Blog: bluethumb

Afternoon Blessings
This artwork has been created from one my own photographs taken during an afternoon walk with my family in our country town Maleny. If you visit Maleny then this is the walk that starts in Coral street. This scene is just after the bridge over the Obi Obi Creek and looking on towards the path…
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Selected for Bluethumb Curations
Thank you to the Bluethumb Team for selecting my painting – The Flourishing Garden – for the Curation ‘Biophilic Design’ on February 8th 2022. It is always encouraging to receive recognition from peers. This is a beautiful collection of artworks inspired by nature. I’m so thrilled to be included. Visit @bluethumb to view the curations/biophilic-design…
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Jacarandas Heralding Summer
MY LATEST PAINTING!! Jacarandas Heralding Summer – Created from my own photo resources taken at a secluded back road in Maleny, Queensland. An artist friend organized for a few of us to visit this beautiful country road for painting the scene en plein air. The rains came though. I managed to pop over there and…
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My Entries – BluethumbArtPrize2021
Catching-up October was a busy, art-filled month for me. Finalizing this landscape took a lot of my time. My husband and I, and some of our family, attended a granddaughter’s high school art exhibition. So many amazing artworks, thought provoking, and social issues addressed, all created by the senior art students, and we were so…
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Series: Water Birds and their Environment
As the Title suggests, my new series of artworks will be water birds. Unlike some of my other bird paintings of a bird close-up, these will be portrayed within their environment, whether natural or migratory. Over the years my cameras have taken me to wetlands, beaches, rivers, and lakes, to name a few sites. I…
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