and another one

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Title: Eclectic Skyline
Size: 400 x 800 mm

Port Elizabeth is such an interesting town, I bet there are not too many places where you could take a narrow sliver of the skyline and find in it a church, a mosque, newspaper printing works, flats, houses, a lighthouse and a pyramid!

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Title: Social Meltdown

Size: 900 x 600 mm

A protest against what is happening in South Africa, where the rights of the criminals are more important to our legal system than those of honest citizens. While we hide behind bars for safety, they roam free, and 23000 kids were raped last year.

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Title: Hanging Out
Size: 600 x 900 mm

Cormorants drying their wings, on poles at a jetty in Knysna.

Title: Cafe Rouge
Size: 450 x 350 mm

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the next 3 are more in the series on old historic buildings in Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth.

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Title: Old Firestation, Albany Road
Size: 600 x 300 mm

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Title: St Stephens Terrace
Size: 600 x 300 mm

weird batch

This lot really doesn't look like the same person did them, I must check and see what my other personalities have been up to.....(kidding!)

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Title: Spanish Nights

Size: 600 x 900 mm


I must thank Ian and Cursty for this, they were in Spain recently, wandering through the wonderful narrow alleyways as the sun went down. I was attracted to this as a subject because I love trying to portray the play between cool natural light and warm artificial light.





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Title: Dawn across Richmond Park.
Size: 300 x 250 mm


The light was great the other day, so I rushed out (yes, I'm afraid the poor neighbours were subjected to the tatty dressing gown again...) and sketched it with pen and watercolour wash to capture the rapidly changing conditions, then I applied a bit of artistic licence and darkened it and emphasised the artificial light when I did the painting.





Title: Bobcat
Size: 750 x 450
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Yes, I know this is freaky and scary, but it is about a freaky and scary subject, the Hitler-like moustache on the fat cat might give you a clue.... and it is a protest about a subject I rage inwardly about, feeling impotent in the face of so much international apathy. If Zimbabwe was rich in oil I bet things would be very different! In the meantime old Bob gets financially fatter and fatter at the expense of his desperate suffering people.

in war-only the arms dealers win

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Title: In war - only the arms dealers win

Size mm: 1100x900

This is another in my ongoing series of predominanly black and white paintings which carry a message about the futility of war. As usual, the poppy speaks of the wasted lives, this one has gold and silver to suggest the vested interests that many big businesses (and Governments!) have in making sure that wars keep happening.

some new work

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Title : Dafur Desolation

Size, mm: 400x800
Price Excluding Postage US$: 240




A subject close to my heart. What hope do these kids have if we who are so comfortable don't intervene in some way?

Title : Across the Park
Size, mm: 150x150
Price Excluding Postage US$: 60

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I was on the patio the other day, and the quality of light across the park was just lovely, sort of hazy but picking up highlights on the city buildings we glimpse at the base of the hill. I was about to grab my sketchbook, then I thought I might as well sketch it with oils straight onto a canvas.




Title : Dollery Street 2
Size, mm: 250x250
Price Excluding Postage US$: 100

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Another view of the little cottage I restored last year, built of stone in about 1882. We have just sold it, I am sad to see it go, painting it has helped!

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!

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.