Monday, 19 August 2019

Two Small Birds - August2019

~ Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting ~
– Mary Oliver

Two Small Birds.
Oil on canvas Approx 35x30cm

Quality prints of my work are available as well as commissioned work.

Ordinary lives, ordinary things, familiar places - the stuff of life - the cycles, the interconectedness of life on this planet, is the philosophy behind what I try to recreate in my artwork; be they drawings, paintings or other works. Enjoy

The Last Bee - May2019


~ Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. ~ Omar Khayyam
The Last Bee (on Nasturtium flower). 
Oil on approx A4 size canvas.
One of the last bees trying to collect nectar. It looked tired. I gave it some sugar water. 

Ordinary lives, ordinary things, familiar places - the stuff of life - the cycles, the interconectedness of life on this planet, is the philosophy behind what I try to recreate in my artwork; be they drawings, paintings or other works. Enjoy

Sunday, 18 August 2019

Birds and Small Boys - July and August 2019

~ Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.~
- Mary Oliver

Quality prints of my work at a reasonable price, plus postage are available.

Two Small Birds. 
Oil on Canvas. Approx 35x30cm.

All drawings and painting below are on approx A4 size drawing or painting paper except for Birds and Flowers2. 
The Brothers. 
Drawing for painting above.


 Untitled Portrait.
 Birds and Flowers 1. 
 Birds and Flowers 2.
 Birds and Flowers 3.
Escape. 
Drawing for painting. Birds fly from guns into the distant and free sky.


Topnotch Pigeon on a Gate.
Acrylic on canvas paper.

Ordinary lives, ordinary things - the stuff of life - the cycles, the interconectedness of life on this planet, is the philosophy behind what I try to recreate in my artwork; be they drawings, paintings or other works. Enjoy

Birds, Fathers, Soldiers, Kids - June 2019

~The best thing in life aren't things ~ John Ruskin

Quality prints of my work at a reasonable price, plus postage, are available.

A selection of June drawings and 2 paintings for this month. Most, except those marked, are on A4 drawing or watercolour paper.

Henry Tranter, Father, Pionneer, Soldier, Conservationist. 

The drawing for the above came first, then I did  the watercolour. They both evloved differently, but I hoped to capture something of the child that so many young boys were - boys that could be our own kids - in both.
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 His Name is... and He is My Superhero. 
His Name is... and He is My Superhero. 
His Name is... and He is My Superhero.
His Name is... and He is Superhero

The first drawing first above is on A4, the other 3 are A4 folded in quarters. They from a series I did about Fathers and kids.
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 The Frog and The Brolga.

An imaginary scene including the frog and the green tree snake visiting from previous paintings (see (The Red Dress - March2019).
 Two in one. Behind the Pineapple Leaves.
 The river and The River Man.
 Two friends in their Heaven.
Doing the Strand.

Camouflaged Curlew.
Acrylic on A4 canvas paper
Six Birds on a Wire.
 Acrylic on A4 paper

Ordinary lives, ordinary things - the stuff of life - the cycles, the interconectedness of life on this planet, is the philosophy behind what I try to recreate in my artwork; be they drawings, paintings or other works. Enjoy

Two Small Birds - August2019

~ Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and excitin...

Painting - landscapes, people, places