Abstract in blue and red

Mixed media on board 30x40cm

 

Still life with blue

Mixed media on board 40x50cm 

 

Pink Jug

Mixed media on board 30x40cm

 

Black jug

Mixed media on canvas board 30x40cm

 

Still life with pear

Mixed media on board 40x30cm

 

Buy, buy...

Mixed media on cardboard 43x54cm

 

Remedial

Mixed media on cardboard 30x32cm

 

Band aid box with vase

Mixed media on cardboard 29x32cm

 

Urn 3

Mixed media on cardboard 29x32cm

 

Urn 2

Mixed media on cardboard 29x32cm

 

Streetwise

Acrylic, canvas and paper on cardboard 36x38cm

This is a step away from figurative into pure composition: abstract art where I am interested in shape, colour and pattern.

 

Urn

Acrylic, canvas, and paper on cardboard 29x32cm

 

Still life with white vase

Acrylic and collage on board 40x50cm

 

Band aid Box 11

Acrylic and collage on cardboard 23x15.5cm

 

Band aid Box of vessels

Acrylic, collage and cardboard 23x15.5cm

 

Band aid box

Water colour, crayon, ink and pencil

The inspiration for these series of drawings is a band aid box.

I thought, after having a break from art whilst I was on holiday, that having a play with this shape would be a good way of getting back into the swing of things.

 

Three vessels

Acrylic and collage on board 40 x 50cm

 

Vessels

Acrylic and collage on board, 40x50cm

 

Two vessels

Acrylic and collage on board, 40x30cm

 

Salt and Vinegar

Acrylic and collage on board, 50x40cm.

My attention in this work is to the composition; the arrangement of shapes and flattened forms.

 

Still life with lemon 2

Acrylic and collage on board 50x40cm

 

Cupcake for Giorgio

Acrylic and collage on board 50 x 40cm

Using a muted colour palette and placing forms and shapes with a flattened perspective and distortion.

The title of the painting is a homage to the Still life artist: Giorgio Morandi.

 

Still life with pink jug

Acrylic and collage on board 40 x 50cm

 

Welsh Dresser

Acrylic and collage 50 x 40cm

 

Still life with cherries

Acrylic and collage on board 40 x 50cm

 

Still life with pink cup

Acrylic on board 50 x 40cm

 

Cup for Morandi

Acrylic and collage on board 50 x 40cm

The title of the painting is an homage to Giorgio Morandi.

 

Still life with lemon

Acrylic and collage on board 40 x 50cm

I have been moving towards the simplification of shapes and also exploring how the paint is applied.

I have used a combination of palate knife, bristle brush and scoring the surface with a sharpened wooden chop stick.

 

Still life with salad servers

Acrylic and collage on board 40 x 50cm

 

Still life with banana

Acrylic on board 50 x 40cm

 

Still life with glasses

Acrylic on board 40 x 50cm

 

Still life with funnel

Acrylic and collage on board 50 x 40cm

Flattened forms and scumbled paint.

Composition was based on a water colour sketch I made several years back.

 

Still life with vinegar bottle

Acrylic and collage on board 40 x 50cm

This has been an experiment with collage.

 

Still life with striped bowl

Acrylic on board 40 x 50cm

My chief concern here is shape, colour and form.

 

Still life with blue cup

Acrylic on board 40 x 50cm

This is a painting done with flattened forms where the emphasis is on negative space as much as positive space.

 

Breakfast for Morandi

Acrylic and collage on board 50 x 40cm

This work was painted using high key tones and fattened forms.

The title of the work is a homage to the still life artist: Giorgio Morandi.

This work is a finalist in the Calleen Art Exhibition at Cowra Art Gallery.

 

Still life with blue bowl

Acrylic and collage on board 40 x 50cm

 

Still life with black bowl

Acrylic and collage on board 40 x 50cm

 

 

Still life with white pot

Acrylic on board 50 x 40cm

My process is to flatten the forms and scumble the paint but also sometimes use palate knife and the end of a brush to insize the surface.

 

Still life with blue jar

Acrylic and collage on board 40 x 50cm

 

Still life with black jug

Acrylic and collage on board 50 x 40cm

 

Still life with black vase

Acrylic and collage on board 50x40cm

My process here was to use an older watercolour composition and re-jig it into a new composition.

 

Still life with orange

Acrylic and collage on board 40 x 50cm

 

Figure and Pot

Acrylic and collage 40 x 30cm

 

Flurry

Acrylic and collage on board 40x50cm

 

Enough!

Acrylic and collage on board 50 x 40cm

 

Man and birds

Collage and acrylic on board 50x40cm

I find birds and how we use their meaning quite interesting.  They were seen are portends or a means of reading the future.  Then certain birds are taken as symbols of a culture: the eagle was used as a military symbol to the Romans, Napoleon, the Nazis and the USA.  Australia has an emu (a flightless bird) on their coat of arms.  Certain birds such as the dove signify hope and peace. A raven is seen as bad luck or an ill omen.  I am not sure what the birds are in this work or what they symbolise but they are certainly having sqawrk!