Wooden Artist's Model

Painted at night, this is a late model.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Pear with Milk Jug

Jug ears, otherwise known as the pear apparent

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Manna Gum, Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

Gum up the artworks

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

House at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

The rapidly fading winter light caught me by surprise, leaving me with a half-finished painting.  I suppose that makes this a halfway house.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Portrait of a Grey-Haired Woman

Painting portraits can sometimes be a test of the grey (subject) matter.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Potato with Glass Vase

Silicon chip

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Banana on Saucer

This intergalactic fruit arrived in a flying saucer hoping to set up a banana republic.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Newham Landscape with Telephone Poles

Telephone poles: to call friends in Poland.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Derelict House with Camels Hump near Mount Macedon

This painting is hardly going to bring the house down, though the house might take care of the matter itself.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

P.S. To clear up any ambiguity in the title, the house does not, in fact, have the hump of a camel--the hump is merely a geological feature depicted in the background.

Persimmon with Porcelain Jug

Poursimmon

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Onion with Light Bulb

Bulbous

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Egg in Old Fashioned Glass

After setting up this still life, I thought I might have a crack (but thankfully both egg and glass were intact).

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Former Butcher Shop, North Melbourne

The fact this butcher shop is closed probably has much to do with the price of meat.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Paper Mill, Alphington

The rumour mill--amongst my fellow painters--had it that this building is set for demolition.  As it has had its marching papers, we thought it best, while it still stands, to get it down on paper (or canvas as it is here).

Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"

Red Pepper in Wine Glass

A Chilean red with more than a hint of pepper

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Pomegranate

English igneous rock

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Lemon with Small Glass Bottle

Squeezing yet another pun from a lemon is an uphill bottle.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Tomatoes with Biscuit Barrel

Some might say I'm prone to the occasional odd still life arrangement, but this one takes the biscuit (and evidently replaced it with tomatoes).

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Twilight, Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

Painting in the half-light took me out of my comfort zone, to an area I call--the twilight zone.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Plaster Cast: Bust of Costanza Bonarelli by Bernini

Though I've cast about for a good pun, I'm going to have to cast the idea loose.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"