Rock outcrops – tors – are a feature of the landscape in Cornwall, where I used to live, and also here in the Central Highlands of Victoria. The great lumps of granite echo the shapes of their antipodean counterparts but there the similarity ends. While a tor in Cornwall is often reached by a short muddy stroll through lush and … More Rock of Ages I
For me, walking is a means of transport as much as anything. I prefer to live at walking speed and look at stuff as I stroll along. Maybe this is more of a European thing as the pavements are pretty much deserted here, while the traffic buzzes and toots and roars beside me. Or maybe … More Flâneur I
Another painting of heat and sunshine. Anyone might think it’s cold and raining outside at the moment. This painting was made in the fierce mid day heat in the You-Yangs, a group of hills near Geelong. Starting the walk earlier would have been smarter, but hey-ho, sometimes we just have to hike when we can hike … More Hot Day on the Dog Rocks
As I write this it’s mid afternoon and four degrees here in Ballarat. But then, it’s midwinter, and the change of seasons is part of the fun at 450m above sea level. In the summer it will be over 40 degrees, by 11am each morning my studio will be too hot to work in, acrylics … More Hot hot hot
One of the first paintings I made in Australia. This was a result of my first visit to the Grampians. Now, there are Grampians back home in Scotland, but they’re nothing like these ones, despite Major Mitchell’s contention when he named them during one of his surveying expeditions for the British Empire. I was used to … More Grampians (Gariwerd) V
This walking track near Daylesford is named after the sad story of three young boys who disappeared on 30th June 1867 and sparked a three week search. The story made the papers in Europe and America. How they became lost, when so many people reported seeing them at different locations, seemingly happy and knowing where they were, … More Three Lost Children
art about place 