I was very taken with the Roger Kemp exhibition at the Ian Potter Gallery, Melbourne, https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/roger-kemp/ in December, 2019, for three main reasons. Firstly, we had the opportunity to see the progress of an artist’s work from his youth to later years. He painted with great immediacy, often with oil on cardboard, flattening forms, which linked him […]
I was first introduced to the abstract expressionist painting of Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) after a visit to the Abstract Expressionist exhibition in Bilbao in 2017. It is, however, Motherwell’s paintings on Elegy to the Spanish Republic, painted between 1948-1967, which interest me most. He painted over 100 paintings on the subject, and was always seeking […]
The slideshow shows some of my most recent paintings featuring marine life, coastal scenes, the Shark Bay area and the gorges of Western Australian. You can pause the slideshow by moving your mouse over the main image. If you like my work I’d love you to follow me on Facebook and share my website with […]
Shark Bay is part of a World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia around 800 kilometres (500 miles) north of Perth, the state capital. With its combination of long coastlines, islands and peninsulas, it is a harsh, unforgiving and yet stunningly beautiful environment. I love the juxtaposition of raw earth, mangrove-fringed lagoons, […]
The slideshow shows a sample of paintings featuring a range of subjects, including a local bobtail lizard (Tiliqua), a group of elderly men sailing their model yachts, the tragic tale of a brave sacrifice to save a friend (Three Boys Park) and an interpretation of the seasons through the eyes of both white and Indigenous […]
Western Australia is a vast state with 20,781 km (12,913 miles) of coastline, including 7,892 km (4,904 miles) of island coastline. The coastal scenery varies from granite and sandstone cliffs through to broad white beaches and mangrove-fringed inlets, and all of it is a magnet for an artist. The slideshow shows a sample of my […]
Click any of the albums listed below to see samples of my art, including works that are still available for purchase.New workSome of my latest artworks Marine lifeLife in our oceans, past and present Coastal scenesPaintings of the WA coast NW gorgesThe spectacular gorges of Australia’s NW Shark BayThe lagoons, mangroves and hinterland of Shark Bay WA […]
I have long been entranced with the amazing animals that live in Western Australia. With an area of 2,500,000 square kilometres, Western Australia covers one third of the Australian continent. Most excitingly for animal lovers, more than half of Australia’s biodiversity hotspots and a significant percentage of its unique flora and fauna are found here. As well as being […]
The slideshow shows a sample of paintings featuring scenes from gorges in North Western Australian. You can pause the slideshow by moving your mouse over the main image. If you are interested in purchasing a painting, please note its title and click here. And if you’d like to know about the gorges, scroll down below the slideshow […]
The slideshow shows a sample of paintings featuring the marine life of the Indian Ocean, past and present, including turtles, shells, fossilised ammonites and the coelacanth. You can pause the slideshow by moving your mouse over the main image. If you are interested in purchasing a painting, please note its title and click here.