There was a small storm brewing outside the window whilst I was painting (well, light to moderate rain at least), the light of which can be seen at the top centre of the painting. Quite literally a storm in a teacup.
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Daily painting exercises in tonal realism since February 2013; adorned with terrible puns since 2014.
Saturday, 31 January 2015
Friday, 30 January 2015
Apple with Small Copper Pot
A copper pot still will distil apples into apple brandy, but unfortunately a copper pot still life has no such desirable effect on said fruit.
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Elastic-Sided Boot
Hastily executed after work, this was my second attempt at painting for the day. My first was a two-hour morning exercise in futility and was such a monumental failure that I was compelled to give it the boot. Now, dear reader, I'm giving it to you.
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
House at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek
The artistic endeavour of a painter is doubtless to imbue a subject, in two dimensions, with a sense of the real; so what better subject than the house in which the artist spent the majority of his or her childhood? To demonstrate my artistic integrity, I seem to have monumentally failed to portray even the most basic of features--the roof-line--accurately.
Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"
Monday, 26 January 2015
Looking towards Mount St Mary and Glenlyon from Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek
I only had a limited amount of time in which to paint Mount St Mary (only in Australia could a small hill be endowed with such an appellation), and while the challenge to paint was clearly not insurmountable, I'm not entirely sure that the result deserves to be mounted and framed.
Oil on canvas board, 7" x 5"
Oil on canvas board, 7" x 5"
Sunday, 25 January 2015
Manna Gum, McPherson's Lane, Pipers Creek
I can't think of McPherson's Lane without hearing (or mishearing) an inner mondegreen of "MacPherson slain". This seems oddly appropriate--considering the origin of the term mondegreen--so I thought I'd share a carelessly-composed rewriting of The Bonnie Earl O' Moray (apologies in advance):
Ye Hielands an ye Lowlands
O, whaur hae ye been
They hae slain the Earl o' Moray
And lain him on the green.
Now wae betide thee, Murphy
And whaurfor did ye sae?
I hae bade ye paint the gum trees
That indwell MacPherson's Lane.
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 8"
Ye Hielands an ye Lowlands
O, whaur hae ye been
They hae slain the Earl o' Moray
And lain him on the green.
Now wae betide thee, Murphy
And whaurfor did ye sae?
I hae bade ye paint the gum trees
That indwell MacPherson's Lane.
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 8"
Saturday, 24 January 2015
Looking towards Romsey and the Black Range from Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek
Oil on canvas board, 8" x 6"
Friday, 23 January 2015
Ginger Beer Bottle with Cider Glass
It was recently pointed out to me that the glass is technically always full, be it of air, water or ginger beer.
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Nectarine with Mug
This is a nectarine with my Invisible Man mug. My new pochade box arrived whilst I was painting, and the distraction meant that I was late for work, hence--as far as work was concerned--I was the invisible man.
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Monday, 19 January 2015
Sunday, 18 January 2015
Eucalypt, Royal Park, Mlebourne
I'm embarrassed to admit that I don't know what kind of tree this is, but it can broadly be described as a eucalypt. Having set a general standard of mediocrity this evening, I'm going to resort to recounting an old joke (perhaps best forgotten) instead of attempting to come up with an original caption.
Q: What did the sheep say to the shearer?
A: Eucalyptus.
Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7"
Q: What did the sheep say to the shearer?
A: Eucalyptus.
Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7"
Saturday, 17 January 2015
Friday, 16 January 2015
Pear with Antique Medicine Bottle
A bottle of brown, a pear of bright green; I picked up a paintbrush and rendered this scene. Hardly a verse worthy of Shakespear.
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Apple in Bowl
Bowl a maiden over; or instead, a maiden (a Pink Lady apple) over a bowl.
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Lemon in Wine Glass
I don't care for this wine because it's probably a lemon; however, it may simply be a case of sour grapes.
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Monday, 12 January 2015
Sunday, 11 January 2015
Copper Vase with Plastic Flowers
A still life is made more difficult when it doesn't keep still. While vases are generally cooperative in this respect, due to a tendency to remain motionless, flowers have an unfortunate proclivity for wilting and deterioration. The solution for the lazy artist is to employ a plastic simulacrum, particularly because such substitutes are floral and hardy (that's a very bad pun on the name of a famous slapstick comedy duo--proof enough that I can hardly rest on my laurels).
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Saturday, 10 January 2015
Peach with Glencairn Whisky Glass
Given that whisky is the drink of kings, might this be the king's peach? And by that, I don't mean the film with Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush.
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Friday, 9 January 2015
Teapot with Onion
I typed "onion tea" into Google, and lo and behold, it seems onion tea is touted as a remedy for colds. Sometimes I wonder if the object of a cold remedy is to give the sufferer something so vile that it obliterates all previous thoughts of illness.
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Thursday, 8 January 2015
Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Cast Aluminium Sculpture by Chris Petersen
I'm too ropey to come up with a caption for this painting, so I think I'll just skip it
(In case it's not clear from the painting, this is a sculpture of a girl skipping.)
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
(In case it's not clear from the painting, this is a sculpture of a girl skipping.)
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Art Deco Salt Shaker with Pear
It is common to find salt and pepper as a pair, but rare to find salt and pear as a pepper.
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Monday, 5 January 2015
Saturday, 3 January 2015
Shearing Shed and Sheep Yards at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek
It was a forty degree day, so I took refuge under a large elm in the sheep yards. On reflection, going out to paint in the middle of the day was sheer madness.
Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7"
Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7"
Friday, 2 January 2015
Thursday, 1 January 2015
Outside the Studio Door, Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek
Due to the previous night's revelry, I didn't find time to paint until very late in the afternoon, and even then I was barely able to stagger from the studio.
Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7"
Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7"
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