Nearby and Faraway

This urban image represents a scene that is local and very familiar to me.

The small paintings on this concertina card are about somewhere more remote, more imaged than real. Faraway in an absent-minded sense.

 

 

 

 

Views from the footpath

Watercolour of a well weathered weather-board home.

New Cards

The popularity of native plants in Australian gardens has provided me with inspiration for these hand painted cards.
Sometimes I like to ignore the big picture by focusing on small details such as the delicate patterns and colours of overhanging branches which can be seen on many a suburban street.

These cards and other art work will be available at the next Made 'n' Thornbury  craft market on the 5th of May.

Empty streets

This painting is based on a photo I took in New Zealand early last year. It was situated in a row of abandoned shops in a tiny settlement near Colac bay in Southland. There was a gold rush there at one time apparently, but now the place is a classic ghost town, apart from a few local fishermen and farmers.

I did try and paint one of the more elaborate buildings but it ended up looking more like a very fake stage set for a Western. So I choose this one, used a large brush and kept it loose.

Sometimes its more about the feel than the details.

Meanwhile back in Civilisation....






Small drawings on cards.

Shop and Dwelling

There are so many of these places dotted around the older suburbs.

It's not hard to imagine the sort of activity that used to flourish here - but now so quiet! (apart from those places that have been reincarnated as purveyors of exotic beans).

Some more examples of suburban skys.

New Year and New Work

On New Year's day I went walking on the deserted, baking hot streets hoping to find some inspiration to overcome that lazy (but lovely) summer feeling.
 Lingering in the shadows I took a few photos of  - well shadows actually, and did manage to find some images which I have used to create another series of very small paintings.

Christmas Market

It's time to join the ladies of Thornbury for another market. This time it's on Friday night (2nd of December) and with Christmas in mind there should be plenty of lovely hand made gifts available.

Along with my other paintings and cards I have also produced a small number of Christmas cards which reflect on the old yuletide idea of the celebration of nature - the Christmas tree au naturelle.