Blog: fine art
My Holiday Moments – Discovering Art and Artists
Why I haven’t been in my studio 🙂 Well, I started my holiday with an overnight stay in Brisbane to be sure e weren’t held up on the Bruce Highway before our early morning flight to Darwin. It was such a bonus to discover that the Monet in Paris Exhibition was opening that week, just…
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Exploring Watercolour Pencils
I have used watercolour pencils before when on holidays. No mess, easy to pack, travel well, and easier for traveling than the wet watercolour palette box. I’ve always loved sketching, so the sketching aspect appeals to me, especially being able to hone in on detail. They can also be used with a shading technique to…
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Wintery Mists Rising
So, so happy to be a selected exhibiter in the ‘Solstice’ Exhibition opening today, Saturday 1st July, at Aspire Gallery. A themed exhibition featuring artists from around Australia. My artwork: Wintery Mists Rising – 91.4cms square, and is painted on custom-made beautiful stretched Belgian linen. Painted from my own photos when on a sunrise drive…
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Lazy, Hazy Summertime
Lazy, Hazy Summertime – acrylic on stretched linen 61 cm (Width) x 91.5 cm (Height) x 3.5 cm (Depth). Created from a phone photo while taking a late afternoon walk in the Dandenongs while holidaying down there. Some images of the work in progress are in a previous Blog post: 2023/04/05/wips/ A big ‘Thank You’…
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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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