Cup and Saucer

Oil on board 20 x 25.5cm

Tea?

Oil on board 15 x 15cm          Sold

Peeled and Julienned

Oil on board 20.5 x 25.5cm

Waiter's Friend

Oil on board 30 x 20.5

Sugar Bowl

Oil on board 15 x 15cm

This dear little sugar bowl was lent to me by a fellow artist.  I had three goes at painting it.  The first effort was on some linen coated with a clear sealant making it difficult to tell which was the front from the back.  It became very obvious when I started painting. The second effort on the correct side of the canvas, was just dire.  Less said the better.  Sometimes painting is hard.  So here is the third try.

Scoop

Oil on board 20.5 x 25.5

Knife and Spoon

Oil on board 15 x 20cm

Green Jug

Oil on board 15 x 20cm

This little jug, cracked and chipped and much loved, belonged to my Mother.  It sat on a kitchen shelf and held an assortment of odd things: pencil stubs, safety pins, hair clips, elastic bands, used stamps... 

Tea Strainers

Oil on board 25.5 x 21.5cm

Raiding the kitchen drawer for inspiration here.

Shelf Life III & IV

III

IV

Collage on card 21 x29.7cm

Shelf Life I & II

1

II

Collage 21 x 29.7cm

I have returned to doing some collages using domestic items: playing with their wonderful shapes.

Teapot

Oil on board 15 x 15cm

For some reason this little pot reminds me of the children's nursery rhyme: I'm a little tea pot.

Goblet

Oil on board 15 x 15cm

Green mug

Oil on board 20 x 15cm  Sold

Carl's cup 15 x 15cm

Oil on linen 15 x 15cm

A small study of a cup!

Sugar?

Oil on board 15 x 15cm

Another small study: this time it is a sugar bowl.

Jug

Oil on board 15 x 15cm            Sold

Another little vignette: a small jug.

Shiny

Oil on board 15 x 15cm

Was given this little jug by the artist who is in the studio next door to me.  She said it looks like me, not that I am round and shiny, but the jug is a rather quirky shape that appeals to me.

Callen Park, Jacarandas

Oil on canvas 30 x 30cm

Finished this before a storm came through with much needed rain and thunder and lightening for extra excitement!  There is something about a stormy grey sky that really brings out the colour of the Jacarandas.

Circular Quay, Park

Oil on board 12.8 x 22.8cm

This lovely little park is at Circular Quay next to the Museum of Contemporary Art as you walk from the Station through to George St.  What interested me was the mix of green and purple.

Callen Park, Jacaranda

Oil on board 22.8 x 12.7cm

More Jacarandas!

The Jacaranda

Oil on board 9 x 5inch

I found this haiku by Michelle Claus

Jacaranda
purple bloom and fresh perfume
Achoo! 

Balmoral

Oil on board 12.7 x 22.8cm

This size painting, known as a 9 x 5 inch has become something of a tradition for small landscape studies.  The first 9 x 5 exhibition was  held in Melbourne, 1889 featuring the artists Tom Roberts, Charles Conder and Arthur Streeton.

Wanting to Fly

Oil on canvas 40 x 30cm

This is a return to still life after spending some months doing mainly landscape.

Balmoral through the trees

Watercolour and gouache 14 x 18cm

This is a result of a visit to Balmoral Beach recently.  It is the first watercolour I have done in some time - so much easier to carry watercolours than oils on little excursions like this.

Exhibition: Medley

It is my great pleasure to announce I am in a group exhibition.

There are 20 artists all with a background of training through the wonderful Julian Ashton School of Art.

I will be showing 10 paintings which are all landscapes except for one still life.  All have been posted to my Blog over the past few months:

Palms

Daffodils

Pearl Beach

Harbour

Hawkesbury

Blustery

Brooklyn

Manley Cove

Mckell Park

Sky, Sea, Rock

McKell Park

Oil on canvas 30 x 30cm

This location is on the Hawkesbury River near Brooklyn.

It is a spot that has provided me with much inspiration.

Callen Park

Oil on Canvas 25 x 20 cm      Sold

Manly Cove

Oil on canvas

This beautiful spot is on the Harbour side just near Delwood Beach.

Sky, sea, rock

Oil on canvas 30 x 30cm

After a trip to Botany Bay.

Broken Bay

Oil 18 x 24cm

Broken Bay is located just south east beyond Pearl Beach on the Central Coast.

Brooklyn

Oil on canvas 30 x 30cm

Blustery

Oil on canvas 30 x 30cm

Spring can be a very windy time especially on the coast, so I have called this painting after the wind.

Umina Beach

Oil on cedar 14 x 24cm

Tamarama

Oil on canvas 36 x 36cm

This wonderful little beach is half way between Bondi and Bronte.  The name: Tamarama is thought to be derived from the aboriginal word: Gamma, Gamma meaning storm, and indeed this beach is subject to rips and turbulence making it one of the more dangerous beaches around Sydney.  From an artist's point of view, however, it has everything: sea, sand, surf and rocks!

Pearl Beach

Oil on canvas 30 x 40cm

I am really enjoying my return to painting seascapes.  There is something about the sea's perpetual movement that is so mesmerizing and it is a challenge to capture that movement and light in paint.

Harbour

Oil on canvas 30 x 30cm

Sydney Harbour is full of all these interesting little nooks and bays.

Matilda Bay, WA

Oil on board 30 x 30cm

This beautiful bay is in Perth, WA just opposite the University of WA. 

Shaded and sheltered from the wind, it provides a lovely venue for swimming and picnics.

I have done this painting from memory.

Daffodils

Oil on board 43.5 x 32cm

Narcissus 'Dutch Masters'! Wish I could make the same claim!

But aren't they the epitome of spring!

Lemons and bowl

Oil on canvas 40 x 30cm

This is a painting that I did several years ago.  I was going to give it the sack when I decided to repaint the background and liven it up using complimentary colours to the lemons.

Asters and checkered tablecloth

Oil on canvas 83 x 51cm

Dancing Man

Oil on canvas 91 x 62cm

This painting is based on a small plastic toy which has a solar panel.  When the sunlight hits him he dances from side to side so vigorously he sets up a clacking noise.  He quietens down as the sun moves.  I believe the toy was merchandising for a movie named 'Nightmare at Christmas'.

It reminds me of the Mexican 'day of the dead' dolls.  Hence, with the plastic flowers and skull like head, I though the Dancing Man was a fun subject for still life.

Striped jug

Oil 34 x 42cm

Fruit Bowl

Oil on linen 30 x 30cm

I love the colours of lemons, tangelos and aubergine.

Tangelos and Jug

Oil on board 32 x 40cm

Looking at this painting I can see that it is another nod to Cezanne.

Bridge players

Gouache 29.7 x 42cm

This composition is a nod to Cezanne.

Girls fishing

Watercolour 42 x 29.7cm

This painting is in the Glebe Art show.