Three Chain Road, Carlsruhe

Karl's rule: nothing to lose but chains.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

The Three Sisters, Baynton

Observant readers may notice that only two sisters are visible (the third is obscured by the large gum tree).  The hill on the far right is only a distant relation.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Smoke Haze, Gooch's Lane, Pastoria

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Garlic Bulb with Light Bulb

Vampire defences

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Onion with Glass Mug

Onions are brown, mugs unresolved; for reflections and backgrounds are always involved.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Apple with Coffee Percolator

A lesser-known treat: the coffee apple.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Teacup with Saucer

I should perhaps drink more tea this festive season; best to stay off the saucer.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Eggplant with Porcelain Vase

As sure as eggplants isn't eggs.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Self Portrait

Painting photo bomb

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Cobaw Ranges from Pipers Creek

As the centrepiece of the painting, this is a Cobaw arrangement.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Tomato with Small Glass Jar

Nightshade and nightjar (sorry, this caption is a load of crepusculum).

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Still Life with Egg

Eggistential crisis

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 12"

Exhibition: Nature Rendered Permanent

My friends -- Fiona O'Byrne and Lana Daubermann -- and I are exhibiting some paintings in a shiny gallery in Kew, which should be slightly whiter than my normal shearing shed venue and with less sheep poo, hopefully.

Even if you don't like my paintings, you'll like theirs (I'm the José Carreras of the group).  We'd love to see you for some gazing, grazing and guzzling on Saturday 23 November 6:30 - 8:30pm at Ladder Art Space, 81 Denmark St, Kew.

Pear with Antique Soft Drink Bottle

After looking for an object to pair with this pear, I decided to take the soft option.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Yellow Pepper

Peter Piper picked a pusillanimous pepper.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Parkville Laneway

Parkville miscellany

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Désirée Potato with Wooden Puzzle

Game, set and mash.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Fluted Jug with Nectarine

Stone flute

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Lemon Quarter with Earthenware Jar

The earthenware jar is all here, but where on earth is the rest of the lemon?

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Pear with Antique Magnesia Bottle

Bottles are glass, pears are fruit; can't think of a pun, here's a rhyme substitute.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Pumpkin with Biscuit Barrel

Looking down the biscuit barrel of Dirty Harry's .44 Magnum -- do you feel lucky pumpkin?

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8

Small Copper Jug with Apple Half

Ewer don't know the half of it.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Onion with Mushroom

Mushrooms are brown, onions are too -- I suspect this is something you already knew.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Garlic Bulb with Small Bottle

Garlic is whitish, bottles transparent;
Garlic is fibrous, while bottles are bald -- with no hair apparent.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

House at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

When I said I was going out to paint the house, I hope my parents didn't get the wrong impression.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 12"

Shaving Brush with Red Pepper

Pepper up and brush down.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Small Copper Pot with Turnip

I was fined by the coppers for an illegal u-turnip.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Mounts Bay, Marengo

When I painted this scene I thought it was Apollo Bay, but I checked with Google and it is, in fact, Mounts Bay.  Always best to be shore.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Pier at Port Campbell Bay

I thought this scene might be easy to paint, but a-pier-ances can be deceiving.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Pears on Plate

A pair and a half.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Near Halladale Point, Peterborough

Up hall and down dale.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Port Campbell Bay

The wind was so strong I was forced to paint with one hand on the easel -- it was all I could do to keep it at bay.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Wooden Elephant with Eggplant

The weight of eggs-istence.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Lemon Quarter with Porcelain Jug

A jug and lemon at close quarters.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Poplar at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

This caption is unsatisfactree.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Pear Half with Porcelain Vase

There once was a vase and a pear,
And the pear was half here and not there--
For in twain did it crack,
If you like, 'twas pared back,
Hence the whole of the halves made a pair.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Small Glass Jar with Banana

Jarlio Iglassias with  Banana Mouskouri

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Tomato Half in Wine Glass

Half the enjoyment of wine is in the a-roma.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Onion with Antique Soft Drink Bottle

Taking the soft option

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Manna Gums, Pipers Creek-Pastoria Road

A road off into the sunset (or the late afternoon to be accurate).

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Dam at Pipers Creek

At this dam site I sighted a dam, and painting it was a dam sight better than not.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Désirée Potato in Old Fashioned Glass

Chip in

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Mushroom with Light Bulb

A mushroom sautéed lightly.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Apple with Old Books

One smart apple (it's well red)

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Still Life with Plastic Skull

I present to you, dear reader, a rendering of a scene I observed in the flesh.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Turnip with Garlic-Head Vase

There once was a turnip and vase,
Who embarked on a mission to Mars;
But despite all their keenness,
'Twas a wrong turn near Venus
That cast their small craft to the stars.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Milk Jug with Eggplant

Though this painting was a tough eggplant to crack, I was guided by the old motto: who dairys wins.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Fluted Jug with Red Pepper

Peter flautist picked a peck of pickled capsicums.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Pear Half with Copper Jug

A pear half that's half a pair.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Exhibition: A Good Package of Small Things

Folks,

On perusing the 2019 Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival programme, as one does, I was surprised to learn that someone named Tim Murphy is to exhibit artworks.  Never one to defy the festival organisers, I'm in the process of hastily assembling a collection of paintings -- a goodly-sized package in fact -- for viewing from this Friday (6th September).*

The show will give viewers a chance to preview a number of still-life works intended for an exhibition in November,** but will also include an array of landscapes and postcard-sized paintings at the usual bargain-basement price.

Once again, the exhibition will be held in conjunction with my parents' open garden.  The garden has been aptly described as a place where nature has triumphed over human endeavour, and whilst its collection of trees are best viewed during autumn months, there's more than enough to keep the most apathetic botanist entertained, not to mention crowds upon hosts of daffodils (golden and otherwise).***

Where can I view this prosperous partnership of paintings and perennials? I hear you think.  Well, I'm glad you thought:


When:
Friday 6th September - Sunday 15th September 2019
10am - 4pm daily

Where:
The Shearing Shed
Rosebery Hill
156 Pipers Creek-Pastoria Road
Pipers Creek 3444


I'll be in attendance during weekends, so please let me know if you're planning to visit and I'll be sure to be on hand to pontificate about the artwork.

Cheers,

Tim

* In truth, I'll be setting up on Friday, so don't come until Saturday unless you want to watch me hang (which some folks have expressed an interest in doing)
** I'm exhibiting with two of my very talented friends, so I need to save a lot of my best work so as to appear an almost-worthy associate
*** Seasonal variance may apply