Looking and Seeing. October 2019

~ Its not what you look at that matters, but what you see. Henry David Thoreau ~ 

Arbroath Man- the Scottish Connection. pen on A4 paper.

'Fern, Fern. Fern. 10-10-19 

Every blade in the field – Every leaf in the forest – lays down its life in its season as beautifully as it was taken up. - Henry David Thoreau.

'Fragile' ( A wee Scottish boy ) 9-10-19 

~There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception - Aldous Huxley ~  

Eight in Six - October 2019

~ I exist as I am, that is enough,
If no other in the world be aware I sit content,
And if each and all be aware I sit content...
I am large, I contain multitudes.
- Walt Whitman ~

Below are eight drawings for six days. All pen or pencil on A4 paper

'Time travel with Beauty and the Beast'. 8-10-19. Pen on A4 paper. 

Named after the books they are each reading.

“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest (people) of the past centuries.” – Descartes

The favourite Guinea Pig (NingaNing), Maggie-May. Black pen on A4 paper. 2-10-19 

'Two Seats and Three Trees - Through to Old Brisbane Street Arcade'. Ink pen on A4 paper. 

Sitting, waiting for my ride after a long day in town and thinking of the long drive home... I knew i wouldn't be able to get any artwork done by 7:30 at night and after picking up grandgirl as well... I just drew the little scene that was in front of me. The trees and seats got me in.

Eating Avos on the front step, 5-10-19. Pen on A4 paper. 

Noah's Ark. 6-10-19 Pen on A4 paper.
Had to think of something quick as had no time during the day to draw. I was enjoying this story, so here's my interpretation of what I learned while watching a program hosted by Joanna Lumley about Noah's Ark:  Unicorns didn't make it on when Noah was calling the animals in because they were too vain, and too busy looking at their reflections when the doors closed; a raven was the first bird to be sent out, doves later; you can see Mt Arrarat through the hole at the top of the bancing stone that was dropped near a small place in Turkey, and which was used on the arc to balance it in the water, in case a heap of animals went over to one side, say, to look at a school of dolphins...
The moral of the story is 'if you're bad you'll be wiped out (probably by nature), so be good.'

'In a World of Illusion'. Pencil on A4 paper. 
I wanted to create a thing of simple beauty, perhaps a metaphor, for our life on this earth, perhaps not. In any case, we are all connected, intertwined, on the same journey and part of the same skein of string. The Journo: 'Is newstart enough to live on?, Polly the politician: ... NoReply, well not to the question anyway, just round and round avoiding it (becuase she knows perfectly well it's not enough for anyone to live on). So this drawing takes its cue from many things, including watching stupid politicians last night, making asses of themselves, going round and round in circles with their shite, never answering questions... Some just think they come from better skeins is all, but they don't, we all do.

Birds of a Feather - September 2019

~ Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love. - Rumi ~

Toghether through Life - Jim & June. 24-9-19, Pencil on A4 paper

 Lemon Tree with Two Rosellas. Pen on A4 Paper, 20-9-19

Looking - Crows and Cows. Pen on A4 Paper, 22-9-19

Happy Birthday Dada. Pencil on A4, 22-9-19

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.

Of Children, Birds and Lemon Trees - September 2019

~ I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance. - e.e. cummings ~

The Little Dancing Lemon Tree. Oil on canvas, Approx A4 size.

The Cousins 2, Oil on canvas, Approx A4 size. (The Cousins 1, WIP)

 Primrose ( Micheal McEvoy's friend). Oil on canvas, Approx A4 size.

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.

The Sea and Trees - September 2019

~ Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love. ~

- Rumi

Morning Mist descending on Rainforest, 04-09-19. 

Oil on A4 oil paper.

Seascape With Yellow Sand.  03-09-19.
Oil on A4 oil paper. 

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.

Little Boy Blue - September 2019

~ Veiled in clouds, connecting the heavens with the earth. ~

 Henry David Thoreau

'Little Boy Blue' (Where is the boy who looks after the sheep...He's under the ground fast asleep'). 
Oil on Approx A3 canvas. 

A portrait of a little boy who died a long time ago. Always sad when a child leaves this world, especially when you don't get to say goodbye. Beautiful boy, beautiful memory.

I had the format for this work in my head for some time, knew exactly how it would look, though the details are different, I wanted it broken up into 3 horizontal plains, the grave in the centre, the face at the bottom, the trees and sky at back, the flower branch that came from the cemetary on the grave. How those particular things looked like in the end, I couldn't tell until I was working on it. I'm happy wirth the end result. 
Anyone wanting a portrait or landscape, just ask for terms and conditions, sizes etc- message me @ Bee Garden Artist.

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.

Together through Life - August 2019

~ Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live ~ 

Henry david Thoreau

Together Through Life, 25/08/19. 

Oil on Approx A4 canvas paper. 
Sarah and Bob Dylan on a new version of 'The Free Wheelin' Bob Dylan' cover if they'd stayed together into their 80's. No, it's not - it's a not so free wheelin' couple in their 80's, walking together down a street in Cairns. They look such a cool pair, yet I wanted to capture a little of the fragility and the care shown between them too, arm in arm - They probably would never have done that once.

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.