Aviva warming up the ground

Trying to get the ground a bit more active with raw umber and a touch of red. I'm happy for the moment.

A kiva + colour

Despair and joy partners in creation. And here we are for a few moments in a happy place.

Aviva begins with foundations laid

So far I haven't forgotten one of my putative stages, therefore I'm ready for colour.

Lake Gutheridge

Something of the atmosphere draws me.

While Out Wandering

Out wandering through the paddock and there it was being shy. 

Road Trip and Flowers

Coming home in the warmth and the light. It's just lovely after a wet spring that pushed the heat away, but maybe the rain will come back soon. So for now we cherish what we are experiencing.

In a hanging basked under Magnolia this is flowering. There is something about flowers, small and large that I love. Perhaps it's their hopefulness.

An Agrarian Idyll

A day at Tullycavan doing stuff.

And there was a wedding

Atalanta married Matt on Saturday at Brunswick Uniting Church.

Further on with Ake and Akim

It's hard to get good photos in the world of phone cameras and wrinkly paper, but here they are now in a state of contemplation.

In Progress Akim and Ake

Trying to play my way through to delight. Egg tempera on rice paper.

Some Paintings:: Aitor & Ailn

 Aitor with a bit of pencil.

Ailn finding my way.

Mt Baw Baw

Mt Baw Baw seen while heading home.

Weird and Spooky

My camera couldn't cope with the sunlight, but then the background provides such a sharp contrast.

Aitor

Today I was able to just enjoy a bit of play. More to change in Aitor.

While walking around

 Walking on pastel.

Ice floes on asphalt.

In the Darkness

I sat down and this came out.

Aindriu and Scribbling Stuff

 Aindriu with a few changes bringing it closer to stasis.

 Egg tempera on rice paper.

Black and pink.

Sketches Today

At a quiet day today. I felt a need to make so I did some sketches of shapelets, which has an odd line that just popped into my head. 

Aindriu

Aindriu underway. The next steps are implied to me.

Ailm A Little More Done

I've responded to the implications that I've felt within Ailm. 

Ailm Plus Colour

Colour added. Just a bit of waiting needed now to see if anything else is suggested.

Ailm

Waiting now that a few stages have been gone though. Next some colour needs to be added.

Menagerie

Shapelets become a menagerie.

Had To Do Something

By the Waterhole

By the waterhole listening to frogs.

Aiken after a sleep

I've done a little neatening and then warmed up the ground with raw umber.

Stuff from the Studio

In the studio today there was a little painting to finish off A3 and then varnishing. Then another painting using up leftover paint. I don't know where this will lead.

A3 & A4

It has been a little strange to work on paintings derived from observation, but rewarding. 

All Fallen Over

This silver wattle has been overwhelmed. Mistletoe and rot and finally the wind. It will be good firewood when it has dried out. 

Holidays

 We went to Raymond Island and the Abbey of St Barnabas for a course on the transformation of art from the religious to the secular during the Renaissance. Before we arrived there had been large amount of rain so that when we arrived in Paynesville for the ferry it wasn't operating and we had catch the water taxi and bus replacement. The next day we revegetated and the day after did the course. This is a panorama taken on our walk back to catch the water taxi.

 A photo of Danau Buyan. The waterweed inhibits fishing and is a frustration. 

 I loved when we got out into the countryside. Looking across paddy to some mountains.

 

Tanah Lot temple at sunset.

A Tranquil Lake Gutheridge

We stopped by Lake Guthridge on our way home from Canberra. It was cool but tranquil. 

Aiken With Some Colour

Aiken with some colour added. It jarred to me to begins with, but now I'm bit happier. It still needs more work.

From the Studio

Some updates on paintings for the Sense of Place exhibition.

Winters Late Afternoon Light

As we approach the winter solstice the shorter days can produce amazing late afternoon light.

Aiken Waiting for Colour

Now when this dries it will have colour layered over the geometric shapes and white ground over the shapelets.