Cloud watching - Work in progress
Well, I’m happy to report that I am totally in love with oil paint.  I had over a week away from it - getting work finished for Canterbury, and was again a bit nervous about venturing back into it.  I did have 2 small paintings in progress in oil - [...]

My still, quiet corner of the beach.
OK, here it is - the final reworked from scratch version of My still, quiet corner of the beach.  I’m so much happier with this one than the last one.  It was a really interesting process for me to reproduce something that had been done earlier.  I have never [...]

I have the day all to myself today.  I’m about 1/2 way through a repainting of a picture for Canterbury.
Last week I did a painting of a girl on a beach.  I was happy with it - but for some strange reason there was a hard vertical line which only became apparent when it was [...]

The Ascent
I got completely lost cloud-watching yesterday.  It’s all very well learning to paint, but artists must learn to see first, and I’m seeing new stuff all the time.
Living in the city - I see plenty of clouds - from underneath.  From underneath they are beautiful but we experience them as fairly flat things - [...]

Self-Portrait after climbing Hanging Rock.
Today is Anzac Day in Australia.  The day we celebrate the soldiers who have fought on Australia’s behalf to protect our own shores and others.  It’s always a day full of internal conflict for me.
I am so grateful that we live in such a beautiful country which is blessed with peace [...]

Country property - somewhere between Daylesford and Kyneton
I had to do a lot of driving yesterday.  There is a possibility I may have some works in a gallery at Daylesford, and I drove down to meet with the curator, show some works and discuss.   Long way to go - but a beautiful place to spend [...]

Driving towards Melbourne City.
I went to Art Melbourne 07 last night.
It was an interesting experience to see so much work on display, but it is a tricky environment to sell in I think.  The mind tends to spin a bit - and one moves on to the next gallery (booth) trying to keep those works [...]

Decor-Do - reworked
I first worked on this new picture over a month ago. I really enjoyed working the abstract background, and making it seem like a dream or imagining. The piece is about how we (I hope it’s not just me), imagine what a room could be like if you did *this* [...]

My still, quiet corner of the beach.
New work. Fresh today - acrylic + wax on canvas - yes canvas. Not quite as nice to paint on as the linen, but I’m still happy with it.

Me in my studio looking at my portal to you.
It’s been a funny week in blogging.  I made #22 in WordPresses top growing blogs, I found a few old  blogs that I used to love and somehow forgot (it’s love all over again), and I received an email from Michele Giacobello (Hi Michele!).  I nearly [...]