Watching

Another one in my series of Australiana wildlife. I feed 6 kookaburras every day. The families live in the gums around my home. I love their call. Hope you like.
Original for sale: also available in A3 Linen ripple prints.

Here's looking at you

Have started on a series of Australiana wildlife paintings. I just fell in love with this little guy, such a wonderful face. Just finished a Kookaburra (will post soon) and now started on a Eastern Grey Kangaroo. It is a nice change doing Australian wildlife, I think my time in the Australian Outback motivated me. Hope you like him...Original for sale and Ltd Edition prints also available in Canvas and Linen Ripple.

Elephant Walk

A dear friend of mine took this photo on a visit to the Western Plains Wildlife Park at Dubbo, NSW, Australia. I have really enjoyed painting him and will give him the finishing touches over the next few days. Pastel Original available FOR SALE 24cm x 35cm.

I also have Limited Edition Linen/Ripple, Canvas Prints and Greeting Cards of most of my Original works for sale.

Together 4 Ever

This is the pastel painting that I use as my logo on my business cards with the caption above their heads 'the eyes are the window to the soul'. I could almost feel the hair on their coats as the painting was coming to completion, they came to life! Lot's of long hours into the night and seeing the sun come up went into this one. I love these guys! You know when some paintings get you in the zone (that's what I call it) and you find it so hard to move away from it, the painting takes over, I just love that feeling....anyone else out there knows what I mean or am I a bit weird...love to hear your thoughts. Available in Ltd Edition Canvas Print, A3 Linen/Ripple Block Mounted prints and Greeting Cards.

Dingo

This is one of my commissioned work. The customer loves Dingo's and took a photo of one at a zoo and asked me to paint him. He didn't want any background, just the statement of the Dingo. I did him on Earth Red background to represent the Australian outback. Loved doing his tongue, that's when he came alive to me, you could almost hear him panting. Hope you like him too?

Tiger Tiger

Just finished this boy yesterday. He took me awhile to finish, another one that I had to put the eyes in quiet early on.When the bridge on his nose started to feel quite furry and like velvet under my touch, that's when I knew he was coming alive. He is now at the framer's and hopefully the colours for matting and frame we have chosen will do him justice. My framer's Lou and Natalie (husband and wife) are wonderful people, they have looked after me from the start, back in 1993. Whenever I have to get something framed really fast, they always come good, never fail me...it makes a lot of difference when you have that support. Hope you like him? SOLD

I'm watching

This was an absolute delight to paint, it seemed to come about real fast. I got totally lost in him. Sometimes when I paint, depending on the animal I either leave the eyes until last because of the distraction they cause me or I paint them early on.  With this wonderful animal I put the eyes in quiet early on and it was as if he came alive even before he was completed. His eyes are indeed the 'Window to the Soul'. SOLD