Friday 28 December 2018

Mango with Biscuit Barrel

Oil painting of an Art Deco biscuit barrel beside a mango.
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"

Wednesday 26 December 2018

Isaac Smith Drinking Fountain, Kyneton Botanic Gardens

Oil painting of a stone drinking fountain in a garden.
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"

Wednesday 19 December 2018

Tuesday 18 December 2018

Thursday 13 December 2018

Portrait of a Young Man

Oil painting of a young man with fair hair and beard wearing a white shirt.
A portrait by the artist of a young man (somewhat more accessible than my picture of Ulysses).

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Wednesday 12 December 2018

Red Pepper with Earthenware Jar

Oil painting of a red pepper beside an earthenware jar lying on its side.
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"

Tuesday 11 December 2018

Garlic Bulb with Antique Poison Bottle

Oil painting of an antique green glass poison bottle beside a garlic bulb.
Not to be confused with poisson and garlic (which goes very nicely with a bit of butter).

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Monday 10 December 2018

Rover P4 Cyclops, Parkville

Oil painting of a rusty 1950s car in a suburban street.
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"

Wednesday 5 December 2018

Apple Half in Wine Glass

Oil painting of half an apple in a 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"

Tuesday 4 December 2018

Désirée Potato with Coffee Mug

Oil painting of a Désirée potato beside a green and white coffee mug.
Muggins here has been known to tolerate the sobriquet of spud.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Monday 3 December 2018

Saturday 1 December 2018

Yarra River at Alphington Park

Oil painting of eucalypt trunks beside a river.
I'm currently unable to think of a river pun.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"