Now this one is quite obscure, this is a lesueur’s velvet gecko, our local gecko, with some lady’s slipper orchids. Hence velvet slippers. Now you know why I write these descriptions. Velvet Slippers 2019 Watercolour on handmade 100% cotton rag paper Image size 62cm x 46cm Private collection
Project Type: Watercolours
Fairy Tail 2020
This little superb fairy wren knows that he is handsome, you just have to watch him strutting around and singing at the top of his surprisingly loud voice, but imagine if he had a peacock tail! Oh my! Imagine all the girls he could get then! These peacock feathers are set off in a William De Morgan Persian Amphora […]
Egg Shells 2020
This little hermit crab is picking which of my childhood shell collection he would like to move into next… when Summer was just about going to the beach and collecting shells… they are paired with a Royal Crown Doulton Imari Egg Cup. Egg shells 2020 Watercolour on handmade 100% cotton rag paper Image size 45cm x 31cm Private […]
Get Em Before They Are Gone: Swift Parrot 2019
This little series is about some of our critically endangered birds, here you will find the swift parrot who flies through our area at great speed, (hence the swift) to nest in Tasmania. I have paired him with some gum blossoms and a Meissen vase. Get Em Before They Are Gone: Swift Parrot Watercolour on handmade 100% cotton […]
Get Em Before They Are Gone: Orange Bellied Parrot 2019
This little series is about some of our critically endangered birds, here you will find the orange bellied parrot with a rather rare Limoges vase. Get Em Before They Are Gone: Orange Bellied Parrot 2019 Watercolour on handmade 100% cotton rag paper Image size 45cm x 31cm Private Collection
Get Em Before They Are Gone: Regent Honeyeater 2019
When I started this series about some of our critically endangered birds, the regent honeyeater whose main breeding site is not so far away from us was listed as critically endangered, but as that site has been pretty much destroyed by the Gosper’s Mountain Fire, let’s hope that he is not now extinct. Only time will tell. Here he […]
Four Calling Birds 2019
This Christmas commission was for a lovely lady to give to her mother for Christmas. It was an absolute delight to paint and has inspired me to think about how I can paint each of the different scenes from The Twelve Days of Christmas with an Australian feel. Four Calling Birds 2019 Watercolour on handmade […]
Mixed Flock Yellow Thornbill 2018
The third in the series of wallpaper mini birds. Mixed Flock Yellow Thornbill 2018 Watercolour on handmade 100% cotton rag paper Paper size 45cm x 31cm Private collection
Tulips 2019
One of the largest paintings I have ever done, at a whopping 111cm x 76cm it was larger than the desk I was trying to paint it on. I had to make up an extra painting board to go over the top. It features a magnificent Adriaen Kocks tulipierre filled with tulips, and because I […]
Scarlet Honeyeater and Neenish Tart 2019
This is the second painting to fly over to Berlin for the Australian Interior group show at Michael Reid Berlin. This one features a scarlet honeyeater and a neenish tart with an Imari pattern teaset. Scarlet Honeyeater and Neenish Tart 2019 Watercolour on 100% cotton rag paper Paper size 50cm round Still available through Michael […]
Fairy Wrens and Fairy Bread 2019
I love painting superb wrens, they are such adorable little birds, and here I have naturally paired them with fairy bread, of course… Fairy Wrens with Fairy Bread 2019 Watercolour on handmade 100% cotton paper Paper size 50cm round Available from Michael Reid Murrurundi
Double Barred Finch and Lamington 2019
This is one of two paintings which had the amazing opportunity to fly all the way to Berlin for the Australian Interior exhibition at Michael Reid Berlin. It features a double barred finch with an iconic Australian lamington. It loved Berlin so much it decided to stay. Double Barred Finch and Lamington 2019 Watercolour and […]