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Perth on the Swan River.
My childhood sightseeing of living and playing in and around the Perth foreshore.
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The Local Grocer
No.73 in my series of short stories. The Local Grocer The Local Grocer. One of 3 in this series. I am describing this painting that holds deep personal significance to me, capturing memories of my childhood. I am trying to vividly capture a transformative period in Perth's history, shaped by the industrious efforts of multicultural migrant families. Their contribution is more than just agricultural it ads significantly to the cultural and economic fabric of the regions,
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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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Indian Pacific
No 65. in my series of short stories The Indian Pacific train embarked on its inaugural trans continental journey on 23 February 1970 and...
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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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Tasmania somewhere
No 66. in my series of short stories A large 2m by 1.2m Mixed Media on canvas. A colourful painting which makes up my story. This...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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