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Barb 

LOCAL INTEREST EXHIBITION

Our art society recently had an exhibition of Local Interest paintings.  I didn't have a lot of time to prepare for it, with all my travelling, so put together a four up digital artwork, having a go at the large number of most inconvenient roadworks going on around Albury Wodonga.  The exhibition was opened by a Wodonga councillor, a friend of mine, who appreciated the dig.

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DIGITAL PAINTINGS

I always like to try something new.  Recently I bought myself a new Kindle,  and since then have been using it to do the odd digital painting.  I took it firstly to London, on my recent trip there, and found it a great way to record my travels, not in photos but in drawings.  So here a few samples:

Roses on the Wall - Sissinghurst

Underground Canal - London

Summer exhibition 2014 - Royal Academy of Art

9 by 5 Impressionist Exhibition

Here are the small paintings I did for our recent Albury Wodonga Artists Society exhibition, celebrating 125 years since the early Australian Impressionists Exhibition.  The early Ozzie impressionists used cigar boxes, 9 inch by 5 inch, for their paintings, and so I too used pieces of thin balsawood cut to size.  I really enjoyed painting these, even though they were somewhat fiddly for me, who normally enjoys doing big paintings.  I did three all  up, each in different styles. 

Falls Creek

Approaching rain - Ceduna

Cable Beach Broome

CATCHUP

Finally I am getting around to catching up on all that work that I've done during the latter part of 2013, and until now in 2014. It isn't all that many, as I have been busy doing other things. So here goes:

Bungle Bungles

Carrington Falls Abstract

Carrington Falls

Emma Gorge

NT

Karrajini

Prue's Birdbath

Still Life Begonias

AN EXPERIMENT WITH STYLE

I have been trying out a new contemporary style, which incorporates my love of bright colour, combined with my interest in painting landscapes.  See below for two paintings completed so far.

Jabirus

Snowy Creek

New Paintings First Quarter 2013

This year has involved a lot of travel, and very little time for painting.  However, here are some of the works I have had time to complete.  I have been taking painting lessons with Anne Collings in Wodonga, which have been very helpful in improving my use of colour.

The following two abstracts  were inspired by the hot bubbling mud pools and hot water pools of Yellowstone National Park.

Abstract Blue

Abstract Brown

This painting was inspired by a photo taken at a cafe in Annandale Sydney, where I was quite taken by the shape of their water flask, and the bright oranges of the OJ and the coffee cup.

Cafe Scene

My daughter is a keen fisherwoman, and this paintings was inspired by her recent fishing trip to WA.

Last Chance of the Day

I am a member of the Albury Wodonga Artists Society, and this painting was painted for an exhibition of local icons.  The painting was inspired by a photo I took at sunrise, as the sun came up over East Albury.

Sunrise - Harold Mair Bridge Albury

This painting was inspired by some recent trips into the mountains near Falls Creek, and Mount Hotham.  I love the use of strong colour, and the mountain stream reminds me of some wonderful camping holidays around Lightning and Snowy Creeks on the Omeo Highway.

Mountain stream

 This painting was inspired by a digital work that I developed from photos of an arrangement of tulips.

Tulips Abstract

This painting, which is quite colourful, was painted just after my husband had a serious accident on his bicycle, and I was feeling quite down.  Just needed the colour, and the peace of the underwater scene, as I recalledl from my student days working at Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef.

Coral