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POSTCARD FROM KANGAROO ISLAND
Dear Reader,
I’ve been given the opportunity by a friend to ‘paint the atmosphere at Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island’. What a brief! Kangaroo Island is off the south coast of South Australia. South of here is Antarctica. I write this at Vivonne bay, after a great morning of painting the sunrise, eggs for breakfast and coffee for thinking. There is very patchy phone coverage and no internet – bliss. Little wallabies come into the garden in the evening, possums at night, seals in the ocean, and a couple of goannas on the headland. I have a week to observe the colours and rhythms of nature. For reading I have my trusty copy of Carlsons Guide to Landscape Painting, by John F. Carlson. It’s a classic and a good one to immerse myself in my subject. Read More
