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Marble Bar Ironclad Hotel
Memories of Marble Bar's Ironclad Hotel. The people and their stories.
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Australian Red Kangaroo.
Australian Red Kangaroo or Big Red as we referred to them.
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Family Gathering on the Yule river.
A great day out lunching on the Yule river after a cyclone has brought seasonal rains to the area.
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My Red Dog
Me and My Red Dog on Roy Hill Station trying to get him onto the back tray of our Landcruiser.
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Self Taught Artist
No 67. in my series of short stories Is it wrong or is it right. I am a believer that art school is not right for all people. It's...
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1973 HQ Holden Kingswood
No.64 in my series of short stories So there isn't a 1973 HQ Holden Kingswood in my painting but it did inspire this work. In the 1970's...
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Montebello Islands
No.63. in my series of short stories, Fancy a swim somewhere a little different? Set your navigation course to Montebello Islands, we...
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Dirt track to Millstream.
No.61 in my series of short stories. After painting 3 rather large watercolor scenes of the Dirt track to Millstream and sending copies...
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Sturt's Desert Pea
No.60 in my series of short stories. My experiences and observations of the Sturt's Desert Pea "Red Eye" variant, adds an interesting...
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Gold Prospecting in a river bed.
No.59. in my series of short stories. We had been out Gold Prospecting in a river bed and up and down hills and valleys. It was after a...
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Life in a caravan park.
No.58 in my series of short stories. Life in a caravan park. Yep that's me on the right, 30 years old, skinny and full of life, oh...
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Wandjina by Lily Karadada
No.55. in my series of short stories. Wandjina by Lily Karadada OK, so this painting is not done by me but by a wonderful lady I met in Kalumburu. Lily Karadada's Wandjina paintings have international acclaim. Her work being exhibited in lots of prominent collections. Lily is a well known artist in and around the Kimberley and Pilbara regions. The attached painting of the Wandjina, "the rain maker spirit" by Lily Karadada from the Kalumburu Community. This painting
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A night in the Wittenoom Jail
No.54. in my series of short stories. Wittenoom a famous asbestos mining town now a genuinely dangerous ghost town. Rocks have always...
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Post Cards
No.53. in my series of short stories. I had a fascinating and meaningful artistic journey in and around the desert, capturing the...
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HQ 1973 Holden Kingswood
No.52. in my series of short stories. It was in 1978 when we once again would travel Australia's outback in our Red HQ 1973 Holden...
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Kalumburu baobabs
Kalumburu is the most remote permanent settlement in Western Australia and is located on the King Edward River, 550 kilometres from...
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Shaw River Hillside Station
No.48. in my series of short stories. Shaw River Hillside Station Prospecting for gold on Hillside Station was an adventurous pursuit. The nights out in the desert in our swags when the temperatures would sometimes be around minus 3deg. Rising predawn, to explore the terrain with metal detectors in search of gold adds a sense of anticipation. The quiet moments before the heat, having breakfast, filling water bottles, making sure we have everything we need for the day. Usin
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Karijini National Park
No.46. in my series of short stories The painting below is done in Watercolour and Gouache (SOLD) In the heart of Western Australia's...
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Red Dog. (My story)
No.45. in my series of short stories In the vast and rugged landscape of Western Australia, a charismatic and adventurous Kelpie mix...
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Pointillism style of drawing
No.44. in my series of short stories. For several years in the early days of my art I did lots of the Pointillism style of drawing and...
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