Lands End Kiama

This painting has been a while in gestation and even now I'm unsure if it is complete. A house on the headland in Kiama, South Coast is perched precariously. The sandstone cliff is coloured orangey red and the sea is calm. I would love to live there, the views and the ability to go swimming in ocean pools and beaches. What a lifestyle!

Reflections 2

I took my unsatisfactory water painting to Norma who said I was to apply the palette knife on the water as well and brighten it. After which she said to apply a thin glaze over to give the water a voluminous feel. Here is the result: it definitely is an improvement.

Reflections on water

This painting is a study of reflection on water. Water is one of the hardest subject to do well, it ripples, it reflects but only partially, it is both translucent and opaque in parts. I have always loved the challenge of depicting it and this study is based very loosely on a painting for sale at Norma's gallery.



The water here is very still and reflects the sandstone partially. There is more I can do but as I started on a oil sketch paper, I'm not sure it will tolerate any further rubbing: it might all disintegrate in a heap!

Rocks at Coogee

This week I was teased about not finishing a painting.... just wasn't in the zone, you know.  Anyway, I did what I could.  The waterways was tricky because there were so many colours in reality and you can also see the vegetation underneath.  Unfortunately, I glazed it with the wrong blue colour (!) and then had to do a repair job.  This is not complete, as there are figures I want to work in but overall, I'm happy with the colours of the rocks and their texture. 

Sandstone cliffs again

I was not going to finish the sandstone painting I begun but one of our friends Jo said she really liked it and persuaded me to complete it. I think the houses I originally perched on clifftop were too much hard work. It is far easier to remove them but then where is the interest in the composition? This was a dilemma I pondered and finally decided to modify the cliff so that there is another in the back. I also added a grey threatening sky and here it is complete.



Unfortunately it cannot really be Sydney .... Well maybe Sydney around 150 years ago when we hadn't built our shores up like today. However it reminds me of the walks we Sydneysiders have the privilege to do along the coast. How beautiful is this city?