I'm an Aussie artist, travelling and painting full time 🐨
Modern impressionism, inspired by light ✨
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My painting of the Tessellated Pavement in Tasmania, Australia.
It looks manmade but was formed 300 million years ago when the siltstone was fractured and then eroded by the ocean into these 'tiles'. It's extremely rare, found only in a few places on earth.
I find it mesmerising!
The bright colours of these two houses are what drew me to capture how they change under the dappled light. I walk past them daily to Parque México in Mexico City. While painting, I realised that the colours reflect two very common foods here in Mexico - mango and lime! 🧡💚
My oil painting of the beautiful town of Kruja in Albania.
I took the reference for this painting while the call to prayer was ringing out from the mosque, overlooked by these dramatic mountains.
A memory from last year, when I spent a wonderful 10 weeks painting in Portugal.
This included a stay on a remote cork farm near Redondo, where I painted this commission of the enchanting forest.
My oil painting of the view from Kruje Castle in Albania.
We drove to the historically important town of Krujë in the mountains near Tirana. Explored the castle and museum, ate a huge traditional meal, and drank espresso and raki while overlooking this breathtaking view.
My second try at plein air painting 😊
I accidentally set up next to a homeless person. He slept most of the time so ended up being ok company. It was very cold but the mosquitoes stayed away today!
A success - with lots of lessons - I think!
My finished painting of a bottle of Campari. I like how moody this one is. And painting that shadow with the red reflection was lots of fun. Love painting from life again!
Can report that the bottle is now empty... and was delicious 🍊
27 x 35cm, original and prints available
Summer London From Greenwich Park
I spent July living in Greenwich in London. The driest summer in 40 years, the park was turned a crispy yellow that contrasted beautifully with the deep green trees.
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Last week I shared some work in progress photos of this little painting of the view of the church from my window at dusk. Just wanted to share the finished pic!
Although I wasn't sure about the foreground leaves, I decided to leave them suggestive to keep the focus on the church.
The Tessellated Pavement in Tasmania looks manmade but it was actually formed 300 million years ago when the siltstone was fractured and then eroded by the ocean into these 'tiles'.
It's extremely rare, found only in a few places on earth.
This is my oil painting 😊
It's finished 🥰
And so, so difficult to photograph. Just can't do it justice - the camera doesn't capture how the light hits all the layers of paint to make it sparkle. Frustrating!!
The three little sketch paintings I did for a recent commission client. Exploring different ideas for the final big commissioned piece, so we can work out exactly what it will look like.
Which one would you choose?
My finished painting, "Morning Moonset, Winter On Ipanema Beach". I've been exploring how to construct a painting, and I hope you like my homage to the Impressionists. It was a fun experiment in vibrating colour and I can't wait to see where this takes my future paintings!
Chiuso a Lecce
Oil on board, 8" x 12" (20 x 30cm)
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My oil painting of the view from the hills of Paros, Greece, looking across to Naxos in golden evening spring light.
Last week I sent this painting off its new home on the other side of the world 💙
Porta San Biaggio, a magnificent baroque-style gate to the historic centre of Lecce.
I love walking through this arch on a predinner walk in search of an aperitivo!
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I love it when prints of my Aussie paintings head to homes all over the world - I hope it brings some sunshine to expats missing the land down under this Christmas 🐨🌞💚
This painting of rainy London headed off to its new home last week!
I'm so happy to give a little slice of home to a UK expat missing London. I sure know the feeling.
Painting all those raindrops was worth it!
"London Rain In The Headlights", 50 x 35cm, £940 ❤️ SOLD
Yellow boats on the shores of Lake Ohrid, Pogradec.
Oil on board, 30x20cm
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This is the wonderful garden in Frida Kahlo's blue house, Casa Azul. I embarked on a painter's pilgrimage to visit her museum in Mexico City. I loved capturing the contre-jour shadows and how the sunlight illuminates the lush leaves.
The reflection of the statue across the pond, under those huge dinner-plate-like lily pads is so strikingly beautiful - and, frankly, a huge painting challenge that I couldn't resist.
My finished oil painting of Sydney Harbour, Australia!
I loved capturing those big, bold shapes and the contrasting blues/yellows/greens. An unusual composition that caught my eye while walking along the waterfront on a warm but overcast day just after Christmas.
My oil painting, "Ponte 25 de Abril", of Lisbon's 25th April Bridge, looking across the Tagus (Tejo) River towards the Cristo Rei Christ Statue.
I lived in Portugal for 10 weeks earlier this year, and it was spectacular!
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Summer 2022!
Wonderful times spent in Crete, England, Albania and Italy. I hope I've captured at least part of the beauty of these special places!
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Frida Kahlo's house in Mexico City is named "Casa Azul". I embarked on a painter's pilgrimage to visit her museum, which was fascinating and inspiring. I found this tree's sculptural shape and its eccentric shadow striking against the blue walls of her garden.
The long evening shadows over the pond in Buenos Aires' botanical gardens parted at just the right spot so that this lone lotus flower was illuminated so beautifully.
I'm back in the UK and have been welcomed with lots of lovely grey skies and rain! To celebrate, I painted this little rainy scene. There's something very beautiful about the muted colours of London in its default rainy state.
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Initially, it was the vibrant buildings and shape of that wonderful tree that caught my eye for this composition. But I quickly noticed the three women, waiting and people watching in this beautiful square in Oaxaca - I wonder what their stories are.
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My finished plein air painting from the Buenos Aires Botanic Garden. It was an overcast afternoon with no shadows, but I still had to contend with rapidly changing light. Loved capturing those autumnal colours and subtle tonal shifts.
30x24cm, available
Chiesa di San Matteo, Lecce
Oil paint on panel, 8"×12" (20×30cm)
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Lake Ohrid, Albania
Those misty mountains across the lake are in North Macedonia!
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This bright orange house in Mexico City always has interesting shadows cast across it. How lucky was I that my blue-hatted model photobombed! Those contrasting colours, with the searing sunshine, made for a wonderfully intriguing, yet simple, subject. I wonder where he's off to?
This sculpture lives in a beautiful pond in Buenos Aires' botanical gardens. The way the sun was hitting it in the late afternoon was so ethereal - it's all about the light!
These four original oil paintings of Lecce, Italy, have just gone live on my website!
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My finished painting of an Argentinian Malbec that was particularly delicious 🍷 Painting this from life was so rewarding, and I loved capturing all of the tones and colours in the glass. I hope you think I pulled it off!
27 x 35cm, original and prints available
I've been suffering from a creative block over the past week.
Finally back behind the easel!
This doesn't look like much, yet - but it will be a misty mountain scene when I'm done with it!
Any guesses what my painting is of?
I've eliminated the horizon line to purposely disorientate and remove a sense of scale. Makes the painting a bit abstract and intriguing, I think.
My oil painting of the view out the car window on the drive from Tirana to Korça, Albania.
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My last painting in Australia is of a beautiful summer morning in the Victorian Alps.
I spied this tree on a walk in the mountains in January. Even though it was summertime it was eerily cold and misty!
The details of the trees melting into the mist is captivating and peaceful.
Loving capturing that soft morning light making the trees sparkle 💫
Work in progress of my big 150x50cm painting of the view from Mittagong's Mount Gibraltar. Hoping to have the whole painting done before Christmas!
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