Wednesday, 26 February 2020

Small Garlic-Head Vase with Onion

Still life oil painting of a blue garlic-head vase beside an onion.
Onions are brown, vases are blue -- though I strove for a pun, I could not follow through.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Tuesday, 25 February 2020

Eggplant with Light Bulb

Still life oil painting of an incandescent light bulb beside an eggplant.
Light returning after an egg-clipse.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Sunday, 23 February 2020

Manna Gum at Pipers Creek

Landscape oil painting of a eucalypt with distant rolling hills.
I'm fairly sure this is a manna gum -- it's certainly some manner of gum.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Thursday, 20 February 2020

Still Life with Onions

Still life oil painting of onions with brown ceramics.
The French refer to still life as nature morte, literally "nature dead".  Paintings like this, therefore, are a matter of life and death.

Oil on canvas board, 20" x 16"

Wednesday, 19 February 2020

Still Life in Brown with Copper Pot

Still life oil painting of a copper pot beside two brown onions, an earthenware bottle and an earthenware jar.
This painting took about six hours (three times as long as an ordinary painting); evidently I was in a brown study.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 12"

Wednesday, 12 February 2020

Monday, 10 February 2020

The Laundry

Oil painting of an open door revealing a washing machine and a sink.
Airing my dirty laundry in public.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Sunday, 9 February 2020

Pastoria Landscape

Landscape oil painting of a eucalypt with distant trees and hills.
This is indeed a Pastoria landscape, though at the time of painting it was a present-oria landscape.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Wednesday, 5 February 2020

Zucchini with Small Glass Jar

Still life oil painting of a zucchini beside a small glass jar.
Corvette sports car.  Er, I mean, courgette and short jar.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Tuesday, 4 February 2020

Pear Half with Antique Poison Bottle

Still life oil painting of half a pear beside a green glass poison bottle.
Were I to ignore the poison warning on this bottle, I'd have to pear half the responsibility.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Sunday, 2 February 2020

Thursday, 30 January 2020

Wednesday, 29 January 2020

Tuesday, 28 January 2020

Old Fashioned Glass with Apricots

Still life oil painting of two apricots beside an old fashioned glass.
A not-so-old old fashioned glass with two newly fashioned apricots (picked from my parents' tree).

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Monday, 27 January 2020

Sunday, 26 January 2020

Dam at Pipers Creek

Landscape oil painting of two eucalypts beside a dam.
Damned if I know what to write.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Thursday, 23 January 2020

Apple on Wooden Puzzle

Still life oil painting of a red apple on a wooden cube puzzle.
To get on top of this puzzle you need to be one smart apple.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Wednesday, 22 January 2020

Tomato Half with Small Bottle

Still life oil painting of a small glass bottle beside a halved tomato.
Coming up with a pun is half the bottle.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Tuesday, 21 January 2020

Thursday, 16 January 2020