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My Red Dog series.
No.57. in my series of short stories. My painting describes a vivid picture of the pastoral beauty of Paradise, a suburb behind...
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Albany Western Australia
No.56. in my series of short stories. Wonderful memories from my time working just out of Albany, Western Australia on a property...
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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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Vintage Caterpillar Crawler Tractor
No.51. in my series of short stories. My grandparents had a sheep and wheat farm in Jennacubine Western Australia where as children my...
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Rembrandt Oil Paints
No.50. in my series of short stories. I will not be sharing a full story due to getting over Covid. To anyone that has come in over the last couple of days I am not contagious as I did do another test before I opened the Gallery doors. Anyway I am not very good at sharing so I havn't given it to anyone. I have been trying to get back into a new painting so I will show you where I am at with it and hopefully I can show it completed next time I put up a Blog. Undercoat i
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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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Kailis Fisheries in my Mark 2 Ford Zephyr
No.47. in my series of short stories For one season I worked at the Kailis Fisheries, in Port Denison on the Western Australian coast...
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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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Australian shearing shed
No.43. in my series of short stories Nothing like the original old Australian shearing shed on Nans farm @ Jennacubbine in Western...
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Nullarbor Plain-The Great Australian Bight
No.42. in my series of short stories We are still on the Nullarbor Plain in 1968 in my Mark 2 Zephyr. A photo of The Great Australian...
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Nullarbor Plain 1968 in my Mark 2 Zephyr
No.41. in my series of short stories The Nullarbor Plain 1968 in my Mark II Zephyr was quite an adventurous journey I was just 19. The...
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Barradale Roadhouse Part 2
No.40. in my series of short stories. Continued: Here I am again still situated at Barradale Roadhouse which was approximately 300...
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Barradale Roadhouse. Part 1
No.39. in my series of short stories. It was around 1966 I was 17 and thrilled to get a job as a booking clerk in the lovely old...
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Charlie my 1927 Austin7.
No.38. in my series of short stories. This weeks story is a little shorter as I have been extremely busy setting up my new project. ...
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