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Coffee pot with mandarins.

Enamel Coffee Pots

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins31 December 2022

Still life paintings showing enamel coffee pots have been displayed as a group. Many of the coffee pots a vividly coloured.

Ducks and nasturtiums outside a picket fence.

Picket Fences

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins17 December 2022

Paintings of picket fences from around Brisbane homes.

Gum blossoms and leaves in a white enamel jug.

Gum Blossoms

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins29 October 2022

Many different types of eucalypt produce flowers. These flowers lend much character to our streets and suburbs. The blossoms make beautiful subject matter for still life painting.

Cosy lounge chairs are lit by the warm sunlight coming in the window.

Places of the Heart

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins20 October 2022

Places of the heart is a group of paintings around the theme of home. The paintings try to capture the peace we feel when we are in our most familiar place, the home.

Sunflowers and blue and white porcelain.

Dragons

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins11 October 2022

Dragons are a feature of the myths and legends of many cultures and is shown very frequently on blue and white porcelain. I have selected still life studies of dragons depicted with Australian flowers.

Cows graze in the early morning shadows cast by the trees.

Shadows

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins30 September 2022

Early morning sunlight produces long shadows and heralds the start of a bright day. In Queensland we enjoy bright sunshine most of the year and we crave the protection that is provided by the shadows.

Several plates stand on a shelf accompanied by cosmos flowers.

Blue and White

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins21 September 2022

Blue and white porcelain has been valued by collectors in many cultures and used in still life paintings for many centuries.

A man leads a horse past a tall corrugated iron fence. A black dog also follows.

The Tin Fence

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins12 September 2022

Galvanised iron was used for tin fences and as a cheap building material in many places in Queensland. These constructions can still be seen in many Queensland country towns.

White camellia flowers and green leaves.

Camellias

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins3 September 2022

Camellias flower in early winter when not much else is flowering. Therefore they make great subjects for still life painting at that time of the year.

A doorway leads into a comfortably-furnished room.

Windows

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins25 August 2022

Windows give character to a room by filtering the exterior light and atmosphere. Paintings of windows open a chink in the domestic interior, hinting of wider worlds outside.

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