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| View from Point Clare |
I joined my local art group for a paint-out today but it had been so long
since I had used my portable painting kit it was lacking essentials,
like a water holder, borrowed for other projects. But I had a picnic cup
with me and there was plenty of water in the inlet we were painting.
This
is Point Clare on Brisbane Waters. As the tide receded, mangroves roots
poked out of the mud and little flying insects joined the painters.
The
foreshore is popular with walkers and today they included a long lost
work colleague who told me he is undergoing chemotherapy. I was left
looking out over the view and thinking how short our time is, each
moment to be appreciated.
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| Toi toi at the seaside in Waikanae, NZ |
The previous sheet on my watercolour block had been painted last January in Waikanae,
New Zealand. It is a view over
toi toi plants in a garden overlooking the sea
shore, painted from the top floor of a friend's house. The
weather had been so inclement, with such strong winds that it had been
almost impossible to paint outside.
Not that you would know from the
painting.
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