Back Study

A feeble attempt to bring back to life

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Pear

A whole half a pair

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Red Pepper with Silver-Plated Vase

Vases are silver, peppers are red;
I'm up writing couplets when I should be in bed.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Persimmon with Sauce Jug

Sauce jugs are blue, fruit I think not;
Unless there's a blue fruit of which I forgot.

Oh, blueberries.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Merri Creek at Coburg Lake Reserve

Within the reserve, I worked without reserve, keeping nothing in reserve.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Self Portrait with Extended Tongue

At first I was unsure what to say about this painting, but at last I found my tongue.

Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"

Tomato with Copper Pot

A pot shot with a rotten tomato

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Wooden Artist's Model

Painted at night, this is a late model.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Pear with Milk Jug

Jug ears, otherwise known as the pear apparent

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Manna Gum, Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

Gum up the artworks

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

House at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

The rapidly fading winter light caught me by surprise, leaving me with a half-finished painting.  I suppose that makes this a halfway house.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Portrait of a Grey-Haired Woman

Painting portraits can sometimes be a test of the grey (subject) matter.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Potato with Glass Vase

Silicon chip

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Banana on Saucer

This intergalactic fruit arrived in a flying saucer hoping to set up a banana republic.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Newham Landscape with Telephone Poles

Telephone poles: to call friends in Poland.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Derelict House with Camels Hump near Mount Macedon

This painting is hardly going to bring the house down, though the house might take care of the matter itself.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

P.S. To clear up any ambiguity in the title, the house does not, in fact, have the hump of a camel--the hump is merely a geological feature depicted in the background.

Persimmon with Porcelain Jug

Poursimmon

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Onion with Light Bulb

Bulbous

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Egg in Old Fashioned Glass

After setting up this still life, I thought I might have a crack (but thankfully both egg and glass were intact).

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Former Butcher Shop, North Melbourne

The fact this butcher shop is closed probably has much to do with the price of meat.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Paper Mill, Alphington

The rumour mill--amongst my fellow painters--had it that this building is set for demolition.  As it has had its marching papers, we thought it best, while it still stands, to get it down on paper (or canvas as it is here).

Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"