Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Funky Verandah and the old Comsteel plant

 
On a corner near Balmain Rd in Sydney's Leichhardt

 
In Waratah(Newcastle), seen from the Mater Hospital

 

Bird Drawings

 
Crow and Ibis. Prep drawings for a couple of paintings


 

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Ibises

In Victoria Park



 


 

Shapely weed

An escaped garden plant growing from cracks in the wall


Maybe a relative of impatiens, it has a succulent stem and leathery leaves. It does very well here in Leichhardt

 

 preliminary drawing
 

 

a fig tree trunk

 

Thursday, January 4, 2024

Destruction of Gaza


 


The latest in an unbalanced ever escalating dance of death and destruction

 

 

Climbing Lily

 A painting I started while visiting Mum's in Newcastle over Christmas 


Along with the climbing lily there's a bit of gardenia