Walk through the Gum trees

Walk through the Gum trees,  Watercolour 28 x 38 cms

Drought Stricken Land - Australia, jindebyne

This painting was an attempt at conquering that expensive WC "blotting" paper which lost all its sizing....if I were smart I wld chuck it!

Watercolour. Jindebyne Barry Way, the land is so dry, wispy grasses and the little bilabongs with none or little remaining "puddles".

Lemons and Hibiscus

Oil Lemons & Hibiscus... It was a struggle but I persevered. My parents divided their paintings between my brother and myself. My brother scored it .... so after much hesitation I decided to paint it for myself.

Bushfire Afterglow

Bushfire Afterglow 38 x 28 cms

Acrylics, Mixed media, texture paste, glass beads and river sand. I include the close up of the texture created. 2 close up samples of the texture created

This is an attempt at rescuing Watercolour Paper which has lost its sizing and turned into a blotting paper.... my heart bleeds to trow the gone-bad WC paper into the bin

Bush Flower Essences Box

Box for the Australian Bush Flower Essences
Jo Sonja Gouache (acrylics).
My daughter uses Bush Flower Remedies, little vials in bags are out and she now has a lovely box to put them into.

From Jindebyne to the Farm, Berry Way

Watercolour 38 x 28 cms
Berry Way from Jindebyne to the friends Farm.
Watercolour or blotting paper? The WC paper lost its sizing,.. either bin it or use for acrylics. ...
labourous effort this was.
I tried to show the dry parched country, the dire situation of severe drought in Australia, when there is so little or no food for animals, trees dying....

Wisteria

Wisteria Watercolour  
24 x 35 cms
What a feast Wisteria is for the eyes, at present flowering everywhere in Sydney.
Approx 5 years ago I painted Wisteria and put it in for an exhibition. It was appropriated by a lady who loved it. She said she did not have any money on her.
Call me naive or stupid I believed that she would turn up with the money later on, after all I was selling it for a pittance. Needless to say, she disappeared into the thin air, never to be seen again. A Lesson learned.

Winter on a farm in Jindebyne

Watercolour 38 x 28 cms
Woke up in the morning and there was stillness all around. It was snowing and the farm turned into a magical place.

Sehnsucht was einmal war

Watercoulor 44 x 34 cms Tier Garten Park Münster, Emsland Germany
Longing for the past, area where we lived for many years.

Winter Memories Emsland, Germany

Watercolour 38 x 28 cms

On the Highway to the West McDonnell Ranges South Australia

Watercolour 38 x 26 cms.

It seems like a century ago when I snapped the photo on the way to West McDonnell Ranges, South Australlia, when the creek created a little billabong after the rain and the majestic gum got "cold feet" for a day or two. I always wanted to paint this and 3 1/2 years later here it is.

Australian Natives

I have been asked by a friend to do a Folkart workshop….I know it has gone a bit out of fashion.
But, maybe if I do a free-design of Australian Natives, improvise somewhat, pour paint on white WC paper for the background & thus get rid of the white,and create and random background to compliment the natives - feel worked quite well.   Painted in Jo-Sonja acrylics (gouache), WC 300 gm paper, 25 x 38 cms.

Thredbo River Kosciuszko National Park, Australia

Thredbo River
Watercolour 38 x 28 cms...reminiscing on beautiful and memorable times spent at Thredbo in Roslyn Lodge, Painted from my photos.

Somewhere in the Alps

Somewhere in the Alps, Austria???
Watercolour 38 x 28 cms

Misty Holland

A friend of mine David allowed me to paint  his photo I admired.
Unmistakable - Holland in mist.
Watercolour  38 x 28 cms