Mango with Biscuit Barrel

I'm afraid this caption is not only scraping the bottom of the barrel, but also resorting to low-hanging fruit.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Isaac Smith Drinking Fountain, Kyneton Botanic Gardens

A marble shield on this drinking fountain bears the inscription "A bequest of the late Isaac Smith to the Citizens of Kyneton".  I only hope you can bear the depiction.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Brick Pillars at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

From pillar to blog post

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Mushroom with Small Bottle

Swiss brown bottle flu

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Salt Shaker with Banana

Banana-flavoured shake

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Portrait of a Young Man

A portrait by the artist of a young man (somewhat more accessible than my picture of Ulysses).

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Red Pepper with Earthenware Jar

Peppers are red, stone jars are brown; a pepper is cusped while a jar's sort of round.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Garlic Bulb with Antique Poison Bottle

Not to be confused with poisson and garlic (which goes very nicely with a bit of butter).

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Rover P4 Cyclops, Parkville

This car has not moved in the fourteen years I've lived in Parkville.  That's not exactly what I'd call roving.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Apple Half in Wine Glass

If the glass is half full of a half, does that make a whole or leave a hole?

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Désirée Potato with Coffee Mug

Muggins here has been known to tolerate the sobriquet of spud.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Copper Jug with Bok Choy

It's a choy to Cu.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Yarra River at Alphington Park

I'm currently unable to think of a river pun.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Portrait of a Young Woman

John Singer Sargent is reputed to have said: "Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend".  Luckily the sitter is family.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Jageurs Lane, Parkville

This painting is a pictorial imitation of Jageurs Lane and is therefore a mock Jageur (who I think is also the lead singer of the Rolling Stones).

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Pear with Sugar Bowl

Forbidden fruit is the sweetest (although we're perfectly entitled to eat pears, they're sweet nevertheless).

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Melbourne Docklands from Royal Park

After assessing the lay of the land I attempted to be portray how the docklands lie.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Roses with Copper Pitcher

A bunch of roses and a night out at the pitchers

Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"

Small Garlic-Head Vase with Lemon Quarter

A lemon drawn (or painted) and quartered.  It remains to see if it shall be hung.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Onion with Small Glass Jar

Onions are brown, so are shallots; but the colour of glass describe I cannot.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Women's Dressing Pavilion at Poplar Oval, Royal Park

A somewhat poplar subject worth addressing.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Portrait of a Woman in a White Shirt

In my rush to complete this portrait, I set the model too far to the left (conventionally the model should be looking into the painting); it seems I failed to get it right.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 16"

Nectarine with Painted Glass Vase

There once was an old nectarine,
Who recited a verse quite obscene;
And a vase chimed in too
With a rhyme somewhat blue,
But it's best that the lines stay unseen.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Tomato with Pewter Jug

A tomato taking in the big pitcher

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Horsfall Chapel, University of Melbourne

Strong afternoon shadows had me darkening a church door.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Footbridge over Merri Creek

Footsy cross the Merri

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Plaster Cast: Dante Alighieri

A less than divine depiction that should perhaps be cast into the inferno.

Oil on canvas board, 10"x 16"

Blood Orange with Sauce Jug

While I've painted this jug many times, it's the first time I've attempted a blood orange.  You might say I drew first blood.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Fluted Jug with Banana

High f-lutin' words of low appeal

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

The Briars Homestead, Mount Martha

I joined my fellow Victorian Artists' Society members at Mount Martha because we had a Briar engagement.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Still Life with Quinces

Quintet with brass (and pottery)

Oil on canvas board, 20" x 16"

Mandarine with Silver-Plated Goblet

This is a late-season mandarine purchased at a special shop, the whereabouts of which is a chalice-ly guarded secret.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Eggplant with Silver-Plated Jug

A curate's eggplant with a silver lining

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Porcelain Jug with Turnip

I painted a turnip earlier this year and was reasonably pleased with the result; so, one good turnip deserves another.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Mushroom with Old Fashioned Glass

Quoth Ophelia: "The glass of fashion and the mould of form".

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Pear with Small Bottle

At the bottom of the bottle I found dis-pear.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Gathering Storm, South Kyneton

If these are rain clouds, they cannot be cirrus.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Coliban River at Lauriston Reservoir

I'm not entirely sure where the river ends and the reservoir begins -- I can only speculake.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 12"

Milk Jug with Bok Choy

Bok joy with milk chug

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Small Copper Pot with Onion

This painting is a replacement for one that went missing in the mail.  I called the coppers and they suspect the theft of the painting is potentially the work of an onion ring.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Daffodils in Pewter Jug

I drew a pistil (well, technically I painted several pistils), but it wasn't a quick draw -- in fact, the picture took so long I almost ran out of stamena.

Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"

Manna Gum at Pipers Creek

Manna from ground level

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Red Pepper with Light Bulb

Hiding one's light under a peck (which I've mentioned before, is a quarter of a bushel).

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Wooden Elephant with Carrot

Carrot and carved stick

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Désirée Potato in My Left Hand

Hand-eye coordination

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Egg in Silver-Plated Egg Cup

Another poultry offering

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Apple with Small Glass Jar

The apple was cored with its hand in the jar.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Road at Archies Creek

Archies Creek is a small town that provides a streaming service.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Banksia Flowers in Glass

The larger of two paintings completed on this day, giving you more Banksia for your buck.

Oil on canvas board, 12" x 16"

Venus Bay Wetlands

Venus may be the second planet from the sun, but Venus Bay seemed far removed from any solar system.  The wetlands, on this particular day, were aptly named.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"