 
Barnawatha trio
acrylic on paper
Painting
at Barnawatha in northern Victoria meant stepping sideways from the
familiar. The palette was subtly different – even after a dry summer
the colours were softer than I’m used to at home and of course there
are many more hills!
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 Behind
the scene II
charcoal & pastel on
paper
Black
& white study for
“Behind the scene.”.
Certain places such as this rocky outcrop on the Granite Belt make
it easy to believe you are not alone, behind the scene there is
another agenda
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 Broome
sunset
acrylic & gouache on
paper
Broome
lived on its pearling industry for many years. Now tourists enjoy a
sunset cruise off Cable Beach in a replica lugger. The ultimate
experience for an easterner from western Queensland is the sight of
the sun sinking into a molten sea.
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Butterfly wings
Watercolour on paper, varnished & mounted on
cloth rubbed with natural pigment, stitchery
This
image began as a watercolour doodle on a scrap of paper which reminded
me of the shape of a butterfly wing.
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Carnarvon Gorge abstract
Acrylic on board mounted on cloth rubbed with
natural pigment, stitchery.
More
than once on our travels we passed the Carnarvon Gorge area without time to
stop – this little abstract is one of several that poured out in frustration
after we reached home!
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 Cloncurry
- Mt Isa glimpse IV
acrylic on paper
One
of my favourite roads with a thousand different pictures around each
corner. Here the bloodwoods are flowering along a shady creek.
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Dinnabarraba dancers
Gouache, natural pigment, charcoal on paper
Dinnebarraba
Hill looks out over our paddocks. The dog and I spent a very hot
weekend painting here one February. I wasn’t pleased with the
results and worked from them later in the studio, doing many
versions of one composition.
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Drought dancing
pastel, graphite on paper
We
dance to the rhythm of the seasons. Like it or not, drought is part
of the pattern.
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Girraween moss
Acrylic
on board mounted on cloth rubbed with lichen, stitchery.
Mosses
and lichens make fascinating patterns on the rocks of the Granite
Belt.
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Girraween skinks
Acrylic
on board mounted on cloth rubbed with natural pigment, stitchery
At Girraween
National Park, I spent some time watching two small skinks sun
themselves on the rocks. If you created a shadow over them, they
scuttled for cover, and re-emerged when the coast was clear.
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 Hidden
Valley jigsaw
pastel collaged onto
coloured rice paper
Another
view of
Hidden Valley,
tucked away behind the township
of Kununurra.
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 Leopardwood
jigsaw
pastel collaged on
mulberry paper
The
leopardwood is one of my favourite trees with its colourful flaky
bark. This one is at Myall Park Botanic
Garden near Glenmorgan. The work was started in the ‘80s then lost
in a tidy-up - when
it re-appeared, a couple of the jigsaw pieces were missing…
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Ridgescape
charcoal, watercolour on
paper
I
don’t often use watercolour, but decided it was the way to go to
finish a drawing started on one of our bendee ridges many years ago.
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Sailing in the sunset
acrylic, copper leaf,
collage on paper
Sometimes
I get lucky on evening walks down to our dam.
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Wild cotton jigsaw
pastel on coloured
mulberry paper
Another
recently completed pastel from my first visit to Kununurra in 1986.
The wild cotton flowers lit up the red rocks of the valley.
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