Category Archives: oil painting

Hazards Freycinet 2009 revisited

This is the drawing from a visit to Freycinet in Tasmania in 2009 which I developed into a large scale canvas.  It is a view across the mountains from the lookout above wineglass bay, in pencil, ink, wash and watercolour: … Continue reading

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Bicheno Storm front

I did an ink wash and watercolour drawing at Bicheno in 2009 called Bicheno storm front. After it sold in 2012 I was looking at the image and have been working on it on a shaped canvas, transmuting it to … Continue reading

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figs – from drawing to oil

The concept for this post is to show the progression from this drawing (about A4 size)  which was followed by a large oil based on it in a square rather than rectangular format.   in between the drawing and the big oil … Continue reading

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A transcription

In 2004/5 I started to work  on a series of paintings – transcriptions from woodblock prints by artists such as Utamaro, usually of bijinga or “beautiful women”.  I took a snap of one such painting when I saw it again in Adelaide … Continue reading

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