Sale Paintings

There have been big changes in my life - declutterring; downsizing; a move and a new, lovely but smaller home has necessitated the sale of paintings.

My home has been a space to earn a living and continue my creative practice - and a room to store many, many paintings!

Now with the home sold these paintings need new homes - hence this post. 

Please scroll down and find a treasure to save and enjoy. 

First two of my favourite paintings:

Glimmering Fragments of the Mist was inspired by an early morning walk. The trees in the park across the road were veiled in mist. They looked ethereal and shrouded in mystery. So how to capture that experience?

Glimmering Fragments of the Mist oil and silver leaf on canvas 91cm x 220cm $1500.00

Here’s a link to a post about the painting:

Glimmering Fragments of the Mist

Bunya Riverside - oil on canvas 100cm x 100cm $1500.00

Small paintings

Noosa Series 

Striped bag                               Three Umbrellas.               All Spotty

All: 20cm x 20cm oil on canvas $ 20.00 each      ALL SOLD

Flowers

Water Lilies 20cm x 20cm.     Pink Roses 30cm x 30cm. Two Proteas 20cm x 20cm

$20.00.    SOLD                                 $60.00.   SOLD                   SOLD    $20.00       

Shell Series



All: 20cm x 20cm oil on canvas $20.00 each

Sapphire series 

All: 20cm x 20cm oil on canvas $20.00 each



Pascale’s Orchids                                 Proteas with a Jug 
All: oil on canvas 40cm x 40cm $150.00 each 

Water lily Pond oil on canvas 180cm x 90cm    $1000.00

King Protea oil on canvas  76cm x 76cm $200.00

Looking towards Kaapse Hoop oil on canvas 76cm x 91cm  $500.00

Watercolours and ink drawings

Two Pink Proteas W/C Framed $30.00.                  Kimberley - Digital painting $30.00

Dragon Vase - W/C framed $40.00                 Artichoke W/C framed $40.00

Still Beautiful W/C framed $50.00.                   The Reader mixed media $40.00

Abundance W/C framed $150.00.                Love Dahlia W/C framed $150.00

Chobe Elephants W/C 75cm x 95cm framed $200.00

Leaf Bud.                                             Clustered Seed Pod.                   Floral Bud

All framed $15.00                  

Paintings

Towards Kaapse Hoop 

Magnolia Diptych 50cm x 50cm oil on canvas both $300.00 (or $150.00 each)

Ochre Still Life 51cm x51cm $100.00.                   Cups and Bottles 61cm x 76cm.   $150.00

Cups I oil on canvas                                                        Cups II oil on canvas            

Both: 61cm x 76cm $ 150.00 each 

  

Pumula Rocks I 91cm x 76cm.                   Pumula Rocks II 91cm x 91cm.          

$300.00 each 

Rocks, Sea and Sand: Pumula  oil on canvas 91cm x 91cm $500.00

Bark Abstract I & II oil on canvas 61cm x 76cm
$150.00 each 

A Pool among the rocks I & II - oil on canvas 51cm x 51 cm 

$150.00 each 

Bark Layers 81cm x 40cm

$200.00

Magnolias oil on canvas 91cm x 76cm            Still Life with lilies 50cm x 50cm $200.00

$200.00

Tasmania Land,Sea,Sky $100.00.          Cottage at Cedar Creek $100.00

Escarpment Shadows                  Trees at Kalinga Park 76cm x 91cm $300.00
61cm x 45cm $200.                      SOLD

Thirteenth Anniversary

Today, thirteen years ago, I arrived in Brisbane to start a new life here. Leaving family (Warren and Angela in particular)behind in South Africa has been hard and the return visits far fewer than I would’ve liked. Settling in to a new country took time but thanks to the unfailing support of my daughter and son in law Tanya and Craig I have a good life here.

I’ve been able to establish myself as an artist and teacher thanks to many loyal students who continue to value time in my studio.This anniversary post would not be complete without acknowledging all those who have supported my work. 

One day back in 2012, I was sketching at my local cafe Deja Bru Cafe and got talking to the owner. This conversation resulted in a commission to print this mural. You can read about that here: The Deja Bru project  and also here…

Then later I was sketching, again, while having coffee at Milk Cafe Ashgrove and posted this sketch on Instagram 

Some years later the then owner contacted me to ask if she could purchase the rights to create a mural using the sketch. 

Then the project was expanded to include new artwork for the outside windows. You can see more here.

Another restaurant and a new commission, this time for Oh Boy Bok Choy 
I loved doing this watercolour which now has pride of place in the restaurant. 

I would also like to thank the many Collectors who have purchased my paintings over the years. 

To all who have enriched my life here, thank you so much. 

A few pet portraits

I continue learning how to work with coloured pencils and after starting with portraits of people, I decided to try my hand at a few pets. 

The first one is Diesel, my daughter’s Boxer. He’s very lively and has the most engaging personality. He loves taking over the sofa.

Diesel - pencil crayons in an Epsilon sketchbook. 

I’m using Caran d’ache Luminance pencils. They’re soft and buttery and have wonderfully intense colours. I also have a few Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. These are a little harder which makes them good for fine details. 

When I visited my son, Warren last year, I did a graphite portrait of his French Bulldog, Harley. This portrait is from a photo taken when she made herself at home on my bed early one morning. 

Harley -  pencil crayons in an Epsilon sketchbook. 

A series of pet portraits would not be complete without a portrait of the boss of my daughter’s family - Diva. I took this photo - at very close range of her as she sat on my lap fixing me with her unblinking stare.

She has perfected ‘The Look’. This often indicates that you are about to get a nip…

Diva - pencil crayons in an Epsilon sketchbook.