Tasmania

Australian Landscapes

Re-emergence

Acrylic on Canvas

A walk through a park in Sydney took us past a burnt out area, but it was good to see green shoots making they way anew. We were in Sydney to celebrate the centenary of the Royal Australian Navy. As part of the celebrations the tall-ship Lady Nelson took part and I helped crew her back to Hobart.

 

2016

Black wood tray frame

63 x 63 cm

£1110

'Taken Dream Territory', Sydney

Taken Dream Territory

Oil pastel on black canvas board

On our walk through a park in Sydney we found an inky black pool with reflections of trees reaching down to the water.

We were in Sydney to celebrate the centenary of the Royal Australian Navy. The tall-ship Lady Nelson took part in the celebrations and I helped crew her back to Hobart.

2015

Black framed behind glass

77 x 62 cm

£1050

Prints unavailable

Golden Arch

Acrylic on canvas board

We took a boat trip round Bruny Isle in Tasmania on a windy day which made for quite a bumpy ride. The views were excellent and at one point the boat passed by an arch under colourful algae and lichen on the rocks.  It was only on my last day having a coffee with a fellow artist I discovered it was known as the golden arch.

2015

61 x 46 cm

Dark wood tray frame

£750

Hidden Water Exhibition 2015

Paintings from a solo exhibition: Hidden Water at The Nolan Gallery, Hobart. Based on hidden water including streams, coves, waterfalls and ground water. Spending time in Tasmania gave me an opportunity to exhibit using a variety of images. I enjoy the interplay of ground and foreground, textures, shapes, and spaces in-between which result in a rich tapestry of colour with an intimate look at the natural environment.

'Eden Cove', acrylic on canvas, 3' x 4' 2015

Eden

Acrylic on canvas

On the sail back from Sydney to Hobart we moored up in Eden to wait for good weather before crossing the Tasman Straits. Eden used to be known for whale hunting and is now known for whale watching and is a popular picturesque town.

I loved the turquoise clear sea in the cove with the pink rocks seen next to greenery on the cliff looking down.

The tall-ship Lady Nelson was in Sydney to celebrate the centenary of the Royal Australian Navy, and I was one of the crew, a senior deckhand, taking her home to Hobart.

2014

Acrylic on canvas

122 x 92 cm

£2000

Prints unavailable

Four small paintings, approximately 30 x 30 cm, each in a dark wood tray frame. Finished 2014 & 2015

Stalactites Reflected

Acrylic on canvas board

A floor in a lime-stone cave in Hastings, Tasmania. I loved the ridges on the cave floor formed by 100's of years build up of tiny walls of stalagmites with the reflection of stalactites reflected in the small pools.

2014

Dark wood tray frame

38 x 48 cm

£620

'Baku Orange Pool', oil on canvas, 2014, 60 x 46cm

Baku Orange Pool

Oil on canvas

Found on a very hot and humid walk through Baku National Park in Sarawack, Borneo, Malaysia. Minerals had coloured the water a deep orange contrasting with the surrounding lush verdant greenery.

2014

Dark wood tray frame

61 x 46 cm

£650

Prints unavailable

 

'Pebbles in Clear Water'

Forest Stream Pebbles

Oil on canvas

A close up of richly coloured pebbles in a beautifully clear forest stream in the Huon Valley, Hastings Caves, Tasmania.

2014

107 x 82 cm

Unframed canvas

£1800

Prints unavailable

Forest Tributary

Oil on paper

Part of a small stream leading into Dove Lake in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania. Though I feel it could be almost anywhere in the world with ferns, water and pebbles.

2014

Dark tray frame

56 x 75 cm

£925

 

Forest Stream, Tasmania

Dapples on Forest Stream

Oil on canvas

Part of a small stream leading into Dove Lake in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania. I created a soft look by filtering out highlights on the water giving an abstract feel to the painting.

