Painting
A long time ago there were those who camped by a clear watered babbling stream lost in the bush in El Questro of the Kimberley. In the evening they would climb the hillside and stand looking down on the cobbled river in the valley far below. The moon would rise and they would toast the Kimberley in wine. The birds squawked and the animals rustled in the leaves. The time passed, the landscape remained but the people had gone.
Painting
I painted this over an old oil painting which had lost its interest for me. Consequently there are palimpsests within the work, where there are glimpses of its history and previous life. The new painting is entirely imaginary. I worked in alkyd based oil paint using colour shapers and brushes, dragging and glazing. I just let the painting guide me and take me wherever it wanted me to go. The content is not designed or intended it simply arises during the process of painting. Looking at it now, I can analyse it and see the influence of previous paintings in the foreground boats. As I worked, I listened to an audio book of “The game of thrones” which might account for the bird. I can’t explain this painting, there is no explanation it simply is.
A couple in ecstasy from my Lovers series
From the Fat Lady series
This is inspired by a Chagall painting but with an Australian flavour
A memory of a wild evening in a Karaoke bar in Phuket, Thailand. I remember hitting the bell frequently at the behest of my companions only to find out at the end of the evening that it meant I was paying for a round of drinks
