Pomegranate with Biscuit Barrel

One bad pōmum spoils the whole barrel.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Malmsbury Viaduct

This bridge works in a similar way to central heating: via duct.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Egg in My Left Hand

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, but an egg in the hand is possibly counting your chickens.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Manna Gum and Water Tank, Pipers Creek

Tanks and gums

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Red Pepper with Teacup

Cupsicum

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Mushroom in Wine Glass

Maybe just a hint of cork taint.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Nectarine with Silver-Plated Jug

There once was a keen nectarine,
Who invented a juggling machine.
Many things did it throw,
But to catch it was slow--
Some were found and some never more seen.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Apple with Glass Vase

 The apple belonged to a secret society devoted to vases, popularly known as the cultivars.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Tomato with Small Glass Bottle

 Tomatoes are traditionally used as a cure for the bottle.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Copper Jug with Banana

Copper are jugs, bananas are yellow;
And this be a verse scant the worth of Longfellow.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Copper Pot with Onion

Copper are pots, onions are brown;
But this revelation's hardly talk of the town.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Teapot with Rose

By laying a rose against a silver teapot, I put the petal to the metal.

Oil on canvas board, 

Pear with ISO Tasting Glass

Pairing food and wine

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Sauce Jug with Désirée Potato

A jug band featuring the tuber

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Red Pepper with Pepper Grinder

Pepper assault

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Royal Park Railway Station

Though this painting started well, I fear it may have gone slightly off the rails.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Still Life with Chair and Flowers

Hardly an electrifying painting, despite the fact that I'm giving you the chair.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Earthenware Jar with Garlic Bulb

Jarlic

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Old Stables at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

Paintings have been few of late as I've struggled to recover from the dreaded lurgy.  What better way to get back on the horse than to paint a stable.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Carrot with Copper Jug

Copper nitrate.  No, sorry, copper night vision.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Bolte Bridge from Royal Park

These bridge towers are a Bolte from the blue.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Copper Jug with Lemon

Two objects in the picture, with one beside the pitcher.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Pear with Wooden Puzzle

I'm sure there's a simple caption for this painting, but I just can't seem to work it out.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Tomato with Porcelain Jug

Porcelanum lycopersicum

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Tractor in Shed, Rosebery Hill

This painting was slow at first as I struggled to gain traction.

Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"

Mandarine with Milk Jug

There once was a star mandarine,
Who appeared in the big magazines;
But dirt by media dug,
Exposed addiction to jugs,
So to rehab he went to get clean.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Apple with Light Bulb

Pink lady with the lamp

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Copper Vase with Banana

Vases are copper, bananas are not;
They're a fruit largely yellow with various spots.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Trin Warren Tam-Boore, Royal Park

Trin Warren Tam-boore is a wetland of around five hectares, only a small part of which is depicted here.  It's the abridged version.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Onion in Glass Jar

A pickled onion after finding the bottom of a few jars

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Désirée Potato on Saucer

The Knightshade's Tale by Geoffrey Saucer

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Teapot with Camellia Flower

This Camellia flower is not from the Camellia sinensis, or tea plant, and as such, is not my cup of tea.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Post Office Tower, Castlemaine

Pursuing a pleasing picture, I went first past the post office, then returned to paint the post office post-haste.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10" 

Carrot in Wine Glass

Overindulging in this particular drop might explain the otherwise mysterious presence of carrots.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Main Yarra Trail, Templestowe

Some of parts of this painting were successful, others less so; it was largely a case of trail and error.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Richardson Street, Middle Park

Middle of the road painting executed from the side of the road.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Portrait of a Bearded Man with Glasses

The glasses-wearing model made a fine spectacle.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Mandarine with Coffee Mug

This is my Invisible Man mug beside a visible mandarine.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

River Red Gums, Royal Park

The afternoon light passed before I could properly sink my fangs into my work; as such, this painting is all gums and no teeth.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Self Portrait

The model made this painting particularly difficult: he wouldn't stop turning his head.

Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"

Teapot with Lemon

When life gives you lemons, make a pot of tea (it's much better for you than lemonade).

Oil on canvas board, 6"x 4"

Pear in My Left Hand

This painting was a bit of a handful.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

P. S. The obvious pun (a pear of hand) has already been made, making a pair of hands and a pair of pears.

P. P. S. Thanks to everyone who came to visit my show recently--to see you in the wool shed was shear pleasure.

Exhibition: Shedding Light on Small Things

Each year my parents open their garden as part of Kyneton's Daffodil and Arts Festival, and it has become an almost dyed-in-the-wool tradition for them to arrange a small exhibition of my paintings, as an accompaniment, in their shearing shed.  This year I've decided to take the ram by the horns and apply a more selective curatorial eye--as such, I'll be showing more than sixty of my favourite pieces from the last twelve months (in the conveniently-located megapopolis of Pipers Creek).

My parents have aptly described their garden as a place where nature has triumphed over human endeavour, and whilst their varied collection of trees are best viewed during autumn months, there's more than enough to keep the most apathetic botanist entertained, not to mention crowds upon hosts of daffodils (golden and otherwise).

Where can I view this prosperous partnership of paintings and perennials? I hear you think.  Well, I'm glad you thought:

When:
Saturday 2nd September - Sunday 10th September 2017

10am - 4pm daily

Where:
The Shearing Shed

Rosebery Hill

156 Pipers Creek-Pastoria Road

Pipers Creek 3444 (See Google Maps)

Web:
http://paintingaday.net (the good, the bad and the particularly ugly)

I'll be in attendance during weekends, so please let me know if you're planning to visit and I'll be sure to be on hand to pontificate about the artwork.

House at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

I've been trying to think of a house pun, but I'm tired of dwelling on it.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Onion with Paint Tube

A bulb onion with a tuber paint

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Red Pepper with Wooden Elephant

Wooden elephant ignoring the capsicum in the room.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Carrot with Sauce Jug

I'm having trouble devising a pun for this image: I'm not sure if the jug is the source of the problem or if the carrot is the root cause.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Silver-Plated Jug with Banana

Silver are jugs, bananas are gold;
Though bananas don't glisten, they're of worth manifold.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Daffodil in Miniature Vase

There once was a gold daffodil,
In a vase, not in vale nor on hill--
And it never was spied
By a poet lakeside,
Nor did dance, but remained very still.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Blue Castor Oil Bottle with Désirée Potato

This potato was added to my soup, thus making it a blue chip stock.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"