A Rainy Day

Watercolour 30.5 x 22.8cm

Sydney has just been through the wettest March on record and there is flooding in the north of NSWs and southern QLD.  Plenty of inspiration for this work.

Here and Now

Watercolour and gouache 26.5 x 21.5cm

I have been playing around with colours that suggest liveliness and optimism.

Thursday Evening

Watercolour 30.5 x 22.8cm

I have been investigating colour theory and playing around with complementary colours.

Vase of white flowers

Watercolour and collage 30.5 x 22.8cm     Sold

This is another still life using collage for the flowers.

Vase of flowers

Watercolour and collage 30.5 x 22.8

I have had a bit of fun with this one simplifying the shapes and adding a little collage.

Still life with vinegar bottle

Watercolour 22.8 x 30.5cm

I am still finding the genre of still life interesting, especially as the weather continues to be wet thereby preventing plein air.  I have taken a composition that I previously painted in oils a couple of years ago and have redone a version in watercolour.

Still life with yellow mug I and II

I

Watercolour 21 x 29.7cm

II

Watercolour 21 x 29.7

It has been raining everyday off and on for over a week with little chance of getting out to do some plein air.  So, for a change here are a couple of still life paintings.

Tamarama

Watercolour 148 x 210mm

Cliffs, Tamarama

Watercolour 22.8 x 30.5cm

Tamarama is a little bay nestled in between two headlands with Bondi on the north side and Bronte on the south side. It was first named Gamma gamma which means 'storm' by the indigenous owners. This certainly applies to the surf here which can be very treacherous.

Tamarama Beach has been painted by many artists: 

This is an Romantic example by Julian Rossi Ashton 

Title: A summer morning. Painted 1899.

990 x 597mm

Elioth Gruner 22.8 x 27cm

Painted in 1920 on a very calm day with the emphasis being on family and relaxation.

Three Trees

Watercolour 43 x 30cm

Rocks and Sea

Watercolour 22.8 x 30.5cm

This is based on a trip I made to Pearl Beach where, on the south side, it becomes quite rocky.

Beach Umbrella

Watercolour 30.5 x 22.8cm

It is anything but beach weather today: grey sky and raining, raining, raining.  But thought I would invent a colourful scene with the memory of summer.

Rock Forms

Watercolour and Ink 210 x 297mm