing.  Anyone interested in purchasing it, send me an email.

Celine, back view

Another drawing completed at the life session.  This would have been a 10 minute pose, which is long enough to make the marks necessary.  Any longer and I would get too fiddly!!  

Beth

This drawing was completed last week at our groovy life drawing session!!  I loved this pose, and knew straight away it would make a nice drawing.  The pastel that I used left a lovely texture on the paper.  Also it was an unusual colour to select, but it seemed to work nicely.

Drifter

This painting was completed recently and was part of my exhibition at the St Peters Cathedral.  It's oil on canvas, 1 meter by 1 meter.

Fragments

This is a painting that was completed in 05.  I made the image from various objects and items lying around the studio.  It's 1 meter in width, it's oil on canvas.

Space Ship

I have been selling a few of my larger nest paintings recently, which is good one way but leaves me short of work to display at my upcoming SALA exhibition.  So, this is a new one fresh off the brush.  It is 1m x 1m.  It has a Japanese impressionist feel with some calligraphic brush strokes.

Grapes

Oil on canvas, 400 x 350 mm.  This would make a really nice image for a wine label.  If there's anyone out there with friends in the industry, send them my way!  This painting is available for purchase, email me for details.

Still life; apple and pears

This is a recent painting, it's one of my favourites.  It was an easy painting, in as far as it happened very quickly, just fell off the brush in about an hour.  I hope you like it as much as I do.

Still life with three pears

I quite like the mysterious presence of the objects against the dark background.  

Lemon and Chinese vase

I did this painting recently and was interested in the reflection of the yellow in the lemon onto the stone texture of the vase.  It's only a small painting, about 300mm wide.