caring about 2 figs

Posted on 1 August 2011 by sgolding

I drew some lush ripe figs on a tablecloth at a winery in the Adelaide hills at lunch with friends.  A lovely afternoon and a nice little watercolor on rough watercolorpaper about the size of an A4 sheet

and this was reworked in oil on linen on a large square format canvas, with overlayering of luscious colour and overglazing.  It is pictured here in another friend’s (who bought it) home on a dark wall, making it opalesce out.

 

I can’t remember the dimensions exactly but it is around 170cm by 170 cm.  Another friend liked it so much she commissioned a similar piece on a smaller scale, which I titled “the not so big figs”.

 

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freeing a drawing to the child

Posted on 1 August 2011 by sgolding

or at least donating it to a worthy cause to aid children in need. In 2009 I did a watercolour/ink and pencil drawing of the You Yangs from Drysdale Cemetary (50 cm by 65 cm) and donated it to the … Continue reading →

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the swinging baton….

Posted on 31 July 2011 by sgolding

Elizabeth sang with the Victoria Chorale for a few years and I watched and listened to performances with sketch book in hand, pencil gliding in something not quite resembling the beat across the pages.  Val Pyers was the conductor, a facinating charismatic presence impassioned by music and bringing music to life..

and the results…valconducting  included capturing the mid show chat about the music..valmidshowchat

 

 

 

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a languid Guest

Posted on 29 July 2011 by sgolding

my archibald entry of 2010 was a portrait of the Hon. Paul Guest QC, a retired Family Court Judge and a three time olympian.  The image is of him seated in a chair with a languid physical presence.  That’s the subject laid out.  The surface of the painting is highly worked in textured paint, overlayering and then glazed to emphasise surface and unite the whole.  It didn’t make the Archibald short list but was shown in the “Hidden Faces of the Archibald” exhibition in 2010.  Here’s a photo from the exhibition of subject with painting, which I feel shows the key aspect of a portrait, resemblance is there.  It is also a thoroughly modernist painting in execution with the emphasis on forms and surface.

A Languid Guest 2010 (Oil on linen)

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