Art and Abart

Post Turtle Our beloved Prime Minister a Post Turtle? Well that is what he has been called in response to the news this weekend that he ...

Jugs, some hibiscus and a fairy Before I can decide if a painting is finished or not, especially a larger work, I need to have it up on...

The Australian Chamber Orchestra has released a new CD - The Four Seasons . Why would you want another four seasons CD you ask yourself? Wel...

Ophelia : ... To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day, All in the morning betime, And I a maid at your window, To be your Valentine. ...

Tapestry portrait of Chuck Close Art, like music, is best consumed live. That was my thought yesterday at the Chuck Close exhibition at...

Shedding bark Shed bark Some Australian gum species shed their bark in summer.  They become works of art as the bark peels off and l...

Nature is extraordinary and can keep children occupied for hours and hours. Dug up from the beach and brought home carefully in salt wa...

Painting the pot plants When I paint in public people come and look over my shoulder. I am always surprised how many of them tell me, ...

Warwick Fyfe as Falstaff Warwick Fyfe is an Australian baritone who stepped in at the last moment and sang the part of Alberich at the...

I painted some more nectarines, this time white fleshed fruit. They were in a wooden bowl that my father made.  The fruit had really da...

"This is the real painting," said the nine year old with some amazement, looking at the pop art on the walls of the Art Gallery...

This large visitor to my garden built its web high over the back path last week but the web was not high enough as today I found the spide...

I have always liked painting glassware and the Squirrel painting inspired me to continue with the glass theme . These two 'jug and gla...

My Hibiscus painting  was not painted from the heart, or at least, not from the beginning. Its various iterations have been recorded on ...

I was reminded of Michael Taylor when I put lettering on the Hibiscus painting (last post), because it was he who taught me the technique. M...

before  The Hibiscus painting has started to change (again). The vase was so lonely there on it's green shelf so I added an oil-st...

Glass squirrel 26x 51 cm (10" x 20") Acrylic on Canvas Many years ago I gave my mother a smokey glass squirrel. It sat on he...

View over to the Palm Beach headland, the most northern tip of Sydney. Sppplosh! The turquoise water that turns pale green as it for...

Peaches and glass bowl Acrylic on Canvas 26 x 51 cm (10" x 20")

It is the season to ... contemplate be laid back be laid be  Have a Happy Christmas and may we all be on our perches this ti...