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Mediterranean Garden at Hotham Park

I’ve had two sessions on this painting. I’m not sure I will get this one finished in time for my exhibition but i will have a jolly good try. Due to a technical hitch, mine I accidentally deleted this photo.So i am putting a photo of the scene at an earlier time of year. To…

Countdown…

23 days to go until my exhibition preview. Talk about down to the wire! I have so much to do. Pictures to finish of, D rings to put on, more cards to order, labels to make, prices to decide, flyers to distribute, posters to put-up and so on.  A  photo session at the Picture House…

Finishing touches

I have put the finishing touches to this by painting in the crows. Hotham Park has a large population of crows and rooks strutting around and nesting in tall trees. The crows are unusual in that they have white feathers in their wings.

Panic stations…

Last time I posted I was in a tiz about how much I have to do before my exhibition. Enter the technical hitch. Now I class myself as one of those people whom Humphrey Littleton  called Techno serfs, that is opposed to those who rank as technocrats. Technocrats manage machines and negotiate through the complexities…

Running out of time

Help! I have  and exhibition in a months time and I’m starting to panic I won’t get everything done in time. Today I got into my studio at 5.45am and painted all day until 5 pm with only short breaks for meals. I worked on three paintings two almost done plus one new.

A shady spot

During the really hot weather I took my sketching group, to this lovely shady spot in Hotham Park. It’s a place I like to go back to as there are so many different species of trees there.

Up to the eyeballs in paint at the Park

Second day of Hotham Park Country Fair. Today I became the demon paint squirter as I dished out paint to 40+ children who came to the tent to slosh paint around. Between squirting  there was washing palettes in a bucket, filling and emptying water pots from a clean bucket, emptying said bucket, giving advice to…