Tag: Painting
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Marcus Creek Interpreted
These paintings are to be hung as a group representing the changes in the tannin-stained creek at Marcus Beach. In the dry season the creek flows gently then eventually dries so that it no longer meets the sea. Storms come in from the ocean in the wet season pushing surging waves up the creek against…
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Exhibiton Countdown
Another Exhibition opening on December 21 so it’s time to post art for the next few weeks. Thank you to the travellers and photographers who follow my travel and photo posts. Thank you to all who like my site. I’m an artist who blogs, not a blogger, so those who follow me must be really…
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Turning mounts into art
I took some photos of the various stages of a painting to illustrate an artist’s talk I did yesterday. Temprarily mounted on white sheets, I stuck them on plyboard offcuts, ‘painted’ at the end of painting sessions with leftover paint; it reduces the amount of paint that goes into the drain system. Before long I…
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Painting My Country
Gerhard Richter’s work, exhibited at the Queensland Art Gallery recently, gave me the courage to use a roller to completely cover this painting with white paint then pare back with two different types of pallette knife. Sometimes you just need to take a deep breath and go for it!!