Small Chinese Teapot

Small Chinese teapot with invisible fruit.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Mont De Lancey Homestead, Wandin

The part Monty.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Looking across Wandin East to the Yarra Ranges

A paint-out, prearranged, brought this arrangement of the Yarra Ranges well within range.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Cane Chair with Blue Cushion

Seated pose with invisible model.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Plastic Skull in Tea Towel

Washing up in the scullery.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Miniature Vase with Apple

Apples are for eating, vases for flowers;
My paintings are quick but my poems take hours.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Tomato with Sauce Jug

Tomatoes, garlic and basil might be combined to make a light sauce, but in this painting it's a 60 watt lamp that constitutes the light source.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Pumpkin with Green Bottle

Having spent a sizeable amount of time trying to identify this pumpkin variety on the internet, I've come to the realisation that--unlike in Australia--this orange foodstuff is not universally known as a pumpkin but more commonly referred to as a squash (in Australia, squash is usually reserved for the small early-picked yellow fruits).  And of course, that's not to forget the fact that a squash is actually a fruit and not a vegetable.  If I stay up too much later pondering the matter, I'll doubtless turn into something that's particularly hard to identify.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Old Dunny at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

Painting the porcelain.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Copper Jug with Lemon

A jug so pour it is down to its last copper; but never fear, relief is at hand in the form of lemon aid.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Pear with White Vase

Quoth Ozymandias: "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and this pear", but according to a traveller from an antique land, only "two vase a trunkless legs of stone" remain.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Nectarine in Old Fashioned Glass

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stone fruit.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Bath Tap

Originally I intended to paint outdoors, but fading light poured cold water on my plans.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Houses in Burnley, Victoria

If you play with fire, you get burned; I played with paint and I got Burnley.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Onion in Wine Glass

Cutting wine onions causes wine tears.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Red Pepper with Blue Castor Oil Bottle

Apparently "castor oil artist" is a derogatory term for a doctor.  I'm no doctor, but I am a castor oil bottle artist, and this is my rendering of a bottle of Dr Pepper.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Milk Jug with Banana

A prisoner escaped from the jug armed with a banana.  Police are keeping their eyes peeled.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Zucchini in Cider Glass

There once was a glass and zucchini,
Who summoned a gastronome genie.
Said genie, "One wish!"
So they wished for a dish
Of salmon with green fettuccine.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Cafe at Studley Park Boathouse

If a boathouse is a house for boats, why isn't a houseboat a boat for houses?

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Old Books

Another one for the books.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Apple with Earthenware Jar

There once was an apple and jar,
Who borrowed an old motor car.
And though they did strive,
They were unfit to drive
And unable to get very far.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Tomato with Paring Knife

A tense tomato on a knife edge.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"