A room of one's own

Oil on board 23 x 30. 5 Unframed $150

The journey

Oil on stretched canvas 31 x 60.5 cm Sold

Advance of the paper men

Oil on stretched canvas 60.5 x 30.5cm       Sold

Shelf life

Shelf life 1

Oil on stretched canvas 51 x 25.5 cm        Sold

Finalist for the National Trust Harpers Mansion Art Prize 

Shelf life 2

Oil on stretched canvas 51 x 25.5 cm       Sold

Shelf life 3

Oil on stretched canvas 60.5 x 25 cm  Sold

Barbershop 

Oil on stretched canvas  90 x 30.5 cm 

The Atomic

Oil on canvas  45 x 75cm  Sold

The Atomic refers to an Italian coffee machine, and as such, is a piece of classic design from the 1950's.  This was during the grim years of the 'cold war' when people everywhere were genuinely afraid of an Atomic war.  There were 'Ban the bomb' marches in many cities across the Western world. The Italian's answer: a coffee machine!
I particularly like the form and the shadow shape of the machine.
And, given the machine's name, of course I had to put a red drape behind.

The Conversation

Oil on stretched canvas 71 x 56 cm Unframed

Finalist for the Mortimer Still Life Prize 2011.

Still life on cedar board

Eggplants and chillies

Oil on cedar board 45 x 13 cm Unframed $100

Apples

 

Oil on cedar board 31 x 14 cm Unframed $100

Onions

Oil on cedar board 35 x 14 cm        Sold

Tangelos

 Oil on cedar board  38.2 x 13.5 cm Unframed Sold

Dry martini

Oil on canvas 71 x 56 cm   Sold

Finalist Calleen Art Award 2011

Landscapes

North Cottesloe Beach

Oil on board 13.5 x 24 cm Unframed $100

Cottesloe Beach, WA

Oil on board 30.5 x 22.9 cm Unframed $150

Sydney Harbour, winter

Oil on board 30.5 x 22.9 cm Unframed $150

Mackay, Queensland

Oil on canvas  15 x 21 cm Sold

Sarina Inlet, Queensland

Oil on masonite 13.5 x 23.5 cm Unframed $100

Ginger jar and chocolate box

Oil on stretched canvas 51 x 40 cm Unframed $450 

Still life

Eggplant, lemon, bowl and capsicum

Oil on canvas  50 x 17 cm Unframed $100

Capsicums

Oil on linen 30 x 24 cm Unframed $100

Apples

Oil on canvas 30 x 24.5 cm Unframed $100

Eggplants and chilli

Oil on stretched canvas 25 x 31 cm  Unframed $200

Onions and Pontimarrow

Oil on  canvas  51 x 40.5 cm     Sold

Kitchen Rules

Oil on stretched canvas 61 x 91.5 cm Unframed $750 

This was an exercise in design, colour and composition.  Also, I have tilted the perspective so that the viewer is looking down on the objects.  And, with the utensils all lined up, it does remind me of a certain TV programme about cooking.

Apples with striped cloth

Oil on canvas  46.5 x 36 cm Unframed $300

Out of the bag

Oil on canvas  41 x 31.5 cm  Unframed $300

Lemons and bowl

Oil on stretched canvas 30.5 x 40 cm Unframed $250

The odd sock!

Oil on plywood 65 x 95 cm Framed $850

I owe inspiration for this work in part to the Israeli artist, Avigdor Arikha.  Socks don't have much form but they are excellent shapes to play round with for creating a composition and they are a change from apples.

Tripping the light fantastic

Oil on stretched canvas 40.5 x 51cm Unframed $375

This painting refers to Sydney and all the wonderful things the city has to offer: theatre, dance, Gay Mardi Gra parade, Botanic gardens, Opera House, Harbour bridge, historic Rocks area, the library, Sydney Aquarium, Chinese New Year and China town.

The painting was part of an exhibition entitled "101 things we love about the Sydney CBD.

Snip

Oil on canvas 64 x 48 cm Framed $750

I find these different types of scissors are wonderful shapes, almost like birds: its hard not to see the blades as beaks and the screws as eyes.  I enjoyed designing this composition on the colourful tea towel.