HAS AdHoc Exhibition

I am going to see myself "hanging" at HAS AdHoc Exhibition at Wallarobba on 28th September 2012.  Only a very minor representation on my part, mind you, but still I am chuffed. Ignore the little typo under my picture - it should read River Ems - and if you wonder where that is?  Emsland, Lingen-Schepsdorf, Germany
Ad Hoc Art Exhibition Opening Night 28/9/12 was, for me, a personal success....3 paintings sold (all "Australiana" theme).

Old Restaurant "The Bridge" in Bradford on Avon

Watercolour & Pen & Ink,  38 x 28 cms
The inspiration for this painting was a photo from Steve Lyddon, PmP
This is an old restaurant, built in 1675 in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire

Samos, Greek Island.

Watercolour, 38 cms x 28 cms .This delightful little house caught my eyes while walking in a scorching sun through Samos narrow streets. The white painted stripe next to the house walkway is painted deliberately to stop the ants & other undesirable little beasties to enter the house.

Olympia, Greece

Watercolour, Size 38 x 28 cms
Recent visit to Greece was full of impressions and vivid memories.... it is not at all easy trying to recapture the essence, the overwhelming past glory.........

Lavender Fields

Acrylics, Size 38 x 28 cms
If I weren't so miserly, I would throw all the gone-bad watercolour paper away instead of persevering and using it for the acrylics. PmP photo by Franklin was used as an inspiration

Tulips

Acrylics, Arches 200 gr --- WC paper turned blotting paper Size 38 x 28 cms
Have a laugh, this is my attempt at semi-abstract & at using acrylics. These are meant to be be tulips .  Well I found a great use for my Watercolour paper which lost its sizing. There is no problem using it with acrylics.
I drew the design in roughly...but that all disappeared when I started applying the acrylics with a big brush and a smaller one later one to get some shapes in - so I simply improvised
In spite of this being more like a Kindergarten finger painting, I strangely enjoyed just clacking paint onto the paper, it was somehow liberating.

Ayers Rock (Uluru), Central Australia

Acrylics, Size 38 x 28 cms

Well I was determined to paint the famous landmark of Australia and also use my  watercolour paper which lost the sizing and thus rendered unusable for WC.  This is my 3rd attempt at acrylics and possibly last...I simply cannot get used to their opacity & loosing that translucence magic of WC. As I like strong tones, there is nothing in between, either straight out of tube, adding water makes them wishy washy.