In celebration of the first warm day and the intimations of spring, here’s a painting from a couple of years ago. Near the top of the Pinnacles lookout in the Grampians, but looking the other way towards the west. The place was full of early wild flowers, none of which I know the names of. I … More Spring is just around the corner…
This time the wattle is just coming into bloom on Chatauqua Peak near Hall’s Gap in the Grampians. I don’t get so much time to bushwalk at the moment what with jobs and family. When we do manage to get away we usually don’t get to Hall’s Gap until late afternoon, when only enough daylight remains for … More More Wattle
The rhythm of walking through the bush: footfalls, the way the trees appear and disappear as I pass, and how the light changes, is like having a stream of music playing in my head. There is a strong rhythmic element in many of my paintings for that reason. The title is taken from Lines Written … More A thousand blended notes
A selection of images from the exhibition. All paintings are oil on linen on wood 9 x 12 cm “Walkers are ‘practitioners of the city’, for the city is made to be walked. A city is a language, a repository of possibilities, and walking is the act of speaking that language, of selecting from those possibilities. Just as … More Walking the Ballarat Lanes
art about place 