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Intro into Landscape Oil Painting

Studio Workshop

Saturday 8th September 2018
at my Wine Country Studio more details here.....
View photos of previous workshops & read testimonials here...


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2017 Viola Bromley Award for Painting, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre


2017
44TH MUSWELLBROOK ART PRIZE
Finalist in the 2017 Muswellbrook Art Prize, Drawing.
Exhibition details and finalists, here.
Professor Ian Howard, Adjudicator,  comments on a selection of entries. This work demonstrates:
"High drama from the contrast and colours of pastels.
The ability of artist and media to amplify the unfolding drama of the landscape"

2017 Viola Bromley Award for Painting
Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre

2016
June 2016 Artist in Residence at La Macina di San Cresci, Chianti Italy. I'm returning to the artist oasis that is affectionately known as San Cresci. 
August 2016:  'Various Storms and Saints' exhibition Galerie Belimage, Switzerland. Works shown include drawings & paintings from Australia and a recent artist residency at San Cresci, Italy.

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Friday vibes. Bare foot drawing & listening to London Grammar. 🎶 Do you listen to music while in the creative flow? 55x76 cm soft pastel painting on prepared Fabriano paper. 🖍 - - #londongrammar #huntervalleywinecountry #huntervalleyartist #softpastelpainting #artspectrumpastels #landscape #landscapepainting Sunset after the storm. I knew it was only a matter of time before the rain came. Our water tanks are full. The frogs are croaking & the vines are happy. Check out a pic in “My Story”. ⠀ Nature rocks ! 🤘🌱⠀ Soft pastel drawing on art spectrum pastel paper, - - #huntervalleywinecountry #interiordesign #huntervalleyartist #softpasteldrawing #softpastelpainting #markmaking #sunset #rain #huntervalley On the easel today. Having a little play after a few weeks away. This painting’s life began as a plein air back in April! Where has the time gone? School goes back tomorrow after Spring break. Big shout out to all the creative Mums out there juggling their creative time with kids, work & home life. You rock 🤘🙌 , - - #creativelife #worklifebalance #creativemums #mumssupportingmums #ontheeasel #oiloncanvas #huntervalleywinecountry #interiordesign #oilpainting #huntervalleyartist #backtoschool Tell me about the history of your landscape. Where do you live? This little 10x10cm oil on canvas treasure features Fordwich Crossing, Hunter Valley. It was my family property until recently. It speaks of European settlement from its name but also boasts a long and rich Aboriginal history too! (This work is for sale. Please DM me for dets) - - #artforsale #huntervalleywinecountry #huntervalleyartist #history #fordwich #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #art #miniaturepainting #interiordesign #landscapepainter #history #australia I’ve been told that I’m too sensitive. Like it’s a bad thing. Where would we be if we didn’t have sensitive souls like Van Gogh, Mozart or Baudelaire? Is it a blessing or a curse? - - - - - #thoughtfortheday #soulfood #sensitivebutstrong #pintrest #dj #artistlife Sometimes you just need to be barefoot to paint. Playing with an acrylic monotype & pastel - inspo from Mr Degas & his delicious landscapes. - - #monotype #softpastel #barefootartist #drawing #softpastelpainting #markmaking #workonpaper #interiordesign #huntervalleywinecountry #huntervalleyartist #printmaking #monotypeprint #monotypeprintmaking The only true time I feel grounded & still is in Nature. The cycle of life is all around me. She is my muse. 🌱 - #oiloncanvas #oilpainting #huntervalleywinecountry #mothernature #studio Flow state. I think that’s why I love to paint & draw. That divine feeling when time stops, you’re in the moment & it flows. 🙌🌈 - - #studio #artstudio #painting Frida Kahlo. Enough said. A little treasure sent with angel wings across the sea to its new home. 