Bendalong is a place I have to return to on a regular basis.
All my changes were there. – Neil Young.
Washerwoman Beach, Bendalong
Bare Island Wave
Mangroves at the Camp
A plein air from a painting trip to Norther Queensland. The Mangroves gave the impression of mobility
Mangroves
Young Mangroves on the Queensland coast – plein air.
Goldsmiths Island
A little plein air painting made on an uninhabited island off the Queensland coast looking towards the Whitsunday Islands.
Ghost Wave
Coogee Swimmers
After an early morning swim looking into the glare of an overcast sky.
Big Wave Coogee
Many of my wave paintings like this one are based on photographs that I take with a small waterproof camera while swimming. This one makes the Coogee SLSC clubhouse appear to be threatened by a big wave. As I was making this painting a few weeks after I took the photo there was an intense low pressure system off the east coast of Sydney and big waves caused one of the clubhouse walls to collapse.
Afternoon Shorebreak at Scarborough
I’ve been asked why so many of these pictures have the vertical and horizontal drips running through them. Firstly, it’s a pictorial device, it makes the work more interesting to me and allows me to introduce more colour. I often paint from my photographs but I’m not trying to paint my photographs. On another level, it allows me to suggest the forces that bring about change in a landscape- water, gravity and heat over time. Everything is in a state of flux, nothing remains the same and anyone who goes to a beach on a regular basis can’t help but notice.
Gathering Crests
