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"

West Gate Bridge from Spotswood

It's taken almost a week for me to post this painting; like this bridge, dear reader, I was keeping you in suspense.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Pumpkin with Antique Iron

Pumping iron (caption courtesy of my dad)

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Still Life with Coffee Percolator and Pumpkins

Deconstructed pumpkin spice latte (with eggplant and ink bottle).

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 12"

Flowering Gum with Autumn Leaves

I went at this painting with all gums blazing.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Willows on Pipers Creek

This is my latest work to come on stream.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Pumpkin with Candle Lamp

The light of gourd.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Bosc Pears with Handbell

A pair of bell-bottoms

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Devonshire Lane, Mount Macedon

A painting jammed in before the afternoon light was scone.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Pear Half with Small Copper Pot

Two half pots are a pot whole.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Turnip with Glass Vase

Chopin is generally considered glass act, and was especially famous for his 21 nocturnips.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Still Life with Apple and Onion

I commenced painting late in the afternoon and had to race against the fading daylight -- it was still life in the fast lane.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"