Mischievous Juvenile

A monotone painting of a juvenile magpie capturing all its detail in white and grey gouache. The soft airy down was achieved with the finest of brushes and the most lightest of pressure hardly touching the paper.

Camino Marker

One of my favourite and more complicated paintings I’ve undertaken, showing a large variety of foliage with the use of a limited pallet. The softness of the foliage is a stark contrast to the hard stone pillar and the arrow chiseled showing direction to follow.

This is one of thousands of Camino markers stretched across Spain guiding all hikers making the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

Junction Falls South Lawson

I tried to capture the movement of water as it cascades over the many rock shelves. Never knowing which path each stream of water will take across the page until it finally reaches the bottom.

This waterfall is located in the mid Blue Mountains, NSW but have been told it looks like so many others people recognise.

Possum Cottage Night Sky

My 200th painting, I wanted to make this a significant painting and I chose Possum Cottage, my current residence, art gallery and studio.

This is from a 20sec photograph that I created of the night sky a few months ago. The southern cross and the two pointers are clearly visible showing the location of magnetic south.

This was definitely a very difficult painting to complete because of all the details and a subject of a building which I don’t normally paint.

Cattle Egret Playing Statue

This cattle egret was almost in a trance like state playing statue while another hundred or so birds were making such a ruckus, at Lake Alford Park, Gympie.

I like its individuality at standing out while doing nothing. 

These are normally seen riding on the backs of cattle or at their feet looking for insects as the cattle feed.

Kaleidoscope Dreaming

A few loose strands of this coral creeper blowing in the wind attracted the most wonderful kaleidoscope of butterflies, moths and bees.

Nicely balanced with colour, shapes and movement, you’re sure to find hidden insects among the flowers.

Have you ever stopped just to watch how your garden moves in the wind and what insects it attracts ?

Protective Parenting (Left Image)

Displaying a rather fluffed up defensive pose to anyone that got within a close proximity to its offspring.

The black swans feathers were painted in white and grey gouache.

Swanning Around (Middle Image)

The little cygnet is the centre piece of the two adult swans and a contrast to them in size and colour.

I tried to show the difference between the soft, fluffy down on the body to the matted pointy tips on the saturated neck. This was a result from numerous attempts at searching for weeds underwater while having the neck submerged.

Elegant Gliding (Right Image)

You may see the swan as a whole but your attention is soon focused on the red bill and intense eye. Then you follow the beautiful shape of its neck and body mimicking the number two.

Your attention is then drawn to the soft reflection and ripples in the water that flow into the next painting.