Monday 31 August 2015

Apple with Torpedo Bottle

Oil painting of a red apple in front of a green flat-bottomed torpedo bottle.
On the last day of winter there was almost enough light to paint in the morning before work; almost, that is, but not quite enough to properly observe my daubs in the gloom.  Damn the torpedoes, I said to myself, and carried on regardless.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Friday 28 August 2015

Wednesday 26 August 2015

Mandarine with Old Fashioned Glass

Oil painting of a mandarine beside an old fashioned glass.
There once was a green mandarine,
Whose ripeness was yet to be seen.
But once season progressed,
Came an orangey zest,
Which is hardly rare but routine.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Tuesday 25 August 2015

Lime with Milk Jug

Oil painting of a lime beside a white porcelain milk jug.
A milk jug sharing both the limelight and the lime shadow.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Monday 24 August 2015

Sauce Jug with Banana

Oil painting of a blue porcelain sauce jug beside a banana.
Subjugated fruit playing second banana.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Friday 21 August 2015

Miniature Vase with Tomato

Oil painting of a red tomato next to a small white and red Chinese-style vase.
This vase came into my possession via my aunt, but it isn't an heirloom because it's only on loan.  Correspondingly, this tomato came into my possession via the fruit shop, but it isn't an heirloom either.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Wednesday 19 August 2015

Onion with Earthenware Jar

Oil painting of a brown onion beside a two-tone earthenware jar.
Onions are brown, stoneware is brown; my poems are short and rarely profound.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Tuesday 18 August 2015

Miniature Vase with Red Grapes

Oil painting of a miniature white and blue porcelain vase beside a small bunch of red grapes.
Yet another unremarkable painting of this miniature vase, but at least I tried raisin' the bar by attempting a bunch of grapes (whilst evidently lowering the pun bar significantly).

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Monday 17 August 2015

Pink Rose with Copper Pot

Badly executed oil painting of a pink rose beside a small copper pot.
Having successfully rendered this copper pot on many occasions, I naively assumed that further success was almost copper-bottomed.  But alas, this painting has conspicuously failed to come up roses, particularly the rose bit.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Sunday 16 August 2015

Apple with Blue Vase

Oil painting of a red apple beside a light blue vase with a picture of a yacht.
Apples are red, vases are blue; subject, of course, to judicial review.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Friday 14 August 2015

Thursday 13 August 2015

Plaster Cast Study

Oil painting of a plaster cast of a young man's head and neck on a plinth.
I've painted this plaster cast, and indeed each of the plaster casts possessed by the Victorian Artists Society, many many times (they are particularly good preparation for life-model work); it is almost no exaggeration to call it a cast of thousands.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Wednesday 12 August 2015

Tuesday 11 August 2015

Carrot in Cider Glass

Oil painting of a carrot in a cider glass with a green background.
It seems I'm stuck for a pun concerning this carrot--no wonder they call it carrot and stick.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Sunday 9 August 2015

Lyttleton Street from Old Castlemaine Gaol

Oil painting of a red brick church and spire with palm trees in the foreground and distant hills in the background.
For the final day of the Victorian Artists Society paint-out we visited the pen and broke out the paints.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Saturday 8 August 2015

Lyons Street, Newstead, Victoria

Oil painting of a street scene with a double-storey Victorian building on a corner and several parked cars in the middle ground.
I turned up late to the Victorian Artists Society paint-out day and all the best painting spots were taken.  As a result, I had to stand far away from the group by myself--I was effectively an exile on main street.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 8"

Cairn Curran Reservoir, Welshmans Reef, Victoria

Oil painting of a country scene with a eucalypt in the foreground, a body of water in the middle ground, and a gravel track with distant hills in the background.
My cousin kindly gave me this canvas board so that I could attempt to paint a more panoramic view.  It's a different kind of board to the one I'm used to employing outside, so you might say I was testing the water.

Oil on canvas board, 12" x 8"

Friday 7 August 2015

Onion with Mustard Jar

Oil painting of a brown onion beside a Maille Dijon mustard jar.
It seems I accidentally returned to the subject painted on the 19th of June.  It must be the onion and mustard repeating on me.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Wednesday 5 August 2015

Tuesday 4 August 2015

Garlic Clove Detail

Very small oil painting of a clove of garlic.
Only had time for a very small painting before the day drew (or painted in this case) to a clove.

Oil on canvas board, 2" x 2"

Monday 3 August 2015

Silver-Plated Egg Cup with Egg

Oil painting of a decorative silver-plated egg cup next to an egg.
This egg cup is one of a pair I recently bought from a second-hand shop, and if it looks almost too small to hold an egg, it's because of what is evidently a Lilliputian Big-Endian conspiracy: only the small end fits comfortably, thus necessitating that the would-be eater tackle the egg from the big end.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Sunday 2 August 2015

Jonquils in White Vase

Oil painting of a bunch of jonquils in a white vase on a striped tea towel.
Jonquils are what John Donne probably used to write poetry.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Saturday 1 August 2015

Lemon with Glass Vase

Oil painting of a tulip-shaped glass vase beside a large round lemon.
Lemons* are lemon, vases transparent; in the case of this fruit, the colour's inherent.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

* Yes, this is actually a lemon and not a yellow grapefruit (as painted on 18th July)