A view through my window.

Today was clean up day as I went about organising the studio. I had been working on so many pieces that I needed to find order again. This is the view through my studio window at the end of the day. I had a little time to play with ideas. I made up a concentrate of...
Circle stories

Circle stories

Last week I was lucky enough to be at a conference in Darwin and I did a pre-conference workshop with the talented author  Nadia Wheatley . If you know ” My Place” you have a sense of her awareness of the importance of place. To my surprise and joy I ended...

Through the layers

Some days the act of painting is a push and pull where you feel like you are carving through in order to draw out something not yet definable. Today was one of those days as I worked on 2 small canvases. This is where I left them and will hopefully complete them...
Library Girl

Library Girl

Today I continued working on yesterday’s starting point for Library Girl. She has lots of layers. Used bubble wrap, washi tape, bridal ribbon, collage paper and a stencil.i like the strength of colour contrasts in this...

One step forward…

I always feel that the challenge of painting a face is an amazing push and pull of re shaping. The continual questioning of each mark as the image takes shape. Do the eyes match up. Does she capture that spark or do I need to keep working over and building up the...