Carrot in Copper Jug

A carrot just beginning to spout

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Garlic Bulb on Miniature Vase

Build-it-yourself Saint Basil's Cathedral

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Teapot with Potato

Pot-tea-to(e)

Shipping Containers, Footscray

I was so excited by this scene I could barely contain myself.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Onion with Small Glass Bottle

A pickled onion hitting the bottle

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Steps at Parliament House, Melbourne

Were I to frame this painting and attach it to the wall, it might accurately be described as a hung parliament.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Apple with Toilet Roll

Apple's last iPhone upgrade was described as "bog standard".

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Manna Gum and House at Stirling Estate, Pipers Creek

I'll leave it up to you, dear viewer, to decide if this painting is well manna-ed, or simply showing bad mannas.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Pipers Creek Telephone Exchange

He who pays the piper calls the tune, but he who calls Pipers Creek pays to the tune of 50 cents a minute (depending on the caller's phone plan and whereabouts).

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Egg with Sauce Jug

Deconstructed Hollandaise (minus butter)

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Nectarine with Earthenware Jar

Stone fruit and stoneware: I executed two stones with one painting.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Moonee Ponds from Royal Park

Painting can be a royally grand activity; much better than ponderously mooning about.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Lemon in My Left Hand

Hand Solo

Oil on canvas board, 5" x 7"

Tomato with Book

A disciplined tomato going by the book

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Red Pepper on Saucer

A pickled pepper, having got on the sauce(r)

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Laneway off Fitzgibbon Street, Parkville

This painting depicts details from two houses: the first in the foreground and the second behind (which happens to belong to my neighbours).  I thought it best to put the house in order.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Hay Bales at Viewly Farm, Pipers Creek

I made bale.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Dam at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

I thought this scene would be easy, but it was a damn site harder than it looks.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Still Life with Plastic Rose

Having thought of a remarkably witty caption for this painting, it promptly slipped my mind and seemingly cannot be recalled despite a lengthy effort.  I can't remember it for the life of me, still.

Oil on canvas board, 20" x 16"

Apple with Porcelain Vase

According to the OED, to scrump is to "[s]teal (fruit) from an orchard or garden"; according to me, to have one's vase stolen is to be devastated.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"