Plaster Cast: Female Torso

Not a cast-iron stomach but a cast-plaster stomach.

Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"

Still Life with Plastic Carnations

According to Wikipedia, Australia is ranked seventh in the world for motor vehicles per capita.  This undeniably includes the country amongst the planet's car nations.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Portrait of a Woman with Red Hair

This is a poor reproduction of this painting which doesn't quite convey the copper qualities of the sitter's hair; although it appears a bit brown, you'll just have to take it as red.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 12"

Red Pepper with Coffee Mug

Police apprehended the mugger by use of pepper spray.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Electricity Poles on Gooch's Lane, Pastoria

At the end of last year I painted a scene similar to this but looking from the opposite direction.  At that time I chose to describe the wire-bearing poles as telephone poles, whereas this time--for reasons known not even to myself--I've opted for the electricity appellation.  Different paintings and different definitions, but not poles apart.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Mount St Mary from Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

This is the largest painting I've executed en plein air: a greater amount of canvas and a greater amount of paint eventually amounted to a painting of a mount.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 12"

Snow Gums and Autumn Garden, Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

Snowed under (or at least, under a snow gum).

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Portrait of a Woman in Pink Cardigan

About face.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 12"

Garlic Bulb in Wine Glass

A particularly robust wine with bulb flavours.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Mandarine on Egg Cup

One of those organic free-range eggs with particularly orange yolks.  Very tasty, but you have to shell out for them.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Tram Tracks, Royal Park

Having lost track of time, I had to fast-track this painting and make tracks before the sun went down.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Former Curator's Cottage, Queens Park, Essendon

A curator is someone who rates queues.  Personally, I don't rate any of them.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Copper Jug with Tea Towel

The coppers were operating under a shroud of secrecy (or a tea-towel of secrecy to be accurate).

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Carrot in Vase

According to Wikipedia, Keratin is a "key structural component of hair and nails".  Similarly, a key structural component of this painting is a vase with carrot in.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Codd-Neck Bottle with Apple

Sure as Codd made little green apples (or medium-sized red apples).

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Bluestone Cottage at Stirling Estate, Pipers Creek

Estate of the art.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Century Plant in Staghorn Sumac

According to my parents, this is a century plant (Agave americana) amongst a ground cover of staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina).  The staghorn is so-named because to depict it is to lock horns with it, whilst the century plant's appellation refers to the fact it's 100 times harder to paint than one would imagine.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Asparagus Spears in Cider Glass

As the title says, asparagus spears inside a glass.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Miniature Vase with Tomato

Vases are red, tomatoes are blue; I've written a verse that's entirely untrue.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Sauce Jug with Zucchini

With only half a zucchini to paint, clearly the subject-matter offerings were under-resourced.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Pear on Book

One may pair up, pare down or book up, but it's only a book that one cannot put down (except in this picture, which is a pear up and a book down).

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Brown Onion

A rare square painting, the subject of which was later chopped and added to my lunch, and made a fine contribution to a square meal.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 4"

Winged Statue in Victoria Gardens, Prahran

Not a drawing but a paint-wing (a troublesome painting where the changing light conditions had me all in a flap).

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Red Pepper with Vase

Vases are white, peppers are red; in lieu of a pun, here's a poem instead.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"