Wednesday 31 October 2012

The Blind Guitarist


This is an old painting my friend has of a blind guitarist busking along Swanston St in Melbourne, painted in 2007. I like the fresh and loose approach to applying the paint which I am aiming to revisit in my paintings of Australian landscapes.

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Sunday 28 October 2012

Mangroves





This painting of Mangroves along the Brisbane River at the City Botanical Gardens is the first picture of a new body of work I am creating about the Australian Landscape. I was able to enjoy listening to trumpet and bag pipe music coming from boats moored along the river whilst I painted. The darker tones in this artwork suited the over cast feel of the day as the wind and rain began come in during its completion.

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My Old TSB on Elizabeth St.


Yesterday while walking through Brisbane city I was happy to see that one of my old traffic signal boxes was still up on the corner of  Elizabeth and Albert St. This painting is a self portrait of me looking out of my studio window over the city in 2005.

Campbell Newman With My TSB


The Courier Mail published a picture of Campbell Newman walking past one of my Traffic Signal Box artworks in Ashgrove on the 23rd of Oct. I do believe they used the question mark in the artwork strategically for this Article.

Friday 5 October 2012

Painting in Santa Fe, New Mexico




 Casa Alegria, Acrylic on Canvas, 51 x 61cm




 The Little House,Acrylic on Canvas, 51 x 61cm





Santa Fe Cathedral, Acrylic on Canvas, 61 x 51cm





 Sun Mountain, Mixed Media on Canvas, 61 x 51cm





 Ojo Caliente, Acrylic on Canvas, 61 x 91cm



Painting the Aspens on the Sangre de Cristos  Mountains



Aspens, Mixed Media on Canvas, 61 x 51cm

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