After a very busy day I found that I had no time to sit and paint, so instead I did this drawing of my son using a great Japanese ink brush/pen.
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Today's painting was drawn from a water-colour that I did a few weeks ago, I have played around with the colours and shapes to create a new mood. I quite like her attitude:
Today I sat in my courtyard and started painting the sunshine on one of the potted agave plants. The stem and leaves are very strong and structural, making for an interesting view to paint. Here is a step-by-step:
For my second daily painting, I decided to follow and intuitive colour approach, and just flow with wherever the paint took me. Once I was happy with the colour, I applied some meditative brush strokes over the top, making circles to reveal interesting textures below.
Today I am starting my commitment to complete a painting a day. My hope is to improve my skills, and work more quickly and instinctively in order to become more versatile as a painter. I have decided to paint a view of the flowering eucalyptus tree in my garden, with the sunlight filtered through the leaves. Here is a step-by-step of today's painting:
Today I met up with some of my online study buddies at the Art Gallery of NSW, to see the Archibald Prize exhibition. Look at these lovely faces! The Archibald is a prestigious prize for portrait painting. This year's winning portrait is "Penelope Seidler", by Fiona Lowry (acrylic on canvas): Displayed along with the Archibald finalists are those for the Wynne and Sulman prizes, which are landscape and genre paintings. I loved the weird and wonderful works in the Sulman prize, but my favourite from the day was a landscape painting, "Hillside Landscape" by Steve Burley. I love the colours and freedom in this painting.
I recently travelled to Paris for an art study tour with RMIT University. It was an incredible experience, and the first new work inspired from that trip is "Meditation on Giverny". Channelling the delight of visiting Monet's garden and taking time to sit to draw and appreciate the peaceful fragrant air. This is water-colour on heavy paper, 55x55cm.
I've finished creating my latest limited edition series of linocut prints. This is for a miniature print exchange and exhibition, and the sheet size is limited to 12cm x 12cm. I was inspired by the plight of rural Australia and this print is titled "Breaking the Drought". I chose vibrant yellows and oranges to represent the earth, and cooling blues for the rain. Come and visit me on Etsy.com! I will be regularly updating artworks available to own. Did you know that I worked for several years as a florist? I have a deep love of flowers and the beauty of nature and often I find that my art reflects this interest. One of my favourite artists is Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), who was a major figure in American Modernist art. Her vision for her art was based on finding the essential forms in nature, choosing to paint landscapes, flowers, and bones, which she observed around the places she lived. She observed the smallest details and painted subtle variations of color, shape, and light that brought her paintings to life. "Nobody sees a flower, really, it is so small. We haven't time - and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time. If I could paint the flower exactly as I see it no one would see what I see because I would paint it small like the flower is small. So I said to myself - I'll paint what I see - what the flower is to me but I'll paint it big and they will be surprised into taking time to look at it - I will make even busy New Yorkers take time to see what I see of flowers. ...Well, I made you take time to look at what I saw and when you took time to really notice my flower you hung all your own associations with flowers on my flower and you write about my flower as if I think and see what you think and see of the flower - and I don't." - Georgia O'Keeffe http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/okeeffe_georgia.html Here are some of her paintings. I find them breathtaking. I was lucky enough to see some of her work at the Art Gallery of New South Wales last year, her brush work is fine and precise, even across large areas of colour. |
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October 2015
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