Back Study

Back to nature

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Bok Choy

A choy to behold

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Lemon with ISO Tasting Glass

A glass of bitter

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Milk Jug with Lime

I wondered if painting just a milk jug was taking things too far; I mean, I had to draw the lime somewhere.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

The Cosmopolitan Hotel, Trentham

I know a joke about a hotel but you might not get it: it's an inn joke.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Fluted Jug with Pear

My painting endeavours bore fruit.  They also bore flute.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Persimmon with Small Bottle

An old bottle that feels like a new persimmon

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Banana with Silver-Plated Egg Cup

Build me up banana cup

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Quince with Blue Castor Oil Bottle

As the star of my latest painting I have cast a royal: introducing William Quince of Orange.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Garden at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

The tree on the right is back by poplar demand.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Shearing Shed at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

Advice from a shearer is a point wool taken.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 12"

Plaster Cast: Bust of Costanza Bonarelli by Bernini

If you think you've seen this one before, cast your mind back a year or so: https://www.paintingaday.net/2017/05/plaster-cast-bust-of-costanza-bonarelli.html

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Désirée Potato with Light Bulb

Travelling at the speed of light in a space chip.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Turnip with Sauce Jug

This is the first time I've painted a turnip -- I knew one would eventually turnip somewhere.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Eggplant with Small Copper Pot

There once was an eggplant and pot,
Who rented a small garden plot.
In beds did they sow
Eggs in pots in a row,
And grew chickens! I kid you not.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Findon Hill, Kyneton

To paint this picture, I had to go to hill and back.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"