My latest large painting of a friend on our local beach. Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas. On display at Iluka Emporium

Unusual for me not to use colour! I drew with charcoal then added some wet brushwork followed by a little acrylic paint in white. Inspired by my garden on Mackellar Range, Larnook NSW. click to see all images

A holiday with my grandson included an island with no cars, just horse and carts and bicycles. We stayed in 2 little bungalows side by side a few steps from the beach. I enjoyed the company of 2 ginger cats, one is featured in one of these sketches with pen and watercolour.

Last November I had the pleasure of being able to tour India both north and south for 3 weeks. The colours and constant whirl of subject matter made me photograph constantly but I did have time to do a few sketches

I’ve enjoyed Life Drawing since I was 18 and run regular sessions in my studio. With so many life drawings lying around, I was trying to think of a way to display them. I decided to buy wooden clip skirt/pants hangers and plastic sleeves for my drawings. It kind of works except the bigger drawings…

This will be another fabulous exhibition of local art. I have 2 pique assiette mosaic mirrors, 1 small table and 2 water lily paintings on show. It’s on every day until 12th October from 10am to 4pm

This small painting was part of the Clarence Impressions Exhibition recently and has now sold. This little mermaid painting has a mosaic tail just like the real one that sits at the end of the boat harbour.

I’ve just returned from Bali and Lombok and was so relaxed I didn’t complete much artwork. Here’s a few scribbles from Sidemen, up in the hills and still has a feel of the ‘old Bali’. Our villa did have a view of Mt Agung behind the rice fields but it was covered in cloud. So…