Friday 19 August 2011

QUEENSLAND REGIONAL ART AWARDS

All of the entries in the QRAA are now on their website. I entered my "Noosa Spit" painting but I didn't make the finals. The paintings can be found at www.flyingarts.org.au/qraagallery. Voting for the vieweres choice award continues until 19th September. Works by friends, Jo Murray and Ken Munsie are also there. Have a look and vote for your choice!

Thursday 18 August 2011

A new work at last!

IT has been so long since my last post BUT I have been travelling and recovering from hip surgery.
As promised this is a photo of the first step for my current painting - a bit difficult to appreciate because it is Atelier white gesso on a sheet of white watercolour paper.
Although it looks BLUE I can assure you it is WHITE!
Hopefully the pictures will improve as more washes are added.
Can you see that the gesso has been applied unevenly but not roughly?
I don't know what the painting will be yet but it will evolve gradually.



To finish off I will leave you with a beautiful photo that I took while travelling in South Australia in May. The location is Tractor Beach on the Eyre Peninsula and we came across this fabulous spot one late afternoon while searching for a campsite for the night. I am looking forward to painting this soon.