Monday, 30 May 2011
Friday, 8 April 2011
Around Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
Around Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
Watercolour, 250 gr Arches. Size: 34 x 28 cmsI gave this painting as a present to a very good friend of mine, who has a lovely farm with a very similar setting in Jindebyne.
Roses
Watercolour, Arches 250 gr, Size 17 x 12 cms
A quick sketch, trying to "Get Loose", 20 min exercise
Winter in Schepsdorf, Lingen, Emsland Germany
Watercolour, Arches 250 gr, Size 38 x 28 cms
Colours: Paynes G, Prussian B, titch red light, Quinac.Gold, burn & raw sienna, raw umberWinter in Schepsdorf, photo compliment of Werner Franke, Lingen Schepsdorf. The original photo was without snow but various gradation of greys with twigs of remaining autumn leaves.
View from the old Gladesville Mental Hospital, Sydney NSW, Australia
Watercolour, Arches 300 gr, Size 38 x 27 cms
Such views are what Sydney is all about!
Little Background to the Gladesville Hospital:
The Gladesville Mental Hospital lies on extensive grounds stone throw away from the City with sandstone buildings and Priory. The hospital has been used to house and treat mental patients from 1915 to 1997 when it has been declared antiquated & all inpatient services were consolidated and moved to the Macquarie, North Ryde hospital.
The site has most wonderful views overlooking the harbour. It had orchards, parks, piggery, husbandary & green houses where the patients worked which gave them a sense of purpose & worth and made the hospital considerably self-sufficient.
A prime block of land, a prime location... such nowadays a rare find in Sydney.
The water is dotted with boats of all sizes from a million dollars vessel to a modest small dingy.
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