My practice consists of long walks in the rural areas, always with an eye to the beauty around me and how I can depict it on paper. I was born as a white child on an aboriginal reservation in Yuendumu, Northern Territory. The natural organic forms were my toys, and my objects of play with my aboriginal mates that I grew up with. The familiarity of these natural objects entices me to paint them in their natural state, to show their beautiful colours, their form and line. Working with my teacher Anita Barley over many years and now continuing with Dianne Emery has allowed me to learn how to depict this. So often we don't see or we forget how beautiful nature can be and disregard it, or find it of no consequence. Natural objects may be discarded but they have a simplistic beauty which I endeavour to show the viewer.
Catalogue Number 68
Allium sativum 'Oriental Purple' - Garlic
watercolour
412mm by 641mm
$1,600
