Life Drawing April

Sunday 10 April 2017, 2pm

I was a bit distracted by other events during life drawing on Saturday and found it difficult to focus. I was drawing like a 2 year old (which is sometimes quite a high standard). Managed to pull something together in the final session, in spite of being told we had five minutes to go and I hadn’t even started the shading. Lots of aberrant marks in there, which I left as is.

“Brooke April 2017”

Life Drawing

Thursday 9 March 2017, 2pm

Life drawing with Brooke again last Saturday at WAGS. This was a rapid sketch done on the back of the panel that was later erased –

The final half hour sketch was a bit wrong proportionally, so I brought it home and worked on it for a few hours from memory –

“Brooke March 2017”

Brooke's Bak

Thursday 9 February 2017, 3pm

Life drawing’s back on at WAGS.

“Brooke's Back (from the Territory)”

600x900          9/2/2017

Phoney Memories

Friday 3 February 2017, 12am

Beth’s dropped out somewhere in the Gulf.

“No Signal”

900x600          30/1/2017

Leigh’s enjoying a holiday in the Pacific.

“Bikini Babe”

900x600          31/1/2017

And no way is August going to take a selfie.

“Nasti’s”

900x600          1/2/2017

Roadworx

Tuesday 17 January 2017, 10am

I’ve been thinking of this series for a few months. The simple impact of a vanishing point on a flat horizon. The way a path invites the viewer into a landscape.

All of these were done with one small piece of charcoal. There’s not a lot of it left. All the panels are 600mm x 450mm. I stopped when I ran out of panels. The images are underexposed to preserve detail.

“Thargo”

"Noccundra" - Crossing the Grey Range.

"Saint Anne's Cottage" – Near the Dig Tree.

"Charleville" – Mulga country.

"Dajarra"

"Mt. Isa" – Mica Creek power station. Powered by natural gas from Eromanga.

"Camp 119" – Gulf country, near the northernmost camp of Burke and Wills.

"Mary Kathleen 2" – Approaching the excavation.

"Mary Kathleen 3"

"Mary Kathleen 1"

"Eddington"

"Richmond"

"Sandalwood Hill" – North of Hughenden, south of Stopem Blockem Range.

"White Mountains"

"White Mountains 2" – Wasn’t too sure where this road was going, but it turned out to be heading in the right direction in the end.

Tainted Landscapes Invite

Invitation for the upcoming Tainted Landscapes exhibition in Stanthorpe. Thanks to Jake Pospischil for the design. Put it in your calendar. Please share.

Mary Kathleen

Sunday 11 December 2016, 4.30pm

A few paintings inspired by my visit to the now defunct Mary Kathleen uranium mine, near Mt. Isa. I used a smaller brush than usual and tried to push the anarchy a bit further. Some radioactive decay may be evident.

The mine is just one of the many thousands of unrehabilitated mine sites in Australia that continue to produce and leach toxic chemicals. It was supposedly rehabilitated in 1985, but the locals think otherwise.

The hole –

“MK-Uranium Aquarium”

900x600          11/12/2016

The view from the crater floor –

“MK-Herbarium”

900x600          11/12/2016

And the ghosts of a pop-up town –

“MK-Linoleum”

900x600          5/12/2016

By way of information, a bit of signage. From Mary Kathleen –

And meanwhile, in Karumba –