Worked conscientiously today... all but finishing touches on these roses.. tick! and then the start of some Albany paintings. I worked with really large brushes on this painting to get the looseness in the roses that I was after. I edited this painting a bit from when I put down the umber layer, it was sitting top heavy on the canvas with the large bud. One of the pleasures of oils is how you can edit your layers as you go.... I have a few sections to touch up so that th

Autumn is my absolute favourite time of the year. I admit to liking the winter cold much much better than the heat - bring on coats, scarves, boots and snuggling by a fire. Beaches in winter are the best - wild, windy and quiet. And of course - a dream to paint. Last weekend I woke up early and there was the most beautiful fog in Kalamunda. I threw on some warm clothes and drove out to the Bickley Valley to try to capture the hills in the fog. While they aren't the most

I love it when a client sends through a picture of a painting that they have bought installed in their home. To me, it speaks of a contentment with their investment and a pride in how they have displayed the painting. It just makes me happy! This painting, which I never got around to putting up on the Recent Works page, is called "Lighthouse at Port Fairy" and features a view across the bay to the lighthouse on the point. If you have never been to Port Fairy, it is the mos

I had a lovely mothers day - presents at 6.30am because my girls were off to work, a quick trip to the train station with them and then the whole day was spent painting! Glorious. I put a glaze on "Abundance" and that is now ready for signing and varnishing. I then did a bit on some pink roses I am working on, but what next for the paintings I have to do? And for some reason I picked up a blank canvas and started from scratch on a completely unplanned painting - another ro

I spent a fun day on Sunday setting up, arranging and photographing an array of still life subjects. I have been really getting myself organised with backdrops, reflective bases and so on to get some great effects with the natural light from believe it or not, my front door! Oh the joys of living with an artist, my daughters say... They came home to a table virtually blocking the front door, black velvet and so on draped artistically and a range of vases, bowls and flowers