Saturday, December 2, 2023

Crow

A crow and a pair of lorikeets in the garden at Robert's in Concord, where I was staying until recently
 

 
  
 


 


 

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Waiting Rooms

 
Leichhardt centrelink

 
Waiting for a train at central

 

Sunday, November 26, 2023

Eyeball Villa

 
A building in Five Dock


 

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Conman in Congress

 Everyman abroad in the age of fake news


 


 

Wearing glasses to hide the eyes



Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Lorikeet Sumo

 


 I'm painting birds for a show hopefully early next year(2024)


 


 


 


Rainbow Lorikeets are little boofheads who love bouncing around in each others faces. Here's 2 competing in a tournament over the sunflower seeds





Friday, October 20, 2023

Galah watching from the Frangipani

Another painting of one of the birds in Robert's backyard, this time one of pair of galahs that visited one day


 




 

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Seagull

This is another of the bird paintings I've been playing around with

 


 
Flying against a magenta sky(at least for now)

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Whopping Big Naughty at Moshpit

 
Last saturday at a show organised by Bob Blunt

 

Monday, October 2, 2023

Whistling pigeon

 Crested pigeons, their wings whistle as they fly

 
Here they do a double act with the lorikeets foraging over the bread and sunflower seeds Robert puts out


 

 
On the ground in the backyard of where I've been staying


Sunday, October 1, 2023

Xantharea and Frankie



Playing a few songs at the Hub in Newtown

 
Stalls and people at Glebe Market earlier

 

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

A Pocketful of Fierce Violets

 Poetry at Sydney Fringe 2023

 
 
Lou Steer, Charles Freyberg, Paris Rosemont and Franky Valentyn perform at the Castlereagh Boutique Hotel in Sydney


Star



Sabria and James's dog Star with a bit of te skyline of their window view in Woolloomooloo

 

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Clivias in the garden

 
More clivias coming up amongst the dead leaves in my mother's garden


 

Sunday, September 10, 2023

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Lorikeets eating

 this is a tiny canvas





 

 
Feeding time in the back yard at Concord where I've been staying

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Evil at Moshpit


 


Sitting in Hyde Park and some other sketches

 


 

Catching the afternoon winter sun in Hyde Park. 



 
(some of)Balmain Hospital

 
at a bus stop in Burwood

 
Martin

 

Thursday, August 31, 2023

Lorikeets on some Branches

Lorikeets on the half-pruned lemon tree in Robert's backyard



 finished - top image is in daylight and the one below is combined with a UV lamp



 



 This little painting (~20x20cm) seen under a mix of UV and normal light

 
Daylight


 UV only


 


 
Lorikeets on some branches