Saturday 12 December 2015

Remembering our Friend Gunta Akmens.


--for her love and honesty--



Superb wrens with Ramie Moth Caterpillar
Gouache  

Male Wallaroo
A frequent visitor to our paddock.
(Macropus robustus)



Found in the back of a cupboard ..  ..  designed and printed over 30 years ago!






Wednesday 4 November 2015

Birds that visit us at home


Eastern Spinebill
(Mixed Media A4)

Brushturkey
gouache A5



Brushturkey
gouache A4



Three outdoor sketches 
at a local en plein air morning

West from Patterson's 

  
 The shed           

Struggling Gum




Saturday 3 October 2015

Launceston, Tasmania & Murray River, Victoria

A week near Launceston, Tasmania

White-Fronted Chat
(Waterhouse Conservation Area, Tasmania)
Study for:
White-Fronted Chats
(Waterhouse Conservation Area, Tasmania)




The Leads Light at She-Oak Point
A4  Charcoal and Wash


A few days on a houseboat around Mildura, with the view constantly changing
- some fast work with charcoal and pen, except for the obliging little swallows
who were always ready to pose on the ropes.

 

Little Eagle, Perched                                                   Little Eagle
                                                                    Watercolour110 x 250                                                                       Charcoal & Wash A4                                                   

Hitch-hiker
Watercolour 130x130


Paddle Steamer
Pen & Wash A4

Little Eagle
Charcoal & Wash A4


Tuesday 1 September 2015

September Ideas -starting with six oil paintings

Megalong Valley
(oils)

East from the Blue Mountains
from a John Wilson Class


Murumbidgee Morning
from a John Wilson Class
  
South Coast
 from a John Wilson Class

Last of the Trawlers, Woy Woy

Portrait ( One of my first)
Oils 2006

Small Wren
Miniature, Gouache on Gesso


Mr and Mrs Wren
Miniature watercolour


Wednesday 19 August 2015

August in the South Island - a few quick sketches from my diary.

Old Shed
3x5cm Pencil

Classic Mount Cook
A5 Watercolour

West Coast
A5 Watercolour

Rock Arches near Pakawau
A5 Watercolour 

Tom's House
A4 Pencil



Magpie Panels
Three narrative prints:
Mikey's got a Wasp,
Mikey's Gang,
Mikey's got a Girl.
Designed to print on size A1 Paper



Saturday 18 July 2015

"Gismo"
graphite A4




"Ambush"
Watercolour and gouache, A4


Castle Ruins at Cesis, Latvia
Watercolour A4


Jane's Wren
Watercolour on Gesso A4

This is a replacement for 1989 watercolour that became sadly foxed-



Wednesday 8 July 2015

Wombat Hole, Warrabah National Park
Ink on Cartridge A4

Rathmines Park
Watercolour A4


Thursday 11 June 2015

Diary entries from a 2011 journey to Western Australia

Dawn 
Muswellbrook NSW

By the Weir
Gongolgon, NSW

Bogan River
Brewarrina

Statue of a bloke
Cunamulla, Qld

Pub and Railway Shed,
Wyandra, Qld


Cottage
Augathella, Qld


Best fencing timber in Australia
Blackall, Qld

Main Street
Ilfracombe, Qld


By the road,
Longreach, Qld


The 'jump-up'
Winton, Qld


North of Winton, Qld


by the Georgina River Billabong
Camooweal, Qld


Outcrops near Kununurra, W.A.


Near Emma Gorge.Kununurra, WA

Too dry to paint the Bunglebungles,
Purnululu, WA