Krampus Legend

Krampus Acrylics, pearls, texture mediium - 60 cms x 40 cms

Krampus tradition on 5th December evening is a much anticipated event frightening the children & amusing adults for hundreds of years in Europe. While Krampus punishes misbehaving children, rattles the chain and swats them with a whip out of Birch twigs & even may put them into a bag and hauls them into hell..so the legend goes. His saintly counterpart St Nicholas, rewards them with fruit, nuts & sweets.

Aftermath of Bushfire

 Aftermath of Bushfire     Watercolour 38 x 28 cms
After the bushfire swept through, the resilience of the gum trees and nature is utterly amazing. The Gum trees with their trunks ¾ burn out and hollowed come alive, they sprout new branches and leaves, from burnt cinders  the grass trees shoot their helms and the Waratahs  make their wonderful appearance. (the little red blobs in the bushes). It is a wonder of nature.

Spray of Blue

Spray of Blue, Watercolour 38 x 28 cms
I received a beautiful card which had stems of blue in a vase.
I loved it, it gave me the inspiration sorely lacking lately, to paint it. Now the question remain what flower is it? Delphinium, Liliac, Wisteria, Jacaranda?

A scene from Orange NSW, Australia

Watercolour 38 x 28 cms - A scene from Orange NSW
A friend sent me this photo which, with its red Japanese Maple trees & the water lilies somehow asked to be painted. I possibly did not do justice to the glorious photo, but at least I had a go at it.

 

Wiesenblumen

 It started as 37 x 28 cms watercolour  - Wiesenblumen -  Meadow, a field of poppies & wild flowers

What a disaster, eventually I tore the painting and salvaged only this small long segment which I felt would do as an odd-shaped Card.

Magnolia

Magnolia Watercolour 26 x 29 cms
I painted similar Pic years ago in Maria B Painting Loft. 
An acquittance of mine fell in love with the Magnolia from all the photos in my Gallery and as I really needed to return a favour I sat down and tried to replicate the original painting but on a larger scale. It took days and lots of frustration to go with it. I hope she’ll be happy with it.

Watercolour 25 x 20 cms,  Banksia Marginata  

                                   
Walk in the Woods Watercolour 28 x 38 cms
To break the "painting block" I've decided to go back and paint what gives me most joy ... 

the gum trees and their ever amazing variety and shapes.

 Watercolour 33 x 28 cms.. Roses and Baby Breath

Thredbo River on the Way to Perisha

Watercolour 30 x 38 cms...not enough white sparkle and that poplar (which b.t.w. was there) is like a sore thumb....

Australian Bushland

Watercolour 30 x 38 cms
Australian Bushland with gum trees. Tried a different approach, painting segments of the scene, observing negative space to achieve more loose effect.

Australian Natives

Australian Natives Acrylics, crackle medium, free design.
For the 1st time in about 2 months I have at long last picked up a brush. Somehow lost my confidence & motivation ... and possibly painting flowers I love can get me going again.