Misty Holland

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

Nature Reserve, Bourtanger Marsh in Twist, Emsland, Germany

Watercolour 38 x 28 cms. Bourtanger Marsh in Twist, Emsland, Germany

The photo is from my dear late friend Werner Franke

Winter in Bayern

Watercolour 38 x 28 cms 

A wishful thinking in 38 o C

Jacarandas in McDougall Street in Kirribilli, Sydney

Jacaranda Trees in McDougall Str in Kirribilli, Sydney

Watercolour  38 x 28 cms.
This is my 2^nd painting of the stunning Jacarands trees in blossom at Kirribilli. 
I get so attached to my own artwork -  so when I gave the 1^st one away as a present, I have to simply paint another one for myself.  (No wonder my shelves are for ever filling up with “new”  paintings .

....moody, misty rainy sky

Watercolour 32 x 25 cms ..
little sky practice....moody, misty, rainy sky - imaginative landscape to complete the feel

Old Colonial Cottage at Hunters Hill, Sydney

A while back I did a heritage walk through the Hunters Hill in Sydney.
An old established area with beautiful old colonial buildings. This building was on bucket list for a while … but what a nightmare to paint.
DO NOT buy Watercolour paper in advance, do not keep it for months.
 My s.c. watercolour paper lost all sizing, it turned into a blotting paper, could not lift any pigment and if you did gently, the paper disintegrated, and bits peeled off. The same happened when I tried to remove the masking fluid.  As I painted the foliage, it simply became insipid so I improvised and have Jackarandas framing the house instead. Had to use pen and ink to finish it off and to give the painting some definition.
Through sheer stubbornness and because I really liked the drawing – an accomplishment for me, I persevered.  Should have chucked it in the bin.
Watercolour pigment on Blotting paper Size 38 x 28 cms.

Cesky Rudolec- - Czech Republic, Bohemian Canada

Watercolour 38 x 28 cms
An old dilapidated ruin of a Castle called "Mala Hluboka" in Cesky Rudolec. Somebody bought the ruin for $1 (no joke) with a premise to restore it to its old glory. It is on protection heritage list. So far only the tower has been restored and a figure of "death and a sickle" installed in to the cavity where windows once were.