Happy Blue Moon

Whilst this isn’t a painting of a “real” blue moon, it is a moon and it is blue so I thought I would take this opportunity to share.
If your out and about celebrating the end of the decade tonight take care, weirdness abounds on the full moon.......

See you next year.

Twilight Moon Painting

As we returned from our walk this evening the moon was just a tiny sliver in the sky. No I didn’t rush to the studio to paint it, but it reminded me of this piece. I wish I had the time and energy for my art that I did back in 2002 when this was painted.

“Twilight Moon III"

oil on silver leaf, on canvas

20 x 30cm

2002

Starlight & Nightime at Severn River

Day 2 of auto posting camping paintings while we are away camping. These paintings are from a trip to one of our favorite “local” haunts, Sundown National Park.

This one is oil on silver leaf, the texture created by the silver leaf is so interesting to paint on and by using glazes I retain a glow from within, from the silver. Unfortunately that doesn’t show up in the photos, I have never figured out how to photograph this technique well. If anyone has any tips for me I would be very grateful.

This is a pastel on paper of the same scene; it, like many of my unframed pastels, is hiding away in storage under my bed!

Kimberley Sunrise

We are heading off camping for a few days so this is my first experiment with auto posting. I plan to leave you with paintings from previous camping trips for the next few days. This one’s from Wilson Creek in The Kimberley, we were up before dawn and in the boat on a barra fishing adventure. It’s a morning I will never forget with 8 meter tidal shifts, soaring orange cliff faces, hundreds of photos and great company including Jess the wonder dog, our friends tiny little terrier who accompanied us everywhere despite being pregnant! It has to be one of the most beautiful places on earth and I can’t wait to go back.

It’s Tuesday and I can’t wait…...

It’s Tuesday and I can’t wait…... to be camping again. This painting is from quite near where we will camp next. It’s not the bush or beach self sufficient camping that we enjoy most, but it will be a nice break.

I am hoping I will find lots of inspiration while we are there, as I would really love to be itching to get into a “serious” painting again.

“Twilight” is an oil on silver leaf and is among my favorite landscape works. It is another one of the pieces from my Dusk till Dawn collection.

This is my first ever “It’s Tuesday and I can’t wait…” Check out who else is playing along and what they can’t wait for at Buttons by Lou Lou. Thanks Lou Lou for starting this fun little game.

A new dawn

I love the drawing I have chosen as my profile picture. It is a pastel on paper called “Sunrising”. It is unframed, which means I don’t get to look at it much, it is in my unframed drawing storage…..under my bed! It is safely stored and respectfully wrapped in archival glassine paper, but under my bed all the same.


It is enjoyable to see an image of it a lot more often now and to know that is often people’s first impression of me and my artwork. It was hard to choose a piece of art to represent me, as I work in so many different styles and media. But this one just felt right and a bit symbolic as this blog and other work I am embarking on at the moment feel as they are the dawn of a new creative period for me.

Sunrising is part of a collection of paintings and pastels that I have titled “Dusk till Dawn” as the name suggests they depict the time between twilight and sunrise with lots of paintings of the night sky and moon in between. I hope to one day exhibit the whole collection together, but first I will have to get over my inability to let some works go, that I mentioned here, as many of these pieces fall into the would like to keep forever category

How did you choose the artwork or photo you use as a profile picture? Do you change it often or stick with the same one?

Misty Morning

It’s a misty spring morning here and it is reminding me of many camping mornings waking up blanketed in fog with a delicious chill in the air. I love watching mist rolling down the river and slowly clearing to reveal a fresh, beautiful day. The painting above is from one of those mornings, it was a bit chillier than most and we discovered icicles hanging from leaves! I don’t generally like the cold, but on a morning like this you just add another layer, stoke up the fire and warm your hands on a hot cuppa. It is blissful and I can’t wait for our next camping adventure, they always provide me with inspiration and clear the fog from my mind so I can start fresh.