Two Major Mitchell Cockatoos crests extended on a navy blue background. Stretched Canvas ready to Hang. They look like they're dancing together! This original acrylic painting on linen has a matt finish with D hooks and cord at the back of the stretched canvas so it is ready to hang. It follows the theme of birds in movement that I have enjoyed exploring for some time now.
Showing movement is possibly the most difficult Genre in art! Bringing a subject in and out of focus using paint and gesture, differentiates it completely from digital imagery and keeps the skill of painting alive. I used transparent watercolour to begin with and took the things I learned from experimenting with water-based mediums on paper to acrylic medium on Stretched canvas and linen. It’s a process of using multiple transparent layers of paint and dry medium fixed with acrylic painting medium. Because it takes some time for the layers to dry between coats I work in series of several similarly themed paintings over a matter of weeks. This allows me to incorporate random water and brushwork effects into the representational forms I create. All my works are original ideas and subjects are not reproduced unless in a completely different composition. My greatest admiration goes to Vincent van Gogh for especially the works done when he was hospitalised but I love the work of our Australian expressionist Margaret Woodward and many of the European artists and transformers of the 1890 to 1920s the greatest stage of innovation I know of.
I love to see in situ photos of my work in my client’s homes, on gallery walls in the many finals I have been included in, in Australia and also in the fundraising events I participate in throughout the year.
My biggest wish is to win a major art prize and I have been in the finals of the Waterhouse Art Prize in Adelaide, The Saint George Art Prize in Sydney, The Stanthorpe Art Prize last time and several of the Lethbridge Gallery’s Prizes as well as others. Even better work is coming out of my studio now so I'm really excited for the future.
Quality Materials
Transparent Glazes have been used in a unique way to give a more translucent effect. I use the best quality paints and mediums I can get to create the finish that I like and put them on beautiful fine quality linen stretched over kiln dried pine stretchers, thick edged, painted around the edges and ready to hang. The work has generously sized D hooks and cord at the back. It is varnished twice to protect and enhance the surface.