My previous exhibition was held at the Brisbane Institute of Art in 2024. These paintings relate to that exhibition. My coming exhibition will be held at the same venue from 13 – 25  November  2026.

 

 

All the paintings shown below were in the 2024 exhibition. The indicated size is that of the artwork itself.

Tall Arum lillies in a highly - decorated vase.
Arum Lillies

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Oil on canvas

76 x 36 cm

Golden balls of wattle flowers contrast with silver leaves.
Silver Wattle

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Oil on board

45 x 35 cm

The cone flowers from my garden are set in front of a plate decorated in prunus flowers after the MakMerry style.
Cone Flowers and Plate

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Oil on board

35 x 45 cm

This exotic variety of the common Lilly Pilly tree has delicate, dark red, pompom-like flowers.
Powder Puff Lilly Lilly

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Oil on board

35 x 45 cm

There is nothing like scones and jam near an open window on a pleasant garden. With good company of course!
Scones and Jam

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Oil on board

40 x 45 cm

This vine grows along a local fence line and flowers for much of the year.
Bengal Clock Vine (Blue Jug)

Oil on board

45 x 35 cm

Red eucalypt blooms in a light blue jug, with other ceramic objects arranged nearby.
Gum Blossoms (Blue Jug)

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Oil on board

46 x 40 cm

These flowers called Moonbeams were grown by the Grange Library Gardening group and were gathered for painting with permission.
Moonbeams

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Oil on canvas

45 x 35 cm

This market was sketched in Chioggia, a suburb of Venice
Venice Market

Oil on canvas

40 x 28 cm

Nasturtiums are a happy flower, grown all over the world and bringing joy to everyone.
Nasturtiums

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Oil on board

40 x 28 cm

Daisies

Oil on canvas

45 x 35 cm

Windsor Daisies

Oil on board

40 x 28 cm

Cardinal Creeper

Oil on board

45 x 35 cm

These golden, trumpet-like flowers are easily grown in Queensland, the bush can prove too big for most gardens unless pruned hard!
Solandiers (Cup of Gold)

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Oil on board

45 x 40 cm

These orange gum blossoms were grown in my own garden. It is the second of these orange-flowering eucalypts that I've grown. The first one died, but I had captured it. in paint many times.
Orange Gum Blossoms

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Oil on board

40 x 28cm

This beautiful flower comes into blossom in spring. The flowers don't last long in the vase and they have to be sketched in quickly.
Flowers from the Tree of Gold

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Oil on board

35 x 45 cm

A fan decorated with birds and yellow flowers stands behind a blue vase of jacaranda flowers.
Jacaranda

Oil on board

45 x 35 cm

Camellias

Oil on board

40 x 28cm

Plumbago and Fish

Oil on board

40 x 46 cm

This sweet potato cultivar has been optimised to produce flowers above ground, not tubers below the ground.
Ornamental Sweet Potato

Oil on board

35 x 46 cm

This flower with its interesting flower pods is a favourite of mine. The pods gradually open, providing fresh flowers during the painting.
Bengal Clock Vine in a Long Vase

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Oil on board

35 x 61 cm

Beautiful blue cornflowers contrast with the yellow of the vase and plate.
Cornflowers

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Oil on canvas

45 x 35 cm

Looking out the window into the garden with the sunlight falling onto the table.
Windows at Warwick

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Oil on board

30 x 25 cm

Blue plumbago flowers are in a round vase with a thistle design. One small, white pot shows a MakMerry motif.
Plumbago

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Oil on canvas

46 x 41 cm

Pink oleander flowers are in a blue vase. A vase decorated with Prunus flowers stands nearby.
Oleander

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Oil on canvas

45 x 35 cm