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This little cabin was just outside the roadhouse near the Meier’s lake. I just fell in love with the cabin and the surrounding forest.
The bee was photographed on one of the flowers in my garden, hopefully I got the scale right once I sketched them both together
It’s been a super busy few months with exhibitions, competitions and teaching art classes so sometimes I forget the odd blog. This was one of them, an exhibition a few months back.
Just as I was taking my artworks down I could hear someone calling my name, I automatically thought oh bugger what have I done.
This is the third painting I’ve been commissioned to do for this couple because they have 3 children and want to leave them each a painting.
I could hear some crunching so I knew it was the possum that had found the bird seed again.
While out photographing birds around Possum Park I came across a few kookaburras and they always have lots of character.
The owners know if I’m flying around on my bike one handed while trying to keep my camera secure, there is always a bird involved some place.
I must say this is one of my favourite bird finds at Possum Park and was such a delight to watch.
I went birding a few months ago saw a flash of orange and blue and immediately got excited because of a potential new bird at Possum Park.
This little superb fairywren was hopping between the old World War II 17 strand barbwire fence that runs around the property at Possum Park.
This is becoming one of my favourite birds here at Possum Park. It has a wonderful call and hops and jumps between plants, you can also see it hanging upside down feeding on the nectar.
I completed the Chris Osborne Art Gallery, so let me show you the progress of renovating an old train carriage from the coach drivers room to an art gallery.
For my latest exhibition I decided to paint ten mini artwork to display alongside my larger artworks. This year I also included watercolour & ink paintings and some black ink sketches.
Now I always try to make things look a little natural so I went down to our local dam and photographed a few shots near the edge of the water.
I took a few steps back and the dragonfly came into focus and the blurry background was just outstanding, I knew this would make a stunning painting.
Then one day I came across a pair of spotted pardalote’s building a nest and this definitely got me hooked on bird photography.
I was originally going to sketch this in charcoal from the same burnt tree I was photographing but totally forgot as I have a memory like a goldfish.
About two weeks after the bush fires, I went to the state forest to see what the damage was like and see if I could find some tree stumps to sketch
One night around the campfire I was showing off my artwork and most people were impressed apart from one Karen.
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