Crunchy red apples

Acrylic on canvas Palette knife application only 15 X 15 cm   Acrylic on canvas Palette knife application only 15 X 15 cm

King Protea

Acrylic on canvas board 40 X 30 cm Painted only with a palette knife The King Protea – one of my favourite proteas from the protea family. It is widely distributed in the southwestern and southern parts of South Africa in the fynbos region and looks so striking in flower arrangements, or in the garden.  My father was a horticulturist…

Bramble Rose

Acrylic on stretched canvas 50 X 76 X 2 cm As you all know I love painting flowers and I especially love single petaled climbing roses that grow up the sides of buildings or over garden fences in a wild frenzy of abundance.  Their flowers are simple and their fragrance gorgeous.  

Nude study

Acrylic on stretched canvas frame 60 X 60 X 4 cm At one stage I used to sketch and paint a lot of nudes.  Painting nudes can be a bit daunting and I have always struggled with getting the angle and proportion of the head correct.  Now no longer in the Middle East where one…

Sunflower

Sunflowers are the happiest of flowers and in this piece I wanted their vibrance and movement to be the centre of the painting rather than a completely realistic painting of a sunflower. All the use of primary colours, brush strokes, and palette knife markings have been applied to symbolise a dancing sunflower with its head…

The Rhinoceros tale

How the rhinoceros got his skin is from the collection “The just So Stories for Little Children”. A wonderful collection of stories  by the British author Rudyard Kipling, a collection of stories I remember being read to by my grandmother when she came to visit. The book is among Kipling’s best known works, and one I…

A Crash of Rhino’s

I love rhino’s! In spite of their large and intimidating stature they are so vulnerable and gentle, and extremely sensitive to their environment. Very gentle giants! Rhinos are one of the largest land mammals alive after Elephants. They have existed on Earth for over 50 million years and once roamed through North America and Europe…

A piggy pair

This 30 X 30 cm deep edge canvas brings my pig series to an end… For now at any rate.  

Three little pigs…

I love pigs! I would love a pig, but for now that want is on hold. In the meantime, till the time is right I paint piggy’s… Pigs may be indiscriminate eaters, but they are also highly intelligent and incredibly social animals. Highly trainable and can learn at a much faster rate than dogs. Pig behaviour…

Pigs & Bunny Rabbits

I am currently busy with a series of animals.  Originally commissioned for a little girls bedroom modelled in the French country style.  The room incorporated a lot of the elements of the French country design – ruffles, distressed woodwork, mixed patterns, with a few vibrant colours as accents but mostly all very subdued hues.  Once…

Pink tulip unfolds

Created for a friend for her birthday. Pink Tulip Acrylic on 15 X 15 X 4 cm Colours used: White Cadmium red Alizarin Crimson Cadmium orange medium Hunters green Indigo Raw umber Rose blush Violet oxide  

Heads or tails

A simple study of fish Acrylic on canvas board 20 X 30 cm For the Coloured Ground Raw Umber Titanium White Acrylic For the Main Painting Titanium White Raw Umber Phthalo Blue – Red Shade Permanent Alizarin Crimson Raw Sienna A quick study of every day subject matter in a combination of paint and glazes…