2014

Unframed

122 x 92 cm

SOLD

 

Prints unavailable

 

'Boulders : Malaysian Rivulet' Tempura on paper, 73 x 56cm,

Sunlight on Boulders

Gouache on board

Captured during an extremely hot & humid walk in a small forest near Kuala Lumpur. I loved the dappled light on the mossy lichen covered rocks and the dazzling light on some of the rocks wet with clear fresh water.

2014

Unframed

56 x 73 cm

£920

 

Prints unavailable

 

Jewel Exhibition, Nolan Gallery, Hobart, 2013

Paintings from a trip up to the Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania. We took a long walk from our cabin through a richly coloured landscape, enhanced by recent rain: coral fern carpeting the ground, emerald mosses, golden button grass and an unusually clear blue sky.

Button Grass with Lone Tree (Topaz + Amethyst) - Cradle Mountain

Prints unavailable

 

Lone Tree in Button Grass

Oil on canvas

Painted in Tasmania after a walk up near Cradle Mountain. Many centuries ago it was said that Aboriginal Australians had burnt the area to help with hunting. Only button grass grew back and it covers hectares of land. It is full of tannin which must stop trees from getting a hold. The water from the springs tastes like tea!

2013

Unframed

60 x 60  cm

£750

 

Striations of Colour - Cradle Mountain

Prints unavailable

 

Striations of Colour

Oil on canvas

I loved the bands of colour leading up to Cradle Mountain in the distance. Unusually we were there one weekend when it hardly rained at all - the colours were heightened by everything being wet and blossoming in the springtime.

2013

Unframed

60 x 60  cm

£750

 

'Snow Gums in Coral Fern' Cradle Mountain, Tasmania - oil on board 35cm x 50cm 2013

Mixed media on board

2013

40 x 30 cm

Framed behind glass

£495

Snow Gums in Coral Fern

A copse of weather worn snow gums in an apricot swathe of flowering coral fern on the walk in Cradle Mountain Park.

Prints unavailable

 

Fallen and Bleached

Mixed media on canvas

2013

43 x 43  cm

Framed behind glass

£650

Fallen & Bleached

A fallen gum tree bleached over time reminisant of old bones.

Prints unavailable

 

Leaning Tree with Emerald 'Water',  oil on canvas, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, 2013. 40 x 50cm

Prints unavailable

Leaning Tree

Painted in oils on a black canvas and has a feeling of Scotland - apart from the eye-catching oranges of the coral fern against the mossy green.

Oil on canvas

2013

40 x 50  cm

Dark wood tray frame

£695

Distant trees above the Cabin

Prints unavailable

Distant Trees over the Cabin

Oil on canvas

A riot of trees flowering in the Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair reserve, Tasmania. We saw an abundance of blossom on a variety of trees, including Huon pine, celery-top pine, fagus, myrtle, sassafras and leatherwood. 

2013

Unframed

95 x 65 cm

£1110

 

Pierson's Point Exhibtion 2012

red-table

Red Table

Oil pastel on black canvas board

One of a the series of paintings of a stand of trees overlooking the Derwent, Pierson's Point, Tinderbox, Tasmania.  The battery at Piersons Point was constructed and used during WWII along with Fort Direction on the far side of the river, protecting the river mouth.

2012

Black framed with glass

77 x 62 cm

£760

Prints unavailable

Red Copse

A smaller painting in three colours mimicking a print.

Acrylic on canvas board

2012

23 x 30 cm

White frame, behind glass

£295

Dark Red Silhouette

From the Pierson's Point series, Tinderbox, Tasmania

Acrylic on paper

2016

15 x 21 cm

Framed behind glass

£225

Canopy Abstract

Pencil crayon on paper

An abstract worked up from a study of the canopy of trees at Pierson's Point. 

2012

Behind glass with wood frame

18 x 18 cm

£320

 

Eucalypt Flowers

Acrylic on paper

A sketch of eucalypt flowers found by Kelly's Steps in Salamanca, Hobart. 

2011

Behind glass with wood frame

41 x 60 cm

£195