Pear Detail

One of a pair.

Oil on canvas board, 2" x 2"

Egg and Vase

As an Australian, I pronounce the word vase with a long a, as in Mars; however, I'm happy to resort to American pronunciation for the sake of a pun.  You see, I don't wan't to get egg on my vase.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Glazed Terracotta Pot with Lemon

This is the second time I've painted this terracotta pot; welcome back terracotta.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Lemon-Scented Gums, Royal Park, Melbourne

I purposely avoided putting these trees in the dead centre of the painting, hence they may be referred to as lemon off-centred gums.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Apple Detail

A red and green pink lady apple.

Oil on canvas board, 2" x 2"

Antique Medicine Bottle with ISO Tasting Glass

Wine is a medicine for some (and I've been at a barbecue today where I've taken a fair dose, so doubtless I'll receive a different type of medicine tomorrow).

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Leather Bound Book with Light Bulb

Reading a book is always illuminating.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Red Pepper with Antique Schnapps Bottle

A peppery characteristic is often desirable is a red wine such as Shiraz or Syrah, but I'm not sure peppery schnapps has the same appeal.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Pear with Milk Jug

I've painted each of these items many times (though never together), hence I could be accused of milking the porcelain jug, or simply inviting the viewer to compare.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Pipers Creek Telephone Exchange and Harmony Row Vineyard

The light-coloured box in the centre of the picture is the Pipers Creek telephone exchange.  I suspect  you wouldn't get much in exchange for a telephone these days.

Teapot and Tea Caddy

I painted this while watching Apocalypse Now on the telly.  I looked deep within my heart of darkness and found a nice cup of tea--black, mind you.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Onion and Copper Vase

Apparently copper is good conductor, hence this was an attempt to orchestrate a coppery composition.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Glencairn Whisky Glass with Banana

A Speyside malt whisky typically smells of bananas (or fruitcake).  In this picture, the banana represents the smell, and the empty whisky glass represents what happens if a Speyside malt gets anywhere near my alcoholic clutches.

While the posting of this image is coincidental with the date of the Scottish referendum, might I offer my condolences to my Scottish friends who voted yes (or aye) today (or yesterday as it is in Scotland now, but not in Australia).

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Copper Jug and Garlic Bulb

While this jug pun is very pour, it's the terrible garlic joke that means this website really should be cloved down.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Royal Park Train Station at Melbourne Zoo

This was painted from near the second tee of the Royal Park Golf Course, and it was somewhat disconcerting to hear sundry golfers teeing off behind me.  You might say it was good training in the art of remaining stationary, which is rather appropriate skill to have when painting a train station.

Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7"

Saturday Afternoon, Royal Park, Melbourne

Royal Park presented a royally pleasing scene on a royally agreeable afternoon, while the two figures represented in the painting (the blobs below the tree) had well and truly parked themselves in the shade.

Oil on canvas board, 7" x 5"

Pear and Ginger Beer Bottle

Ginger beer bottle and a pear beside.  Not quite as fun, however, as a ginger beer and pear be-cider.

Portrait: Man in a Hat

Single session portrait of a man in a hat wearing his sunnies.  The light looks bright, but this was painted indoors and therefore the glasses and hat serve no practical purpose.

Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16:

Zucchini with Jar of Barley

A zucchini is a two-piece swimsuit for animals; one which barley covers their bodies.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Apple with Silver-Plated Jug

I found another small jug in the second-hand shop; I now own three small jugs.  This unstoppable accumulation of jugs could perhaps be described as a juggernaut, though a juggernaut might also describe the condition where one owns no jugs at all.

Manna Gum, Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

This is definitely not a Mannerist painting, but it is Manna Gumist.

Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7"

River Red Gum, Royal Park, Melbourne

I reckoned this Royal Park River Red Gum of respectable reach would be resplendent if rendered with the rays of the late reign of the refulgent sun.  In other words, I thought the afternoon sun looked good on this tree.

Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7"

Wooden Artist's Model Hand

Here the artist is inviting the viewer to join him in his existential crisis by sharing his cathartic response to the modern world.  Actually, to be honest it's nothing more than the forty-year-old artist demonstrating his juvenility.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Female Nude: Back Study

Painted over two class sessions (28th August and 4th September).  This particular model has an exceptional ability to keep still; she is, in fact, the very model of a model.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Teacup with Lemon

This is actually a painting of two lemons: the citrus fruit, and the failure of a teacup.  In order to see the highlight on the inside of the teacup, it was necessary for me to sit up straight; however, the inevitable slouch took over and I wound up painting the bottom of the cup from a different perspective.  Multiple viewpoints are all very well if you're a Post-Impressionist named Cézanne, but I am not he, alas, and this is supposed to be an exercise in Tonal Realism.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Glass Vase with Yellow Daffodil

This flower was picked a number of days earlier and was beginning to wilt.  I can assure you it was no shrinking violet, because clearly it was a shrinking daffodil.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Daffodils in Blue Castor Oil Bottle

Daffodils from my folk's garden.  Unusually for me, not only have I painted real flowers, but I've also taken the novel approach of placing them inside a receptacle rather than beside it.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"