Student Days

Early student studies feature in this blog. Some pieces show themes that have been further developed as my art progressed.

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Sep292023
The painting is of a marketplace showing many booths for the sellers. Many colourfully-dressed people are moving around in the market.

Ducks

Ducks are homely, comic figures and have a warm place in our hearts. I have often used many ducks in my still life paintings.

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Sep162023
Five ducks happily diving for their prey on a pool.

Lace

Making lace requires much care and skill. Fine lacework adds value and class to any object to which it is attached. I enjoy painting lace because of its ephemeral, precious values.

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Sep22023
A plate and several other ceramic items rest on a lace doily. The lace doily hangs over the edge of the shelf.

Venice

The vivid life of Venice is reflected in its canals. The long morning and evening shadows add to the mood.

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Aug302023
Customers get their supplies of fresh fruit and vegetables from this barge. A large shade sail protects the produce from the hot sun.

Watercolours

These watercolour paintings show scenes from Queensland country life. Farm houses, farmers and farm animals feature in these paintings.

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Jul172023
This watercolour is of a house and sheds surrounded by trees.

Coffee Pots

Slender, graceful coffee pots add their distinctive beauty to a still life painting, often complementing the stalks of the flowers.

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Jul162023
Many decorated ceramic pieces stand on a table, among them is a slender coffee pot.

Farm Sheds

Time has stood still for decades on many Queensland farms thus making them interesting subjects for painting.

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Jul32023
And old truck has remained in this sheltered spot for many years.

Oriental

These paintings feature our local flowers in an Asian context. We live in an oriental hemisphere and of necessity that affects our life.

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Jun192023
Yellow flowers in a vase stand in front of a wall hanging featuring an oriental theme.

Chinese Lanterns

Chinese Lantern plant is easy to grow, feeds the birds, lasts a long time in a vase and flowers for most of the year. Its exquisite flowers make great subject material for painting.

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May242023
Chinese Lantern flowers in a cream vase accompanied by a blue and white duck and other ceramics.