Australia
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Australia
Who dosen`t love robots? / Even if they do go on the occasional destructo-beam rampage.. I`ve been dying to get back to fun stuff, and there`s nothing more fun than getting messy with a little robot destruction.. Pencil, Illustrator, spray paint & a stick.
This is a tribute of sorts, although she`ll never see it. / No meaning, no message, just thoughts… Line art only because I think it suits, and colour would give it too defined an edge for a t-shirt. Hope you enjoy.. Pencil & paper, Photoshop and a bunch of hours. Print variation here
Pastel on sanded paper (burgundy Colourfix) 70cm x 50cm This is a pastel painting. I was intrigued with the way the light was glinting on the raindrops on these eucalyptus leaves after a brief shower (which really did nothing to relieve the drought)!!!! Featured in the group ‘Works on Paper’ – Dec 2008 / Winner of the ‘True Colours’ Challenge and featured in the Contemporary Pastel Painters group – March 2009 / Featured in the Australia! You’re Standing In It group – June 2009 / Featured in Creative Cards – July 2009 / Winner of the ‘Something Unusual’ challenge in the Contemporary Pastel Painters group
Pastel on Colourfix Paper (Burgundy) 50cm x 35cm My son and nephew on a camping trip on the Darling River near Wentworth. I made them sit in the rain (it DOES rain sometimes!) while I sat in the comfort of the tent and sketched! Featured in the Country Bumpkin group – January 2009 / Featured in Australia, You’re Standing in It / Featured in Rural Around the Globe / Featured in Impressionist Art – October 2009
Pastel on Sanded Colourfix Paper – (Terracotta) 70cm x 50cm This is another work from the Goulburn River series, (near Seymour, Victoria, Australia). The challenge was to capture the look of the shallow water near the river bank, whilst also giving the viewer the feeling of distance. This painting was sold recently and it has gone to Poland! Challenge Winner for the Reflections – Still Waters Run Deep challenge in the Landscape group – Feb 2009 / Featured on RedBubble homepage – 28/2/09 / Challenge Winner in the Mother Nature Challenge in the ‘Real’ Life Art group – April 2009
Pastel on Colourfix Sanded Paper (Burgundy) – 70cm x 50cm This is another in the series of paintings I did along Hughes Creek at Tarcombe, Victoria, Australia. This is such a beautiful and isolated area! ‘Good Morning Billy Hill’ is the name of the hill in the far distance. I had an energetic climb to my vantage point at around 7.00 a.m. on the most glorious, warm, clear morning. There was a slight mist around. It was a ‘great to be alive’ day! Featured in Mornings & Evenings’ group – June 2009 / Featured in Creative Cards – July 2009
Pastel on Colourfix sanded paper (burgundy) – 50cm x 35cm My first painting completed in 2009! Apollo Bay is a beautiful fishing village along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. We spend a week there each year, and it is nearly time for us to head back there again. The harbour is really beautiful at dusk. I did a couple of colour sketches sitting on the edge of the harbour on this balmy summer evening, just as the lights were starting to come on. I also took some photos for later reference. Featured in the Realist Paintings About Water Group – January 2009 / Finished in the Top 10 of the Painters in Modern Times group challenge ‘The Magic of the Evening’ – January 2009 / Featured in the Painters in Modern Times group – January 2009 / Featured in the Going Coastal group – Feb 2009 / Featured in the Contemporary Pastel Painters group – March 2009 / Featured in the Creative Cards group – July 2009 / Featured in Hand Painted or Drawn Art of Happiness & Joy – August 2009 ORIGINAL PAINTING SOLD at Kilmore Art Expo – March 2009
Pastel on sanded Colourfix paper (burgundy) 25cm x 35cm (Note for the Finger Painting group – this was blended with my fingers)! Just a small study at Marengo Beach, near Apollo Bay, Victoria, just after sunrise. Challenge Winner – ‘Open Sea’ in the Realist Paintings About Water Group – January 2009 / Challenge Winner – ‘Sunrise/Sunset’ in the Mornings & Evenings, Sunbeams & Storms Group – January 2009 / Featured in the SEA group – February 2009 / Featured in the Colour me a Rainbow group – May 2009
Pastel on Colourfix paper (burgundy) – 70cm x 50cm Looking across the valley of the property where we live on a cool, misty, moisty morning in winter. Featured in the Landscape Group – January 2009
