Red Pepper in Wine Glass

A Chilean red with more than a hint of pepper

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Pomegranate

English igneous rock

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Lemon with Small Glass Bottle

Squeezing yet another pun from a lemon is an uphill bottle.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Tomatoes with Biscuit Barrel

Some might say I'm prone to the occasional odd still life arrangement, but this one takes the biscuit (and evidently replaced it with tomatoes).

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Twilight, Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

Painting in the half-light took me out of my comfort zone, to an area I call--the twilight zone.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Plaster Cast: Bust of Costanza Bonarelli by Bernini

Though I've cast about for a good pun, I'm going to have to cast the idea loose.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Onion with Blue Castor Oil Bottle

The leek is a close relative of the onion, while castor oil has a similar relationship with a leak of a different kind (usually unwanted).

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Persimmon with Silver-Plated Jug

There once was a persimmon fruit,
Who met an old jug, destitute.
Asked fruit, "Are you poor?"
Said jug, "I'm not sure--
I can pour, and that's absolute."

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Earthenware Jar with Potato

Nightjar and nightshade (painted in the morning)

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Plastic Skull

The latest entry in the men's single sculls

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Former Presbyterian Manse, Bulla

A fine figure of a manse

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Copper Jug with Zucchini

The jug presided over the squash court.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Mandarine with Small Vase

There once was an old mandarine,
Who played quite a mean tambourine--
With a vase on the bass
They brought down the place
And left in a stretch limousine.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Riverview Hotel, Tarwin Lower

This painting was a bit of a struggle, so I'm not sure if it will pass the pub test.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Beach at Walkerville South with Wilsons Promontory

The sea appeared to be waving at me, but I couldn't be shore.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Sand Dunes at Powlett River, Kilcunda

May dunes

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Apple with Chilli Jar

Chilled to the core

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Pear with Earthenware Bottle

I tried to paint a bottle and a pear,
But soon it had me driven to despair--
The neck was wrong, the fruit was weak,
And did I mention bad technique?

To wit, I've found relief in simple verse,
To counter daily painting's basic curse--
That some are poor, and some are deft,
Some paintings full and some bereft.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Red Pepper with Sauce Jug

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Jug Band

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Cast Aluminium Sculpture by Chris Petersen

Although I've painted this sculpture many times, I'm still learning the ropes.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Lemon on Saucer

Despite being squeezed, the lemon refused to divulge its saucers.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Potato with Antique Poison Bottle

Even deadlier deadly nightshade

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Petite Liqueur Bottle with Banana

La petite liqueur et la grande banane--or as we alliteratively say in English, the little liqueur and the big banana.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"