Incredible Lord Howe reefs

Regular readers would know that I'm attempting to paint Lord Howe island for a joint exhibition with Coralie my friend. Coralie has demanded at least 6 paintings and I'm dragging the chain as I've only done two.







Well, I've doubled my output since a week ago with these aerial reef paintings. The colours are as true as I can get and yes, they are incredible. But what I really like is the new Liquitex ceramic stucco medium that Carla introduced. It has the consistency of cement but what an effect! Just the perfect piece for reefs, rocks, mountains.

Reef beach near Fairlight

Sydney can be so stunning in winter - the sun shines and it's just the right temperature for walking. We went for a walk from Balgowlah to Manly a few weeks ago and it was glorious.





At Reef Beach, we stopped to admire the view and the sparkle of the water. This painting is an excuse to use gel medium for a beachscape.

Rework of mangroves at Cook River

This old painting needed a lift so I asked Carla what to do.


And here it is -zing added with those lovely lemon yellow.