Nasturtium Still Life

Nasturtium leaves and flowers are always a popular still life subject. They are always colourful and sometimes triffid like, giving rise to a great variety of still life paintings.

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Jan252023
Vases and Blue & White china rest on a patterned cloth.

Gum Blossoms

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.

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Oct292022
Gum blossoms and leaves in a white enamel jug.

Places of the Heart

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.

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Oct202022
Cosy lounge chairs are lit by the warm sunlight coming in the window.

Dragons

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.

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Oct112022
Sunflowers and blue and white porcelain.

Shadows

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.

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Sep302022
Cows graze in the early morning shadows cast by the trees.

Blue and White

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

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Sep212022
Several plates stand on a shelf accompanied by cosmos flowers.