• Dahlias in my garden

    Beautiful big orange pastel dahlias are growing in my overgrown garden. My leg is still healing and currently in isolation on our mountain. I can’t help but be inspired by a Margaret Olley. The paint is still wet when I photographed the painting with my iPhone. Happy flowers. Acrylic on canvas.

  • Mr Plod the Magpie

    I’ve been staying with my daughter and she has a friendly magpie named Mr Plod who visits and hangs around several times a day. He sings and watches the family and even joins in when family members play instruments and sing. Of course he enjoys a feed too. I played around using an ink pen,…

    Mr Plod the Magpie
  • Painting Wollumbin from my garden

    Another painting while I recover from my broken leg. Bright and tropical today with the sun out. Acrylic on board.

    Painting Wollumbin from my garden
  • Birdbath in the rain

    What to do when it’s raining and one has a broken leg? Paint of course! Here’s another little one. The birdbath is actually one I created with mosaic. I love watching the birds splashing about in it. Acrylic on canvas.

  • ‘ Celebrating Green’ at Iluka Emporium

    Friday 13th was the day. Thanks to my husband Bill for hanging my work due to my temporary disability of a broken leg! Thank you to friends who popped in to take a look and enjoy a glass of wine. “‘Celebrating Green’ is my response to the recent rains in northern NSW after months of…

  • Bird Bath

    Mt Wollumbin and a grass Tree have appeared again along with a little wren in the bird bath. Acrylic on canvas

  • ‘Bouquet’ – my garden continues to inspire

    I was given bouquets of fresh flowers whilst I was in hospital recently. As I have a broken leg I am not very mobile at the moment. So what to do but paint! Acrylic on canvas.

  • Up in the Clouds

    I’d been thinking about this one for a while. I love how the clouds form in the valleys some mornings. And I wanted to keep the colours neutral. I’ve been looking at Wollumbin for several years. It feels good to be finally painting what I have been looking at and thinking about. Acrylic on canvas.

  • Colourful Sunrise

    I’m enjoying using thick colourful paint! This is Artelier Interactive acrylic and its beautiful to use. Wollumbin (Mt Warning )!features again. Painted from my deck which is ow getting quite a few paint spots! This painting will be part of a series soon to be displayed at Iluka Emporium http://www.ilukaemporium.com

  • Wollumbin view

    A long painting this time. Acrylic on canvas