arty farty musings: June 2007

Sunday, 17 June 2007

another mixed bunch

Title: The Lonely Tree 2

Size: 800x450mm

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Based on the Wilfred Gibson poem of the same name....

"Though I love the forests deep and wide, the lonely tree on the bare hillside, the brave wind bitten lonely tree, is rooted in the heart of me."

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Title: Richmond Hill Street
Size: 850x650mm

Title: In war no-one wins

Size: 1200x900mm

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This is a theme I have been exploring for a while, basically on the surface they are black and white abstracts, with red poppies. But if one cares to look deeper, there is a statement there about good versus evil and the chaos and futility of war, leading to such pointless loss of lives, symbolised by the poppies used to commemorate Flanders.

Title: In war no-one wins 2

Size: 600x500mm

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Title: Sailing triptych

Size: 450x1200mm x3

Although in a similar vein to the war series, there are no deeper meanings here, just the fun of disappearing into the wild blue yonder!

Friday, 15 June 2007

on a roll.....

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Title: Campbell Street at sunrise
Size:300x300mm

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Title: Old Grocer
Size: 250x250

Title: Lansdowne Street
Size: 155x155mm
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Title: Corner Store
Size: 250x250mm
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Title: Dollery Street
Size: 300x400mm
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I just love painting the old buildings around where we live.

Wednesday, 13 June 2007

Coral Tree

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Title: Coral Tree

Size: 900x800mm

Commission

This was commissioned by someone who went to the exhibition earlier this week. It is a huge coral tree in her garden (which overlooks the sea). She wanted it by this weekend, to give to her husband as a Father's Day gift.

Tuesday, 12 June 2007

childsplay 2 and croick cottage

Title: Childsplay 2

Size:155x205mm

This is the missing childsplay from the group of 4.

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Title: Croick Cottage
Size: 300x400

This is the famous house whose renovations were covered in detail over on my other blog in November/December last year.

Monday, 11 June 2007

the new weekend selection!

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Title: Childsplay 1

Size: 155x205mm

Title: Childsplay 3
Size: 155x205mm
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Title: Childsplay 4
Size: 155x205mm
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The childsplay series were inspired by a visit with our grandson to a petting farm, he was all over the place and I loved the idea of a group of pictures to depict the active day he had! If you are wondering what happened to no 2, I just want to tweak it a bit before posting it!

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Title: Spring Tree

Size: 155x155mm

Another little tree, in rolling green farmlands this time, definitely a "tame tree" rather than the wild African trees I have been into lately!

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Title: Campbell Street
Size: 900x900mm
Commission

Someone at the opening of the exhibition wanted something with a similar feel to the little Richmond Hill Historic buildings, but on a much bigger canvas. Rather than just copy one of the others, I chose a fresh scene to depict. (But Max and his trusty newspaper have re-appeared!!)

Friday, 08 June 2007

BEACH OUTING 2

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Title: Beach outing 2

Size: 300x400mm

This was commissioned by someone who received the e-mailed invitation on which Heidi had cropped 'beach outing' , and she liked it with just the toddler.

Tuesday, 05 June 2007

forest road

Title: Forest Road

Size: 600x900 mm

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I just love forests, and particularly the way the light filters through the leaves. Sometimes it is contrasty and dramatic, and sometimes soft and misty. I guess this is somewhere between the two!

Sunday, 03 June 2007

An ecclectic mix

As the opening of my exhibition looms, I have spent today consolidating everything, making sure all the paintings are signed, catalogued and photographed.

I thought I would share with you a selection of the paintings I will be exhibiting (excluding the ones posted here in the last few days, as I have completed them.) You will have seen many of these on my other blog, but I wanted to consolidate them in 1 place, in this gallery blog, and try to categorise them a bit. Later, I will post a gallery of older works.

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