Have Dogs, Will Travel

I've just had the pleasure of reviewing an intriguing new range of watercolours, intriguing because they are vegan - no animal products. The palette is quite unusual in that it's very organic, ...

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 From our room with a view Largo di Torre Argentina We recently had the good fortune to spend three days in Rome staying in a delightful suite overlooking the ruins in Largo di Torr...

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 Linocut 10 cm x 13cm One of my favourite things about going home to Australia is to see the pelicans at Patonga.  Well it won't be long now but in the meantime I've made this two plat...

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Sometimes you'll hear New Zealanders claiming they are as happy as a 'box of birds'.  Well I'd be as happy as a Barrel of Birds if I owned this.

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Ponte Vecchio Shops As always I took my sketching gear to Florence last week.  As always I spent more time in art shops than actually making art. I did manage to take a few photos so t...

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Black Cap These sketches are in my Stillman & Birn 9" x 12" Delta Series sketchbook.  The ivory paper and spiral binding don't make for easy scanning. Jay You've probably been wo...

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Watercolour postcard - 3 Quai Voltaire, Paris (featuring Sennelier's new Forest Green) As I was leaving for Paris last June, I received a box of Sennelier's new formula watercolours .  ...

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Butcherbirds - watercolour This watercolour was painted for Poppy who has been hand-feeding Butcherbirds and Kookaburras at his home in Queensland for years.  Now for some reason his But...

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 DERMOTT  A.K.A. TERREMOTO FEBRUARY 2000 - JULY 2012         ENDLESSLY LOVED.

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Egyptian Goose Step - 22 x 30cms Gouache on Khadi paper The geese were developed from my watercolour sketch: I have a passion for  Egyptian Geese but have only seen them at an agric...

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 Sennelier's new l'Aquarelle Honey-Based Watercolours In December 2010 I participated in some blind tests of watercolours for the famous French artist's colour manufacturer, Sennelier .  A...

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What a month June is for birthdays!  This year I've been painting cards for people I love. Gouache & Brush Pen Acrylic & Brush Pen Solar Plate Etching One of these birthdays took...

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A while back I was fed up with my tight, fiddly work, so I pinned some very big pieces of paper to an easel and went to work with charcoal or Chinese ink. Putting my shoulder into it felt extreme...

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Watercolour 27.5 x 18.5 cm Since I've been in a bit of an artistic slump of late, I've been tidying my studio.  I found this watercolour, abandoned two years ago, so decided to finish it.�...

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This time last year I was embarking on the Every Day in May Challenge   which originated through the Every Day Matters EDM Group, it was a fantastic thing to do and I made lots of new artist fri...

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My growing desire to incorporate pattern in my paintings has led me back to Gustav Klimt .  I've always loved his art but there are amazing design treasures to be found in the detail of his pict...

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Watercolour & Gouache 35 x 35 cm I love a gift of flowers and the beautiful yellow tulips we received on HWEM's birthday had to be painted.  They say yellow flowers are the most difficult ...

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Annie McMahon's sublime Sydney studio I've been wanting to try solar plate etching using photopolymere plates ever since I acquired some of Wendy Shortland's Quirky Artist beautiful and in...

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Fishermen's cottages beneath the headland at Patonga. I had a little surprise when I started to add water to my pen sketch prior to painting with watercolor. Non waterproof ink. It's been ...

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Is it just a weakness or a disease when one keeps adding more colours to a travel palette?  Maybe it's insecurity: what if I need my manganese blue?  It could be a case of conspicuous consumpti...

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 Sennelier Watercolours in John Pike Palette A while back Sennelier gave me some of their beautiful art supplies for helping out with some colour tests.  The generous sized tubes of waterc...

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Robin on Toast - 24 x 30cms oil on panel Impossible to photograph this at the moment and it's a little large for the scanner so the scan is a little soft.  But I haven't posted any work fo...

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Watercolour on Bristol Board 24 x 16cms Anyone wondering when I'm going to get sick of robins?  I'm still experimenting with watercolour on different grounds.  Bristol board loves graphite...

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Robins - 18 x 18cms transparent watercolour on gold acrylic ground Exploring abstraction and still obsessed with gold grounds.  Finally settled on a combination of abstract and figurative ...

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Volare - acrylic on paper 38 x 28cm

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