Chris Osborne Art 
Smaller paintings are much quicker to paint and excellent to experiment with, they are compact and therefore easy to travel with and I can often finish them in a single day.
I have always wanted to paint The Keep as it has a prominent feature seen from many angles around Scarborough. On my last trip I was shown a nice vantage point...
Last year I walked around Bundaberg Botanical Gardens and photographed various birds, turtles and lizards, including the Great Egret that inspired this painting.
The Story Behind the Painting Sometimes nature just presents itself to you, as I opened the door of Possum Cottage I saw before me on the stone brick wall a leaf....
We spent a few hours walking among some stunning ferns before heading into the depths of the dark tunnel only illuminated by my touch and the twins phones.
Bunker 19 is a converted ammunition bunker that has been converted into an underground living experience, thats fully furnished complete with air-conditioning, power and hot water.
Whenever I visit my home town of Filey, North Yorkshire England I always like to walk along the cliff tops to Scarborough, this usually takes a few hours with spectacular views...
Bundaberg's Alexandra Park Zoo has a small collection local animals and the best part is it's free to wander around.
As part of my daily routine I walk or ride the 3.6km circuit around the old ammunition bunkers and on this occasion I spotter some hairy caterpillars.
Sneak Peek I was supposed to have this exhibition last year but it became a virtual exhibition online as all the galleries closed down due to Covid. A little disappointing but...
An example of patterns in rock is at the base of the large termite mound after I added a few lines and cracks I started seeing a bear so I added...
I have been promising my Aunt Anne a painting of Filey now for a little while but wasn't quite sure what to paint her and then it came to me.
I was camping at Possum Park, just outside Miles, Queensland for a few nights and the owner fell in love with my art works and couldn't wait to show me what...
I wanted to paint something a little different from my last frog and decided to add some fungi as I love this type of photography.
Well considering my last blog I had a little bit of a melt down because of things not quite going to plan, to this frog, one of my best works to...
Just as Pete and Cynthia were getting their boat ready for a day of fishing and red clawing at Wuruma Dam boat ramp a pelican came by looking for food.
I must say that this is one of my favourite places in the mountains, and without the crowds like at Lincoln's Rock. I accidentally found it while checking out the aerial...
I awoke to morning dew on my tent and as I stepped outside under foot and between my toes I could feel the wetness. Mist was floating past my face and...
In September 2020 I visited the Cairns Aquarium so I could photograph some of the larger and more dangerous marine life with getting wet.
Well this is a different kind of a story as I've broken my own rules about only using my own photographs. I saw a sea urchin in seaweed on a friends...
Chris Osborne Art 