Tomato with Blue Vase

Tomatoes are red, vases, you know--
Are a colour that sounds like the past tense of blow.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Memorial Rotunda, North Fitzroy

If I painted this scene again, I hope I'd do a better job; if I painted it repeatedly, I could learn it by rotunda.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Still Life with Mandarines

This was completed over several weeks under the tutelage of my painting teacher; otherwise known as my still life coach.

Oil on canvas board, 20" x 16"

Apple Half with Coffee Mug

I thought of many puns about apple halves, but only this one made the cup.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Lemon Half with Sauce Jug

It's difficult to come up with a caption when you're half sauced.

Oil on canvas board, 4"x 6

Pistachio at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

This tree was a hard nut to crack -- despite appearances, it wasn't a piece of pistachio.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Manna Gum at Sunset, Pipers Creek

Oh, the huge manna tree!

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Mandarine with ISO Tasting Glass

A wine with a certain zesty appeal that will turn your palate upside down.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Garlic Bulb with Small Glass Jar

This jar is transparent, just like the emperor's new cloves.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Compartmentalised Still Life with Teacups

Having produced two paintings of open-fronted compartments in two days, I'm concerned I may be pigeonholing myself.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Compartmentalised Still Life with Blue Jug

The pigeonhole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 12"

Milk Jug with Quince

First, we sequence; then a milk jug is run pasturise.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Persimmon with Garlic-Head Vase

This is a cheap vase I bought from the charity shop -- no need to loosen the persimmon strings.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Still Life with Yellow, Orange and Red Fruits

The sub-lime fruit spectrum

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 12"

Still Life with Plastic Skull and Onions

This skull is plastic -- I make no bones about it.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 12"