Family Heirlooms



Still Life # 3 - Silver Jug - watercolour on paper -120mm x 120mm

©Carol Lee Beckx



This little silver jug has been in my son-in-law's family since April 1876. It's so reassuring that some things have been treasured and passed down through the generations.

Our society is so focussed on the here and now. Essentially we live in a world where so much is transient and disposable. Even family photographs seldom make it to a printed form but live in a digital format only. 

What legacy will we leave our children?

Forest walk - Vertical accent

Windarra # 3 - watercolour on paper - 120mm x 120mm

©Carol Lee Beckx

The vertical repetition of the trunks of the trees caught my eye - I enjoyed their regimented formation. The light bark created a dramatic contrast to the dark foliage beyond.

Windarra forest walk

Windarra # 2 -watercolour on paper 120mm x 120mm

©Carol Lee Beckx

This small painting was done after I returned from a very muddy walk through the forest. The weather teases us with a day of sunshine and then the next minute the heavens have opened again and the ground is mud.

Further north,both inland and on the coast many towns and cities in Queensland have been submerged by floodwaters. Countless people have been left with nothing and their homes destroyed.

This afternoon we saw a rainbow so let's hope it is a signal that the flooding is at an end.