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A yellow coffee pot is partly obscured by red gum blossoms.

Eucalypt Flowers

UncategorizedBy Christine Atkins29 February 2024

Beautiful eucalypt flowers bring with them the pungent smell of crushed gum leaves and that often awakens memories from earlier years.

This shed has a lean and is full of old time machinery.

Dappled Light

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins16 February 2024

There is something magical about the way dappled light dances through the leaves and casts patterns underneath that makes it a joy to paint.

Bengal Clock Vine grows on a fence in my suburb. Even in a glass vase, the large pods will open into flowers, so painting these flowers is a journey of discovery. You are never quite sure how the final composition will look until it's finished.

Purple and Blue

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins1 February 2024

Blue and purple flowers are featured in this still life post. I grow many of these flowers for my paintings or garner them from neighbouring streets.

This room is crowded with plate racks of chinaware and other culinary items.

Kitchens

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins18 January 2024

Old Queensland houses have plenty of character and that is what I have tried to capture in this series of paintings.

A collection of objects stand in front of an open window.

Mandarins

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins3 January 2024

Mandarins are often featured in modern still life paintings because of their beautiful colour. I have gathered together in this post some of my paintings of this fruit.

A muddy dirt road runs along beside a fence. Steep mountains are in the background.

Queensland Landscapes

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins21 December 2023

Queensland landscapes vary from place to place with the many different parts of our celebrated country. However it’s all exciting, every bit!

A bunch of nasturtium flowers sit in a glass vase on a shelf. A cream doily under the happy flowers shows up nicely against the dark blue background.

Happy Flowers

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins8 December 2023

Colourful nasturtiums provide happy flowers that brighten every home they come in to. Their brightness cheers every room.

Vegetables and other produce are arranged on boxes under umbrellas in this daily market in Rome. Shoppers linger to talk and gossip.

Italy

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins25 November 2023

Paintings of Italy with its markets, colourful streets and crumbling walls. The strong sunlight and deep shadows make the ancient walls glow.

A fan, lace and ceramic objects rest on a shelf. A green bird on a stick leans in towards the other objects.

Diagonals

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins10 November 2023

Diagonal elements in a painting give interest and lead the eye around the painting. They can be moved to create shadows that link different elements of the painting together.

A busy market scene with people enjoying coffee and a chat under umbrellas.

Pen & Ink

Latest NewsBy Christine Atkins25 October 2023

Pen and Ink drawings have always interested me. Many of the sketches in this post illustrates a long gone way of life.

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