Onion with Sauce Jug

The pickled onion had been on the sauce.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Old Books

Triple booked.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Manna Gums beside Pipers Creek Tributary

This scene appears tranquil despite the blustery conditions under which it was executed.  My father suggested the difficult circumstances might potentially lead to a blow par painting; if this is true, I'll simply declare it a draft.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Old Stables at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

Following heavy spring rains, the main dam at my parents' farm has been steadily filling almost to the point of overflowing.  However, as the water has approached the shed in the picture, it seems to have stablised.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Garden Featuring Atlantic Cedar at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

Despite the apparent sunshine, my painting activities had to be abandoned due to an unexpected deluge.  As such, it might be compared to Charles I of England: while one had his reign cut short, the other was cut short by rain.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Apple in My Left Hand

One bad apple in the hand spoils two in the bushel.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Alfred Crescent, North Fitzroy

'Twas rather pleasant on the crescent where the light was iridescent but its beauty evanescent.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Carlton

I saw this church tower and thought to myself, aisle paint that.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Banana with Copper Pot

Be wary of stepping on banana peels or you may come a copper.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

P. S. Something seemed familiar about this image, and a quick dip into the archives revealed this: Copper Pot with Banana.  In the immortal words of Britney Spears, oops, I did it again.

Egg on Vase

The surgical removal of all or part of a gland is an add-an-egg-to-me, whilst the surgical procedure for male sterilisation is a vase-egg-to-me.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Teapot

Every time I attempt to paint this teapot, I'm reminded that it's particularly difficult.  It's a strained exercise that drives me up the spout.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Pear on Old Fashioned Glass

A pear of glasses.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Mandarine with Earthenware Jar

A jar turned on its side is a tip jar, whilst a mandarine adhering to its expected orientation is an orange order.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Apple in Tea Towel

New water resistant iPhone.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Tomato with Jug

From my jug-head to-matoes.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Lemon on Linen-Bound Book

A book with a lemon on the cover.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Milk Jug with Onion

The skin that forms on top of milk is known as lactoderm (or at least that's what Wikipedia tells me), whilst biologists apparently refer to onion skin as a tunic.  That I rely on the internet for facts proves that my knowledge is only skin deep.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Rue Saint-Séverin, Paris

Dear neglected blog,

Although I have devoted some time to painting on my two-month European holiday (including a wonderful week-long workshop with Julian Merrow-Smith), there's been little worth posting, and this latest update is no exception except I thought it was high time I added something.

This is a very quick sketch done from the balcony of my Rue Saint-Séverin hotel in the Latin Quarter of Paris.  I can't help but wonder if a Latin quarter should be expressed as I divided by IV or perhaps five solidi (one quarter of a libra).  The latter is a pun about a currency which is no longer current.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Gateway at La Madelène, Malaucène, France

This gateway forms part of a restored twelfth-century priory (the marvellous la Madelène in Provence) and was painted during a workshop run by well-known daily painter Julian Merrow-Smith.  Julian's sage advice and skillful demonstrations were, not unlike this scene, a gateway to new ideas and approaches.

Oil on board, 6" x 8"

Windows at La Madelène, Malaucène, France

The steadily moving afternoon sun necessitated relatively swift execution--you might say that in order to paint this scene I was afforded only a small window of opportunity.

Oil on board, 6" x 8"