Blog: @bluethumb
The Majesty of Kakadu – WIP
This is another painting inspired from my trip through the amazing Kakadu Wetlands. To view the play of light on the tranquil landscape was a wonderful experience. It is difficult to capture the feeling with the camera so interpreting my experience with paint and brush is very satisfying for me. The resource image for this…
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Strolling in Bushland
A couple walking along a track through grassy hillsides near Standley Chasm, Alice Springs, in outback Australia. Created from my own photograph resource while traveling through the Northern Territory recently.Acrylic, on stretched canvas,30.5cm (W) x 30.5cm (H) x 3.5cm (D). Ready to hang or custom frame available at Bluethumb checkout. Below: work in progress. The first…
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Summertime
This grassy/daisies/hillside painting is created from my phone snaps during a late afternoon walk at Ferny Creek, in the beautiful Dandenong’s Victoria, during our interstate holidays last Christmas. I have thoroughly loved dreaming back to that lazy summertime stroll through the pretty and happy, landscape. This artwork is Exclusive to Bluethumb Gallery. More information is…
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Tabula Rasa
I have really loved painting this sunrise. It is on beautiful stretched pure linen that has three layers of transparent primer which I have taken advantage of in my interpretation. The painting appears ‘unfinished’ as I’ve used some thin transparent acrylic layers and have left the edges of the canvas unpainted to emphasize the ‘clean…
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New Landscape Painting
An Urban Oasis I’ve painted ‘An Urban Oasis’ in my studio, and below are some photos of the work in progress. The resource was one of my graphite sketches I did last November in the gardens of the Caloundra Regional Gallery in Queensland. It was a beautiful day, sunny and inviting, and I was again…
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