Sweet Peas

My favourites...I have always loved these flowers.I also love collecting old jugs and wooden chairs. This painting combines the three.The painting was sold long ago. Art Spectrum watercolours on Arches Rough 300gsm....SOLD

Sizzle

The drought we are experiencing here in Australia was the inspiration for this abstract.Recently we had about 6mm of rain. One could almost hear the sizzle as the first raindrops hit the parched earth. Acrylic on Arches Rough (300gsm) Private Collection

Empty Spaces

Water colour...this is another 'accidental' composition.It was sitting on my kitchen bench...asking to be noticed! Private collection

Cherries

I really enjoyed painting this one! Beautiful cherries, so hard to resist! I placed the cherries on this old glass saucer. The light hit them at just the right angle... again, too hard to resist!The composition was simply a happy accident.....SOLD

A Day on the Bay

This is another watercolour painting. I don't usually do abstract paintings, but this one was fun to do and seems to get all the information across....SOLD

Lily

One of my Lily paintings. I like the clean sharpness of lilies...I have painted them a number of times. Acrylic on Arches Rough... 300gsm Size: Approx. 8" x 16"

The Rose

One of my latest watercolours...the rose. I used a reference photo that I found on the internet. A white rose. In the shadows on white flowers one can see all the colours of the spectrum.

The Deep

This is my most recent painting. It is an acrylic painting . Overall size is approximately 24''x 16''

The smaller rectangular section is painted on Yupo which is a synthetic "paper" manufactured in Japan. I sent for a sample pack from the company and received a number of A4 sheets in various weights.

Painting on Yupo is not like any other surface. The paint crawls and clumps in a most unpredictable manner. It is fun to use and after some practise, it becomes a bit easier to manage.

The texture in this central shape was obtained by pressing cling wrap into the wet acrylic paint. When dry the cling wrap was removed to reveal the textured surface.

The blue toned background to the textured rectangle is Acrylic paint on Arches rough 300gsm.

Dunes at Yambuk Vic.

This was painted some time back. I found it recently and decided it might be worth keeping. The day was blustery and cool. My husband was fishing on the beach ,so I took refuge in the sand dunes and did a couple of quick paintings. The other one was sold. Yambuck is on the south west coast of Victoria, Australia, not far from the historic and beautiful town of Port Fairy.

Private Collection

Trawool Rocks

More rocks! This time they come from the hills above the river in the picturesque Goulburn Valley. These rocks , like "River Rocks"are of granite. There is an abundance of these rocky outcrops in the region. Medium : Watercolour.on Arches rough 300gms. Art Spectrum watercolour paints.

River Rocks

The Goulburn River passes through granite country. These rocks are close to the river bank and extend into the water.This is a good river to fish for trout in the upper reaches and Murray cod in the lower reaches, toward the Murray River. The painting is acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.

Sunset on the Dunes

This is a watercolour. It is of an area on the Great Australian Bight. Sold.

Chasm

Another painting . This is loosley based on the Stanley Chasm. My aim was to obtain a moonlight effect without loosing the colour. In moonlight one can see very little (if any) colour

In a Bird's Eye

I have just finished this painting. it is a watercolour on gessoed paper.(Arches rough 300gsm)

Kyaks on the Goulburn

The river near our town is a source of great pleasure to fishermen as well as other forms of sport.These young people were on a day trip with their school. I thought that they made an interesting subject for a painting. Pastel on toned paper.

Drought.

Today, it is raining! It has been raining all day! I hope it rains quite a lot more and breaks the drought that has plagued our district for approximately ten years. This is a watercolour which I painted two years ago.It shows the effect of this current drought on one of our popular water resorts. The water has long gone and old drowned landscapes have emerged....dead gumtrees and in some places, the ghostly remains of early settlers dwellings. Eppalock is a lake near Bendigo, in central Victoria, Australia. It was a huge expanse of water. Originally a natural depression with a couple of minor rivers, it was dammed about fifty years ago and filled very quicly to create a sancturary for wild life, recreational waterway for Victorians for many years. This is how it looks today.

...SOLD

Is it Dinner Time Yet?

I am trying to post a picture so thought I would practise with this photo of our two pets

Who both feature in "Gypsy the Brave". Be patient.

Almost Forgotten

I also like to paint. This is an almost forgotten relic from another time. ...the paper truck of the fifties. This painting won "Best watercolour "in a local Art Show Sandy