Tag: Painting

  • Fishy Art

    This stylised piece is a try-out for another project I have in mind – not really intended as a painting for display. When I sent a photo of it to my artist sister, she reckoned it was a ‘keeper’ so I’m putting it up to see what others think!

  • Where’s the Moon

    Why post an out of focus iPhone photo of no photographic merit, taken through the windscreen, in the traffic in Canberra, of Saturday’s full moon? Once again, I’m parking an idea for an abstract painting and a new theme to explore visually.

  • From Peak Hill to Peak Pit

    I spent time walking around the the Peak Hill open cut mine which is just 200 Metres from the small country township of Peak Hill (population 1,400).  In six years from 1996-2002, the top of the hill disappeared, becoming a pit.  Compare this to the first gold rush of 1889-1896. Whilst not lopping off a…

  • I imagine… underwater fantasy

    This work had a long gestation period – nearly two years. It started as pencil drawing while on holidays, then for a long time stayed as a blue and white abstract, waiting for further inspiration. Whilst retaining the basic structure, I altered the some of the forms so that I could experiment with warm and…