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ODE TO POPPY

Posted on December 15, 2015 at 9:22 pm by / 2 Comments

This is a painting of Poppy. She belonged to the family of my friends Liz and Ann. Poppy died a couple of months ago as a very old dog and lived a fortuitous life. I witnessed the loving attention that Liz gave poppy in her last few weeks. They were in a slow meditation together on their short walks. As Liz and I worked on my stair building project, I could see that poppy and Liz were learning some deep lessons from each other about feeling, suffering and letting go. It was all important and necessary.

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YELLOW DANCE /FIRE SHADDOW

Posted on November 30, 2015 at 11:20 pm by / 0

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It’s warm and dry without much rain. The farm country just north of Adelaide has experienced some horrific bushfires with a loss of human life and property, as well as animals. I painted this picture above on the Rivergum track last week. I walked this track, looking at the country and thinking of these fires. I was well away from the fire zone and this is a regular painting haunt for me, but a fire that affects your community also touches you.

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Warm, Round Morning

Posted on November 18, 2015 at 2:08 pm by / 2 Comments

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Some days it’s hard to paint, especially if I’ve had a small break. If I’m not painting every day I easily lose momentum. I wake in the morning feeling the effort to get my paints together and face the world to paint outside. I, like many painters suffer a performance anxiety when it comes to painting in public. I’m filled with thoughts like ‘I don’t know what I’m doing, can I just fake it? Should I bother? What if my painting is a failure? Then I check the weather to see if it will help me with an excuse. It’s crazy because I know this as a repeated experience. I’ve discovered a strategy through these difficult moments.

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DAFFODILS and BEES

Posted on November 11, 2015 at 11:30 pm by / 0

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A client of mine collects varieties of daffodils in her overflowing garden. She brought me a bunch. It was an unexpected pleasure watching them unfold into their freshness. Their translucency along with the way their surface planes caught the daylight, made them glow. I suddenly remember how I was painting in the bush earlier this week and a native bee kept hovering around my yellow paint. I feel like that bee, hovering around the shimmering planes as they unfold.

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RIVER REDGUMS

Posted on November 5, 2015 at 1:04 am by / 3 Comments

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As the temperatures climb into summer, we’ve just had the hottest October on record. My brushes have been up and out early in the morning for their dip into paint. I’ve been exploring the banks of a creek near my home where magnificent old River Redgums grow. Their warm white trunks reflect the colours that surround them. It’s cool and shaded open country, with long shadows and distant views that are framed by branches. And

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Little Swale

Posted on October 27, 2015 at 11:34 pm by / 0

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In my neighbourhood park lives a little swale. This swale was created by humans to manage the overflow of rainwater after alterations to our local creek. As city infrastructure progresses, we humans anticipate a future with more humans. My swale (yes it’s mine since swale and I have entered into a relationship) continues to trickle and swell with rain, feed the trees, bathe dogs, give mountain bikers a slippery ride, allow children to skim stones on her sometimes calm surface, and provide a place for contemplation. Read More

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TARNANTHI LAYERS

Posted on October 20, 2015 at 10:26 pm by / 0

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Adelaide is hosting the inaugural indigenous arts festival called TARNANTHI. Our galleries and streets have been filled with exciting art and the presence of Aboriginal people networking. I’m overwhelmed by the diversity of artworks that offer a depth of ideas encompassing politics, our environment, the Dreaming, identity and social spheres. So far I’ve only got to see a very small amount of what’s on and I need the time to digest the ideas on offer. I want to share my considerations on three works that have really inspired me. All works discussed here are on show at the Art Gallery of South Australia

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Aha! Willunga

Posted on October 12, 2015 at 10:43 pm by / 2 Comments

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On an overcast spring morning this weekend, I attended a plein air workshop in Willunga with Lesley Redgate. As I drove towards the misty Willunga hills I despaired that the day would be a washout. After all acrylic paint and rain don’t help each other.

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A Sentient World

Posted on October 6, 2015 at 11:52 am by / 0

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In this little painting of a protea I continue my experiments with a limited pallet. The colours I’ve used are ultramarine blue, pthalo green, cadmium yellow medium, cadmium red medium, and white. I’ve tried to simplify and mute the background by using blues, blue-green and muted purples to suggest spatial depth within the picture plane, while bringing attention to the bright red petals with white, feathery edges. Those feathery edges are such a contrast to the stiffer, almost leathery texture of protea petals and leaves. It’su almost like the petals have eyelashes while the protea looks out into the world. I wonder what that protea sees?

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Jewels in a Field

Posted on September 28, 2015 at 10:29 pm by / 0

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I think flowers are natures way to show off colour. Flowers are like jewels in a field. When I collect and arrange nature’s jewels, I always consider the setting, much like an earring or a necklace. I ask myself, ‘what colour is really special in this arrangement and how do the colours around it support it to make it sing? Where on the picture plane do I want that exciting colour to be?’ I try to build my compositions around these jewels.

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