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When life doesn’t stop
We all have those times. Times when we are too busy. Sometimes our busyness is having too many things to do. Other times its simply having one stressful thing. Whatever it is there has to come a time when life … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Visual Art - Drawing & Painting
Tagged acrylic, Beach, children, family, Normanville, painting
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Princess
… She dressed up in her princess dress, “I’m a princess!” she said as she twirled and danced about… The magic of childhood; imaginative and unhibited. My daughter with her precious curls, her beauty is the magic God gave her, … Continue reading
Koi Pizzazz
I have had this painting brewing now for about 8 months after walking into a Japanese merchandise store and seeing a beautiful water colour Koi painting on the wall. This painting was delicate and gentle, showing the graceful movement … Continue reading
We have so much space!
On a recent trip to Yorke Peninsula I was mesmerised by the vast space that surrounded me. It was beautiful and peaceful. I kept saying to my husband would you just look at those clouds in the sky, or look … Continue reading
Posted in Visual Art - Drawing & Painting
Tagged acrylic, country, painting, south australia, Yorke Peninsula
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Moonta’s Former Toil
Sometimes it takes something from the past to impact you and remind you of the goodness we modern Century Australian’s live with. Our standards of living, our expectations of our workplace environment and concepts of a child’s right to be … Continue reading
Posted in Visual Art - Drawing & Painting
Tagged acrylic, Mining, Moonta, painting, south australia, Yorke Peninsula
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Tones they make the difference
In January, after a long stint of failed attempts to paint, I painted a quick painting of one of my local beaches Silver Sands. It was a spontaneous simple painting, that (at the time) was crucial in breaking the “painters … Continue reading
Posted in Visual Art - Drawing & Painting
Tagged acrylic, painting, silver sands, south australia, tonal
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Down memory lane
Cape Jervis – South Australia Contemplating the climb, Morgans Beach Ben wanted to look at a block of land at Silverton, a couple of hours South from where we … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Visual Art - Drawing & Painting
Tagged cape jervis, morgans beach, painting, photos, south australia, water colour
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Painting is more than skill
Turquoise waters of Maslins Beach The other day I was painting along side my son. Ewan was was doing a paint by colour water colour, I was completing a painting of Maslin’s Beach. Ewan started … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic, failure, maslin beach., painting
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The hungry time monster
Up at 6am, wake Ewan, the daily school grind has started. Off I start: “School uniform on Ewan, shoes on, its a hot day so sandles on, or its a cold day so boots, time for breakfast, brush your teeth, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Visual Art - Drawing & Painting
Tagged acrylic, family, fleeting time, life, painting, port noarlunga
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Building on Success
Sometimes it can be hard to convince yourself to sit down and do something creative. It can be very easy to find other things to do or make up any excuse under the sun to avoid doing them. After selling … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach, painting, silver sands, south australia
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