Pastel on Canson paper (grey) / (Painted entirely with soft pastel and blended with fingers) The reference for this painting was a black & white photo of a pastel by Janet Cumbrae-Stewart (1883 – 1960). She was my husband’s great aunt.. She studied at the National Gallery School under Fred McCubbin and L. Bernard Hall, before winning a scholarship to study at the Paris Salon. She spent most of her life in Europe and her paintings of nudes are much sought after. There is a very good article about her in the book ‘Australian Women Artists’ by Janine Burke, and a number of other books have been written about her. My husband can remember her painting his portrait when he was a child, and we have several of her paintings that have been handed down through the family. I did this painting quite a few years ago before I had access to a life drawing group! There was no shawl in the photo, so I pinned up a blue table cloth in my studio so I could get the effect of a shawl. Resourceful people sometimes aren’t we? Featured in the Woman Appreciation Group – February 2009 / Featured in the Contemporary Pastel Painters Group – March 2009 / Finished in the Top 10 of the Orange/Blue complementary colours challenge in the Painted Ladies group – June 2009 / Featured in the Best of group – Sept, 2009 / Featured in Feminine Intent – Sept 2009 / Featured in Mature Woman – Oct 2009 / FEatured in Art at It’s Best – Nov 2009
AudioHive / For the sound competition.. I sat and thought about sound, what it is, what it means. Our attraction to sound is primal, as universal as the world itself. / It has structure and body, with no definable form. It can be all things, / natural, mechanical & electric. Sound brings us together, forms and strengthens communities. So this design is a visual representation of those thoughts.. I hope you enjoy it. Details can be seen: / here / and here NOTE: I`ve uploaded 2 different colourways for this design, which I normally wouldn`t do, but both speak / of something to do with my concept. Let me know which you think is the better entry? and if you like it enough, please throw a vote my way
AudioHive / For the sound competition.. Printed sample of AudioHive natural shown here, thanks to Ruby red: / I sat and thought about sound, what it is, what it means. Our attraction to sound is primal, as universal as the world itself. / It has structure and body, with no definable form. It can be all things, / natural, mechanical & electric. Sound brings us together, forms and strengthens communities. So this design is a visual representation of those thoughts.. I hope you enjoy it. Details can be seen: / here / and here NOTE: I`ve uploaded 2 different colourways for this design, which I normally wouldn`t do, but both speak / of something to do with my concept. Let me know which you think is the better entry? And if you like it enough please throw a vote my way
Pastel on Colourfix paper – 70cm x 50cm I finished this painting late last year, and thought it was an appropriate RedBubble ‘upload’ given the events of the past week in Australia. It is symbolic of the Aussie spirit and the knowledge that the bush, and the people who dwell in the beauty of the Australian bush, will regenerate! I have entered this painting in a few art shows since I finished it last November, and it has won me four awards! The next art show I have entered it in is at Kilmore, which is a bit spooky, because that is where the intial fire that demolished Kinglake, Flowerdale and the Marysville area commenced. Many Australian eucalypts are dependent on fire to regenerate. This painting depicts the leaves and their ‘gumnut’ seeds from the ‘Ironbark’ species of eucalypt which are prolific on the 40 acre property where I live. The People’s Choice – Ruffy Art Show – Nov. 2008 / The Viewer’s Choice – Art by the Lake at Nagambie – Dec 2008 / The People’s Choice – Strathbogie Art Show – Jan 2009 / Highly Commended – Kilmore Art Expo – March 2009 / Placed in the Top 10 of the Painters in Modern Times ‘Green’ Challenge – May 2009 / Featured in the Painter’s in Modern Times group – May 2009 / Featured in The Best of – August 2009 SOLD from the Old Courthouse Gallery, Seymour – July 2009 It is now August, so quite awhile since I uploaded this image. I received a call yesterday from the person who bought it. They explained that when they saw it in a local gallery they just HAD to have it because it reminded them of how the bush was before the fires, and gave them hope that it will ‘regenerate’ again. On further conversation I discovered that the buyer was from Kinglake, and she had sat in her dam on February 7th and watched her home and everything she owned go up in smoke!!!! She is rebuilding, and has a special spot in her new home for this painting.
