Pinks, Yellow, Two Guinea Pigs and Papa with a Cuppa - September 2020

The world’s otherness, its beauty and the mystery, can re-dignify 

the worst-stung heart. 

~ Mary Oliver

‘Sunset, Moonlight and Wattle Flowers’. Acrylic on 30x30cm canvas.

‘Sunset, Moonlight and Wattle Flowers’. Acrylic on 30x30cm canvas.

I painted both with the same theme in mind. They could be seen as a diptych, but also work well on their own.

The story of these two paintings is about time and distance and travelling from one end of the State to the other; the Wattle trees in flower for Spring, rainforests and eucalypts, cows, sheep, roads and rivers that intersect the landscape, and each other along the way. It is a Tasmanian story, with Tasmanian scenes, and the ocean at its end.

  'Cuppa for the  Papa'. 15-09-20          Pen on the back of a shopping docket. 

At a cafe on the way out of the shopping centre.

'The Sacrifice'. Acrylic on approx 10x10cm canvas.

A painting I began a couple of years ago. From a series about a ‘Little Yellow Bird’.

I added the 3 birds and the 2 guinea pigs to the work to complete this painting.

Quality Prints of these paintings on 100% cotton watercolour paper are available.

‘Gin / Pink Lady’. Acrylic on canvas, 15x15cm. (Sold).

Second of portrait of this gorgeous girl.

Signed quality prints of my artwork on watercolour paper are available.

If you’d like a painting of your pet, child, anyone you love, please feel free to contact me.

The Gaurdians - July 2020

Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed - Mary Oliver.

There is always a subject to paint, right in front of us, outside the window, in a stall life or landscape, portrait or abstract. Next time you wonder what to paint, just take your imagination with you, and make it your own. Here, cows are the central theme, constant and siently watchful, the gaurdians of the earth.

The Gaurdians: Heart of the Country.’ Acrylic on canvas, 30x30cm.

‘The Builder’s Hands.’  23-07-20. Pencil on A4 paper

‘It is in your hands to create a better world...’ Nelson Mandela.

Scroll through my work. Drawings of your choice can become paintings, so take a look. Can you imagine this painting hanging in your lounge, your bedroom, your friend’s or Mum’s home, or your children’s bedroom?

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Walking and Talking - August 2020

I have learned to live my life one step, one breath, and one moment at a time, but it was a long road. I set out on a journey of love. - Muhammad Ali

‘Cousins - The Fish Pond II’. 

Pen on 30x21cm 100%rag watercolour paper.

The story of this painting is a simple one of 3 children at a fish pond doing what kids do - exploring their world, talking, imagining and making fun. The one on the left is cousin to the two on the right. They could be anyone’s children, any cousins. This is what the memories of childhood are made of.

The Snow. 
Pen on A4 paper. First big snow in 30 years. After a heap of photos, this was the best one. I left the paper white where the snow was. Sometimes less is more.

Walking. Watercolour pencil on A5 paper.

The Cousins Walking. 3rd in a series depicting the same scene.

'Gin - Food and Walk Now!'
 

Shadows, Light and Cows - August 2020

The world in which other animals move, the world that they see, is, and always will be, entirely beyond us. That there are such worlds all around us is an essential feature of our world. ~ Mary Midgley 

The 3 images below represent the constant state of cows walking past our window, early morning and evening. Like other things that surround me, I take my painting inspiration from the everyday, always having something that feeds my imagination.

If you’d like a landscape or other artwork, look at my Facebook page @Bee Garden Artist Gallery, and contact me. 

Shadow, Light and Cows 1

Acrylic on canvas, approx 57x57cm. 

Shadow, Light and Cows 2

 Shadow, Light and Cows 3.

Until Now (what my blog has been about and how it is about to change 😁) 19 August 2020

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Drawing for today: 19-08-20. ‘Cow and Fence Lines’. Pen on watercolour paper. Prices on my Facebook page, or request here in comments. I try to do at least one of these quick drawings every day.)

Blue Bubble. Acrylic on canvas, Approx1000x 900mm. Today I resurrected this painting from a few years back. I touched it up in places I was never quite Happy with some aspects of it. This is the new, improved version. Let me know what you think. 

Blessed and Beautiful Offerings - May 2020

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
- Camille Pissarro

-March

Walking Stories 3 - Grompa and Grandgirl. March 2020.

Walking Stories 2 - Grompa and Grandgirl. 15.03.20.

‘What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.’
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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 Green Rosella (eating seeds from fence post). 03-03-20. Pen on A4 paper.

 Father and Son. 06-03-20. Pen on A4 paper. (Left hand brain at work ;) ) 

'Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.'

- Erich Fromm

'Cousins - And Armchair Buddies’. 10.03.20. 

When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. ~ Buddha

'Grandgirl, Teddy and Granma'. 5cm x 10cm. 
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'Cow Lines 3'. 07-03-20. Pen on A4 paper. 

Yep, cows again, always a good go to when in doubt and they happen to be walking past. 

- March 2020

Of Faces, Cows - Febuary 2020

"Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity."
~ Simone Weil

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Cows Lines 1'. 04-02-20.

'Cow Lines 2'. 06-02-20.

 'Three Ninganings' (Guinea pigs with a backdrop of forest creatures bedcover). 23-02-20.

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'Living in The Moment'. 31-01-20. 

 'In the Moment (with best friend)'. 05-02-20. Pen on A4 paper. "The only journey is the one within". ― Rainer Maria Rilke — with Thomas Ryan.

 ‘Adam (Mr Goodes).’ 26-02-20. 

 ‘Grompa and Grandgirl’. Pen on A4. 

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 images on this website may not be used or reproduced in any form without permission of the artist.