👼. - - #huntervalleyartist #huntervalleywinecountry #oiloncanvas #artforsale #miniaturepainting #thankyou And then the rain came.......... I had to stop what I was doing and enjoy the rain. The sound is magical ☔️ . . #huntervalleywinecountry #waterisprecious #huntervalleyartist #softpasteldrawing #softpastelpaintinf #drawing #markmaking #enpleinair #nopleinnogain #rain #drought #mybackyard Spring has sprung. The smell of jasmine lingers in my studio while I paint these little 10x10 cm treasures for an upcoming show @cstudios.art.gallery. Super excited 😊 🌸🌱 . . #huntervalleywinecountry #oiloncanvas #pokolbin #newcastle #huntervalleyartist #miniaturepainting #spring #jasmine #growth #renewal #oilpainting #painting Little one/ Big one. Inspired by our sacred Hunter River which has seen better days. The current drought is rather trying & although the clouds looked promising today, the water gauge didn’t even measure a drop. We moved from the big smoke during the 2005 drought. We lived with a mice plague, red dirt for our son to play in, 50c heat & shared a bath to save water. But the rain did come & it poured & poured. The red dirt tuned green, our Hunter River flooded & instead of mice in our beds we had endangered green tree frogs in our toilet. It was magical to watch Nature regenerate. We are a land of extremes & although the drought is tough, the rain will come so watch this space! 🌧 . . . #drought #hopeful #waterisprecious #raindance #mothernature #huntervalleywinecountry #pokolbin #oilpainting #fordwich#hunterriver #oiloncanvas #onmyeasel #huntervalley Framed and ready to hang @muswellbrookartscentre Miniature XIX exhibition this weekend. 10 x 10 cm oil on canvas. Framing care of the amazing John Butcher #number1framer !! 🙌 . . #huntervalleywinecountry #enpleinair #pokolbin #oilpainting #miniature #miniaturepainting #landscapepainting #fordwich #brokenbackmountain #oiloncanvas #oilcanvaspainting #huntervalleyartist Finishing up a plein air which I started last October @ivanhoewines ! Getting ready for a new season of plein air painting out in our beautiful valley. Hurry up Spring 🌱🍇 . . #huntervalleywinecountry #pokolbin #enpleinair #vines #vineyard #fluffygrass 🌾#oilpainting #enpleinairpainting #landscapepainting #huntervalleyartist #ontheeasel #studio #bosesoundlink #bosespeaker #bose On the easel today. Finishing a plain air from a few months ago when we had beautiful purple wildflowers in the paddock. . #oilpainting #landscapepainting #enpleinair #oiloncanvas #huntervalleyartist #huntervalley #pokolbin #huntervalleywinecountry #ontheeasel A perfect winter’s day to paint outside the studio door. I had an audience too. 110x110cm oil on canvas. . #enpleinair #oiloncanvas #huntervalley #huntervalleyartist #painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting In August 2014 I had this crazy idea to curate an exhibition which featured the work of my Instagram buddies. The premise was that we posted sketches every Friday and tagged them #fridaysketchclub. @muswellbrookartscentre kindly said yes to my idea and my project was born. Little did I realise that it was one of the first ever Instagram exhibitions of its kind ! 12 wonderfully talented international artists rose to the call. These included @paulmordetsky_painter @anne.kristensen.art @caragh_savage @j.hayesart @curtisnjensen @briandmartin @rezadoust @pintoakuka @jeroy94 & the lovely @joythomasart. It is timely to remember this exhibition as our dear friend Joy is very unwell. All the #fridaysketchclub send our love & blessings to her & her family at this time. We love you lots & lots. You are indeed a talented & beautiful soul. 😘😘😘😘 Four little 10 x 10 cm treasures heading up to @muswellbrookartscentre Miniatures XIX exhibition this September. Inspired by my old family farm at Fordwich, Hunter Valley & it’s rich history. It reminds me of the wonderful book by Susan Stewart . “On longing : narratives of the miniature, the gigantic, the souvenir, the collection”.. Quote: “The miniature, linked to nostalgic versions of childhood and history, presents a diminutive, and thereby manipulate version of experience, a version which is domesticated and protected from contamination “ . . #susanstewart #oiloncanvas #oilpainting #miniaturepainting #huntervalleyartist #brokefordwich #huntervalley #muswellbrookregionalartscentre #exhibition #nostalgia #vinesnotmines #history #painting Four little 10x10cm oil on canvas treasures off to Miniature exhibition at @muswellbrookartscentre. - #huntervalleyartist #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #studio #fordwich #brokefordwich #brokenbackmountain #miniaturepainting #miniature #huntervalleywinecountry #huntervalley