Pastel on Colourfix paper – 50cm x 35cm Another example of my fascination with water! The Howqua River runs through the area known as the High Country which is in the Mansfield area of Northern Victoria. I did this painting (and a few others) during a camping trip a couple of years ago. The time of day here is late afternoon/early evening. The Howqua area is another truly beautiful part of Australia. Featured in the Rural Around the Globe group – Feb 2009 / Featured in Realist Paintings about Water group – Feb 2009 / Featured in Creative Cards – July 2009 / Featured in First Things group – July 2009
The right music, at the right time can take anyone away. For those who recognise this, let`s just say it`s a long story. / But it`s back, It`s better than the original version (in my opinion), and I`m happy to be able to have it here, it`s one of my favorite pieces. wall art version here Hope you enjoy.
Pastel on Colourfix paper – 70cm x 50cm / (Painted entirely with soft pastel and blended with fingers) Late afternoon light made the reflections very clear and strong in this creek not far from my home near Seymour, Victoria. Featured in the ‘Best of’ group – May 2009 / Featured in the Works on Paper group – July 2009 / Featured in the Australia! You’re Standing in It! group – July 2009 / Featured in Realist Paintings About Water – July 2009
Pastel on Colourfix sanded paper – 70cm x 50cm This is the Howqua River near Sheepyard Flat, not far from Mansfield in northern Victoria. Peter, my husband, and I had the most wonderful camping trip here a couple of years ago which resulted in several paintings. I have been yearning to return ever since! This is my favourite time of day for artwork – late afternoon/early evening! Featured in Realist Paintings about Water’ group – June 2009 / Featured in the FEATURED ONLY group – June 2009 / Featured in Creative Cards – August 2009 / Featured in Live & Let Live – August 2009 / Featured in Imaginative Realism – November 2009
Pastel on Canson paper (brown – smooth side) I thought I’d ask my Redbubble friends because I’m coming very close to ‘overworking’ this!!! Is she finished? She started as a life drawing scribble which I was very happy with, but now I am full of doubt as to whether it is really working as a painting. Featured in the Artistic Nude Group – June 2009 / Featured in ‘Buyer’s Club’ – Oct 2009 / Placed 2nd in Nude on Paper Challenge in Works on Paper – Oct 2009
Pastel on Colourfix paper (burgundy) 70cm x 50cm The lichen growing on the trunk of this tree intertwined with the bark colours for some reason just reminded me of ‘tapestry’! This is a ‘red gum’ eucalypt growing in the cleared area at the bottom of our property and I pass it each day on my morning walk. Featured in ‘Realist Traditional Art’ – July 2009 / Featured in Hand Drawn or Painted Art of Happiness & Joy – July 2009
Pastel on Colourfix paper – 70cm x 50cm A walk on the beach on a warm summer morning at about 6.00 a.m. revealed these amazing clouds and colours. There was absolutely not another soul around, so I had the opportunity to sit undisturbed and make colour notes as well as take a few photos for later reference. Note: for George Sanderson – your birds have migrated!!!!! Featured in Creative Cards – August 2009 / Featured in Realist Traditional Art – August 2009 / Top 10 in What Makes you Feel Alive challenge in Live & Let Live – August 2009 / Featured in Mornings & Evenings, Sunbeams & Storms, Sept. 2009*
Pastel on Colourfix sanded paper (Terracotta) – 70cm x 50cm I did this pastel painting in 2006 after a camping trip to Hughes Creek which is in the Tarcombe area of Northern Victoria. A huge thunderstorm came across and gave us a good soaking!!!! I was captivated by the starkness of the dead tree against the darkness of the navy blue sky. I was greatly honoured when this painting was acquired by a water company – (the Goulburn Catchment Management Authority) to present as an award. Featured in the ‘Realist Paintings about Water group – September 2009 / Featured in Country Victoria (Australia – Nov 2009 / Featured in Impressionist Art – Nov 2009
Pastel on Colourfix paper – (white tinted with pale blue acrylic) – 70cm x 50cm This is another of my ‘up close and personal’ bush paintings. I was attracted by the lichen and the atmosphere of the late evening. Featured in Creative Cards – Sept 2009 / Featured in Realist Traditional Art – Sept 2009
Pastel on Colourfix paper (burgundy) 35cm x 50cm Another of my series of paintings depicting the Howqua River in north-east Victoria, Australia. Featured in ‘Buyer’s Club’ – Oct 2009
Pastel on Colourfix paper (burgundy) 70cm x 50cm Late afternoon shadows mingling with a multitude of warm colours among the trees was what drew my attention to this scene. Dysart is an area close to Seymour and beyond those trees lies the Goulburn River.
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