Thursday, September 29, 2016

Great day for Yatching

This painting was done with a palette of blue and yellow, after admiring a work of Luke Sciberra's. It was surprisingly hard to not let the colours become purple.



I actually like this very much as it is much brighter than my usual landscapes. These people were loading a yatch for a party onboard. It was a gorgeous day at Parsley Bay and no doubt they would have enjoyed a great day in the harbour.

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Reworking old paintings

Did a spring clean of my canvases recently and thought some of them would benefit from a 'face lift'.


The funny thing is that one does improve over time although it's not obvious. Here I've given the beach reader a rework and finally it actually worked!


The second painting that caught my eye was the rocks at Coogee. I liked the movement from the waves but the figures were not right. I think this attempt works better.