Ghost Van of Capertee, 31cm x 41cm, watercolour on paper, 2025
It was the link for so many people, between one stage of their lives, and the next. It was sometimes a happy occasion, and sometimes a disappointment. Many of those people have passed, and some are still living. The old van won’t be moving people now. It sits beside a shed and waits for rust, lichen, and the weather to take it back to the earth.
Ghost Town, 31cm x 41cm, watercolour on paper, 2025
Shale oil was mined in the township of Glen Davis NSW, from the late nineteenth century until the 1950’s when the mine closed. The planned village streets are empty, as are what remains of this village centre.
Watching Sentinels, 61cm x 122cm, acrylic on canvas, 2024
As seen from the Gordon River Road on a misty day. We were watching the Sentinels, and they were watching us.
Place of Falling Water, 91cm x 152cm, acrylic on canvas, 2023,- sold https://daygallery.com.au/catalog/rhett-brewer-the-place-of-falling-water
Megalong to Medlow, 30cm x 37cm, acrylic on board, framed, 2023
This plein air work came together very easily after months of studio painting of larger paintings. It was made by the roadside in the Megalong Valley and the cliff faces in the middle ground are those of Medlow Bath, just along from the famous Hydro Majestic which is indicated by a few brush marks on the right side. The cliffs were fanning out in the mid afternoon sunshine in early Autumn.
Lincoln’s Rock is one of the favourite lookouts in the Blue Mountains. There is a beautiful subtle geometry in it’s ancient forms. There is also a lot of mindless carving of names and initials.
Thousands of years of wind and rain sculpts the Blue Mountains rocks into beautiful weird shapes. This one looked like a crashed flying saucer. I painted it as it was , without exaggeration.
I love watching the cloud shadows rolling over the hills and mountains changing the mood and marking the moments.
Rhett Brewer - Artist 