Oh, a bottle and some flowers. How imaginative.
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Daily painting exercises in tonal realism since February 2013; adorned with terrible puns since 2014.
Saturday, 29 March 2014
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Tomato and Glass
Ooh, I think I overdid it on the cadmium red. This tomato was well red, but not as red as this.
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Monday, 24 March 2014
Apple and Milk Jug
Apples and milk: a kindergarten delicacy. At least, it was back before anyone knew they might be lactose intolerant, or indeed before some of us were intolerant of the lactose intolerant.
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Sunday, 23 March 2014
Saturday, 22 March 2014
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Banana and Teapot
A banana moments before it was eaten, and a teapot moments before it purposefully used.
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Monday, 17 March 2014
Macadamia Nuts and Zucchini
A jar of macadamia nuts and a zucchini (or courgette as it is known to some). Didn't Prince sing a song about a little red courgette?
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Saturday, 15 March 2014
Egg and Saucepan
An egg depicted alongside the vessel of its destruction. A soft boiled egg is a perfect way to reward oneself following a morning painting.
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Tomato and Book
A tomato and a book. Two seemingly unrelated things that I'm rather fond of.
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Red Roses with Plaster Skull
Roses are red, skulls are white. I can't come out, 'cause I'm painting tonight.
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Monday, 10 March 2014
Hot Afternoon, Royal Park
Gateway to ANZAC Hall in Royal Park, Melbourne. The temperature on this day was in the high 30s (Celsius), but I managed to find a shady spot to paint.
Oil on canvas board, 7" x 5"
Oil on canvas board, 7" x 5"
Saturday, 8 March 2014
Torpedo Bottles
In terms of the good, the bad and the ugly, this painting falls very firmly into the latter category. It's an example of what happens when you paint whilst you're watching telly. I did this on a Friday night instead of going to the pub; I should have gone to the pub.
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Jar of Barley and Onion
An onion, the great kitchen staple (don't think of a giant piece of bent wire), and a jar of barley from my cousin's farm.
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
Apple and Brown Bottle
Fruit and bottles are a very common theme in my still lifes. Still lives, of course, are things led by those unfortunate enough to be inactive.
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Monday, 3 March 2014
Anvil and Power Horn
This is my great-great-great-uncle William Taylor's powder horn (made from bovine horn), painted alongside a broken anvil most likely used by Victorian Aboriginal people of the Dja Dja Wurrung language group. According to family legend, William lived in a cave in Baynton (Victoria, Australia) on what is now known as Taylor's Hill. Apparently getting back to nature was thought to be a cure for the chronic arthritis from which he suffered. The broken anvil was found by my father at nearby Pipers Creek; it was broken and disturbed from its resting place in the soil as a result of ploughing.
I've painted these two objects together as they represent--for me--the often violent colonial past of my ancestors, alongside the injured and yet resilient people they displaced.
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Sunday, 2 March 2014
Saturday Morning, Victorian Market
Victoria Market buildings on Victoria St, Melbourne. I started this painting in a what I thought was a secluded spot outside a closed pub; however, by the time I'd finished, the pub had opened and I was surrounded by people eating and drinking.
Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7"
Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7"
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