‘Out of Antiquity’, mixed media
I have just come home from 2 weeks in Nice where I had an artist residency through Galleria Monteolivetto. It was an absolutely amazing time and the artwork I produced during this time will be exhibited next year in Europe. I was struck by the ancientness of the whole place and my work done on 12 small panels was inspired by how life comes out of this history and feeling of antiquity.
Washing Day in Italy,acrylic & enamel,60x60cm
An exhibition with 5 of my washing line paintings opens on the 28th May at Galleria Monteoliveto, Naples. If you happen to be in Naples , the gallery is centrally located in Piazza Monteoliveto and is on for 2 weeks. Press Release here
Floral Abundance, acrylic, 60x60cm
Exciting news!!! I am off to France! I have been offered an artist residency and exhibition in Nice in July this year. I am trying to raise some funds for this, so if you would like to sponsor me $200 you can receive a piece of art work from my painting for sponsors page This represents extremely good value and the offer is available until June 15th 2011. This painting is one of the many paintings on offer ( now SOLD).
‘Moreton Island’, acrylic, 60x120cm
The Rotary Art Spectacular is on again this year at the Riverside Centre and is a fabulous display of art from a huge number of artists covering the entire ground floor of the building. If you are in Brisbane over the next week make sure you head over to the Riverside Centre in Eagle Street and have a look. Opening is tonight (a Gala cocktail opening that costs $50 ) or go any day for free from tomorrow until 15th April . This is one of three painting I have in this exhibition.
‘Beach with Flotsam’, acrylic & charcoal, 60x60cm
The Brisbane floods caused all sorts of objects to become strewn along the nearby beaches. They were objects that were quite alien to the landscape and I hoped to capture a bit of this strange feeling in this beachscape.
‘Early Morning Milk’, acrylic & enamel, 90x120cm
Finally finished a painting of Josh Mayer and Nathan (my son Sam’s former workmates) milking at ‘Binga’. I was drawn to this humble image and the regularity of everyday farm life I tried to portray the warmth that emanated from the sunlight streaming into the milking shed as the day began, the boys heads resting against the cow’s body as they milked. Unfortunately Nathan was so tall that his milking positon was a little unconventional.
‘Moffat Beach’, acrylic, 30x25cm
There is a special place in my heart for Moffat beach. Many happy Christmas holidays have been spent here with my family and one of my favorite galleries is here, ‘Seaview Artist Gallery’. It is a great location as you can walk south over the headland to Shelly beach which feels almost isolated or walk north around the rocks to Dicky beach for a surf or swim. I don’t think I will ever tire of painting it. To see more beachscapes click here.
‘Rialto Bridge’, acrylic, 60x60cm
When we visited here in June last year there was a bridal procession going over this famous bridge and everyone in the wedding party including the guests wore white. It was quite a spectacle. This is my very loose interpretaion of a much loved landmark in Venice, the Rialto Bridge. I wanted to painted an immediate response to this image, limiting my colour palette and using a gold shimmer in the mixes (which you can’t see in this photo) to portray the richness of this wonderfully romantic place.
My son and his new wife honeymooned in Tasmania and spent a couple of days at Cradle Mountain. This wonderful place is the inspiration for my latest painting. My other sons new wife gave me some silver leaf and I have used it to do the sky in this painting. I have also made use of some iridescent paints in among the purples. It was fun to play with some new mediums.
‘Track to the Beach’, acrylic
We have just had a week watching the surfers in action at Caloundra. There is a track to the beach and rockpools at the southern end of Moffat beach where the surfers walk down to catch the waves . I painted this track a while ago and recently added a surfer to this painting. I put it into Seaview Gallery at Moffat beach and someone bought it just before Christmas. They must love this place as much as I do. To see more of my beachscapes click here.
