Sculpture and other clay masterpieces

The firing has now been completed for works in clay and here are the results. My Shrek container is quite audacious. I rubbed iron oxide on the texture to get the effect.


The gumnut/ Shrek ears are a bright orange red inside.


And then there is the nude model; this time with a head and arms!





The final thing I brought home (there are quite a few items still at the studio) is this flower frog which turned out a delicate green blue.


Of course if I were a methodical note taker like my studio mate Lilli I would now have meticulous records of the glazes and underglazes. And be able to replicate the effects. Ahhh.... To be so organized!

Florist scene

My continuing interest in flowers has led me nearly 10 months later into painting this scene of my daughter at the florist cafe where Cath and I had our exhibition last year. Yuga is lovely because of the florist part. Setsuko informs me that she has moved her operations over to another shop nearby since.

Still life with poppies

Apologies for the photo but it was proving difficult to get the right exposure. In a bid to get the poppies on paper before they faded, I had to forego a shopping excursion with my 2 shopping buddies. Well it was probably worth it as this painting is really vibrant with those shades of yellow and orange against pthalo blue. Over the years I have finally made a friend of pthalo blue which used to take over all my paintings with the least encouragement.


Paul has unleashed something creative in me as I've completed 4 paintings in 2 weeks!