Saturday 31 May 2014

Brown Bottle with Pink Flowers

An inspired subject: yet another bottle beside some flowers.  Nevertheless, it's slightly more inspired than my caption.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Friday 30 May 2014

Bowl and Mandarine

Playing with complementary colours.  They say such approving things of one another.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Tuesday 27 May 2014

Pear and Jar of Dried Chillies

Chair and pillies, or a pear and chillies.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Monday 26 May 2014

Tea Cup and Garlic Bulb

There's nothing I like more than a cup of delicious garlic tea.  Mmm.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Sunday 25 May 2014

Onion and Glass Vase

Savers charity shop has supplied me with another vase, while Victoria Market has supplied me with another onion.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Saturday 24 May 2014

Artist's Model and Bottle

A contorted wooden artist's model; I think he's been hitting the bottle.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Friday 23 May 2014

Tuesday 20 May 2014

Mandarine and Tea Towel

Mandarines (or mandarins as folks seem to call them now) are back in season.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Monday 19 May 2014

Jar of Barley and Pear

A par of jarley and bear.  No, sorry, a jar of barley and pear.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Sunday 18 May 2014

Vase with Plastic Yellow Roses

This looks a bit like roses and vase on a nicely-laid table cloth.  The table cloth is actually my Single Malt Whisky tea towel draped over a speaker.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Saturday 17 May 2014

Tomato and Vase


A fake Chinese vase and a real Victoria Market tomato.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Friday 16 May 2014

Garden Path and Shearing Shed at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

Oil painting of a brick path--flanked by an overgrown garden--leading to a gravel driveway, with a red-roofed shed in the background.
You could say that I'm leading your eyes down the garden path.

Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7"

Thursday 15 May 2014

Waterfall at Pipers Creek

Oil painting of a rock face with pool of water at the bottom, and a fence above.
A waterfall at Pipers Creek, though calling this a waterfall might be a misnomer, as no water is actually falling (it has simply pooled at the bottom).  In actual fact, this is a rocky cliff face where water tends to fall.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Late Afternoon, Pipers Creek

Oil painting of a eucalyptus tree and a water tank in the late afternoon sun at Pipers Creek, Victoria, Australia.
Pipers Creek, looking over the fence from my folk's place into the neighbouring farm.  Buddhists turn away now: you can see some genuine late-afternoon insects accidentally painted into the sky on the right.

Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7" (signed TJM)

Sunday 11 May 2014

House at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

Oil painting of an early 20th century weather board house with lattice work and blue plant pots on brick pillars.
House at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek.  The blue plant pots were (and still are) the same size, and I'd like to say that I employed artistic licence in making them slightly different, but in fact, I employed artistic incompetence.

Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7"

Friday 9 May 2014

Onion and Copper Pot


A copper pot and a copper-coloured onion.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Tuesday 6 May 2014

Marble Bottle and Red Roses

Red roses and a marble bottle.  Actually, the bottle is made of glass, but is commonly known as a marble bottle due to the spherical marble stopper.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Monday 5 May 2014

Apple and Coffee Mug


My Invisible Man mug, an apple and an invisible man.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Sunday 4 May 2014

Egg and Vase

Another Savers charity shop special.  The vase that is, not the egg (I suspect the egg is unused).

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Saturday 3 May 2014

Vase and Castor Oil Bottle


Trusty castor oil bottle, and a newly acquired $3 vase from Savers charity shop.  Ming Dynasty I think.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Friday 2 May 2014