This is a small work 20 cm on a side. The round is 13 cm across.
I took Huon pine off cuts to create the frame and then build a round as a focal point. The thinking was that a strong abstract colour form was needed for the central point.
The verdigris feel emerged

The round responds to the inside edges of the frame and segments the backplate into triangles while the outside edge is reacting to the wall it is hanging on and the straight lines of houses.

There are also strong contrasts:

in colour to rough matt timber; and

of the gloss surface of the round to the texture of the bark edge.

The work has been accepted into the Feel Good rt Prize (as one of 51 works) at Quadrant Gallery in Barkers Road Hawthorn- open now on 3 March.

A friend has collected a set of paintings over a few Small exhibitions at 45 Downstairs

he just sent me this photo of them on his piano. The different shapes and techniques are interesting. I particularly like the pierced work.

I went drawing on Sunday and did a large watercolour of the river. I was not pleased with the clarity of the vase so reworked with ink afterwards

A couple of 2022 commuter sketches from my short train journey trying to quickly capturing a moment and the posture in the drawings