Leaning Nude

Soon after completing this picture developed a cold and felt too unwell to paint for several days -- it was the start of a lean patch.

Oil on canvas board, 20" x 16"

Red Pepper with Sample Bottle

No pepper pun, just sample text.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Salt Shaker with Carrot

Shaking in my roots.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Pear with Ginger Beer Bottle

Bottles are brown, green is this pear; the green one is fruit, the brown earthenware.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Banana in Glass Mug

There was a banana and glass,
Who attended a chemistry class.
When the matters they'd chosen
Mixed and caused an explosion,
They found themselves out on their ... own.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Fluted Jug with Lemon Quarter

Flute quartet

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Désirée Potato with Coffee Percolator

Wake up and smell the potato.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Fruit Bowl with Lemon

Lemons are lemon, bowls are white; if one ate this painting, would one sate appetite?

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Wooden Elephant with Persimmon

Ivory much look forward to persimmon season.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Tomato with Shaving Brush

Black Brussian

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

River Red Gums, Royal Park

Shining on red rums, er, I mean, sun shining on red gums.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Archway at University of Melbourne

I wonder if this caption counts as an arch observation.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Lemon and Pear

The light on this subject faded so rapidly that soon I could only see a bitter lemon and the green fruit was fast disap-pear-ing.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Apple Half with Small Bottle

This painting may not be the full bottle, but the apple's not half bad.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Roses with Enamelware Pitcher

This painting takes in the whole pitcher, but the rose is the bud of the joke.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Interior with Plaster Cast

This could have just been a painting of a plaster bust, but I cast the net wider.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Pomegranate with Earthenware Jar

Pomegranateware

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Capital City Trail with Train Tracks, Royal Park

Making capital out of pigment.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Turnip with Light Bulb

Turnip the lights!

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Onion with Pewter Jug

The famous Russian onion-dome architectural style presented by Vladimir Pewtin.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"