Garlic Bulb

As a child, I could never understand why Dr Who was afraid of the garlics.

Oil on canvas board, 2" x 2"

Plastic Flowers in White Vase

A two-week class exercise in still synthetic life.

Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"

Pear on Leather Bound Book

Shortly after painting, I repaired to the library.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Tomato with Torpedo Bottle

Vine-ripened tomato with bottle-conditioned oxygen.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Watchtower at Pentridge Prison, Coburg, Victoria

I bungled the vanishing point on this disused prison wall (though it appears to be worse that it is due to the wall's irregularities).  You could say I had trouble scaling the wall.

Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7"

Milk Jug with Apple

This painting doesn't simply get to the core of the matter, but goes straight for the jugular.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Three Pin Electrical Plug

More power to you.

Oil on canvas board, 2" x 2"

Still Life with Plastic Lavender

Painted over three consecutive Thursdays at art class, this is a classic example of what I call Method Greg--my teacher Greg Smith instructs us in his method so as to elucidate Greg's myth.

Oil on canvas board, 20" x 16"

Jar of Olives in Tea Towel

Olive oil painting.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Copper Jug with Banana

A bug in pyjamas.  Er, no, a jug and banana.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Antique Whisky Bottle with Copper Vase

A Victorian-era bottle, an Art Deco vase, a Victorian-era interior wall and a twenty-first-century shadow.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Plastic Skull

This plastic skull came in a box that proclaimed the skull to be life sized.  I understand the bit about the size, but I don't see much life in it.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Pitted Green Olives

These olives are pitted but not to be pitied: their end was swift and painless (they were consumed as my reward for painting them).

Oil on canvas board, 2" x 2"

Lemon with Mustard Jar

A lemon-coloured lemon and a mustard-coloured mustard jar.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Pear with Glass

This may appear to be a largish glass, but it is in fact a small glass next to a particularly petite pear.  One might use such a glass for an apéritif.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Apple with Blue Castor Oil Bottle

This bottle is blue and this apple is red; such bottles are rare, and such apples widespread.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Silver-Plated Jug with Onion

Some might consider that making a jug pun is to spout drivel, while others consider onion jokes to be more layered.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Chilli Jar Detail

I was going to make a bad pun about this jar of chillies, but I thought I'd better keep a lid on it.

Oil on canvas board, 2" x 2"

Garden Gnome

There's no way gnome I'd resort to gnome puns.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Antique Poison Bottle with Plastic Roses

O Rose thou art plastic, hence clearly impervious to the effects of poison.  Apologies to William Blake.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Willow Pattern Teacup and Carrot

An orange carrot and a blue teacup may compliment one another visually, but I suspect it might be a while before the combination catches on gastronomically.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Manna Gum, Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

A Manna Gum painted in the manner to which I'm accustomed.

Oil on canvas board, 7" x 5"

Snow Gum at Rosebery Hill Looking Towards the Cobaw Ranges

By gum, there's no caption I can think of for this painting; snow gum pun at least.

Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7"

Tomato with Small Copper Pot

Perhaps I deserve to cop a tomato for my bad puns?  It would be doubtless less painful than to copper pot.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Bathroom Tap

Puns on tap.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Toilet Rolls

Admittedly this isn't the first time I've attempted this subject, though it's been more than a year since the last undertaking.  It's not a subject I want to get bogged down in.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"