New start. Nubeena

Thursday, March 18, 2010

sheerwater skull and seaweed chalk on paper 50x35cm


A few hours of close exploration of the things we found at the beach on Wednesday.
Teasing out the intricacies is deeply satisfying
Now back to the housework

18th March

Study of Shearwater; washed up among the driftwood on Roaring Beach
Using chalk on black paper I am working from light-to-dark
12x10 CM



Acrylic on board.
40x30 CM

A study of the blue winged parrot



I am trying to get the rhythm of the marks and colors to tell the story





Using many overlays of thin transparent colour

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

pages from the drawing book






















Studio; house and view of water


looking at the workplace

the bird, boat and ochre.Acryli on canvas




The bird has the color and rythm of the landscape
The boat was a project began with my dad when I was about 9
The rocks were found in the white sandy riverbed at Camel Camp. An egg with brilliant red ochre for yolk

weekend boating. Clancy Billy and Ned

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