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TIME FOR A CHANGE IN DIRECTION
“Those Trees.” 5 panels, each 19 x 57 cms. Prismacolor pencils on Canson pastel board. Own reference. My favourite coloured pencil drawing for 2019 was a series of 5 that I’ve had mounted and framed as a single entry for … Continue reading
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LANDSCAPE DNA
“Norfolk Plains DNA” 40 x 80 cms Prismacolor pencils on Canson pastel board. Own reference. Winner of the Norfolk Plains Art Prize 2013. In the mid 1950s I was given a box of Australian made Builda Brix by my … Continue reading
A CURE FOR ARTIST’S BLOCK?
“Conara Landscape” 40 x 80 cms Prismacolor pencils on Canson pastel Board Finalist, 2014 Bay of Fires Art Prize. Do you ever suffer from Artist’s Block, that moment in your creative journey where you run out of ideas, inspiration and motivation? … Continue reading
THE CHANGE IS MADE
Recent Landscapes. (each 30 x 40 cms) When I was a student at Art School in Tasmania (last century) I was strongly drawn to simplified, hard-edged abstract art, particularly in painting. Maybe I ‘peaked’ too soon, as 10 years later … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract art, Art, art galleries, art sales, artkleko, artwork, Australian ARTIST, coloured pencil, commercial art, drawing, hard edged art, landscape art, landscapes, realism, red dots
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As Good as a Holiday
“Not a Neglected Landscape” (Lake St. Clair, Tasmania, Australia) Gouache & Archival pen on Canvas, 81 x 106 cms. I have been very productive so far this year, consistently completing 2 drawings each week, resulting in a large collection of … Continue reading
Crowdy Cairns
“Silent Stones, Crowdy Bay” 80 x 60 cms Luminance & Supracolor pencils on Canson pastel board. My own reference & imagination. This is not a post concerning the population of Cairns (Australia), instead, it’s about my fascination for rock cairns, … Continue reading
TV Drawing
L: “Fragile Sentinels“ R: “Fragile Guardians” Both A4 in size, Supracolor pencils on Canson Paper, own references. It’s not uncommon when I’m home to sit in our lounge room after tea and draw while I’m watching television (or is that … Continue reading
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Tagged art ideas, Cairns, coloured pencil, colouring, composition, drawing, driftwood, forest floors, landscapes, leaves, line, observation, sticks, stones, visual diary
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Stitching & Beyond Workshop
Last weekend I conducted a Caran d’Ache coloured pencil workshop with members of the Stitching & Beyond group in Hobart. I had been looking forward to this workshop for months due to the challenging and diverse work that the group … Continue reading
THE WINDS OF CHANGE
Ancient Landscape It’s been over 14 months since my wife and I left Tasmania to live in Far North Queensland, then in Port Macquarie since February. As you can imagine, moving to a completely different environment will inevitably have … Continue reading
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Tagged art process, art thinking, artists, coloured pencils, digital art, environment, landscapes, mixed media art, the creative process
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BLINDED BY COLOUR
In Australia, 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women suffer from colour blindness in one form or another. This group also includes artists. We all react to colours, whether bold or sombre. We react in a certain way … Continue reading