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Drawing to Painting

Summer Workshop in the stunning Hunter Valley with Sandra Blackburne Saturday 30th November to Sunday 1st December 2024 Hi Everyone, I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be holding a two day Summer Workshop here in The Hunter Valley, starting on the 30th ...

WINTER WORKSHOP

WINTER WORKSHOP Our winter workshop was such a great success with our fabulous group of painters. A busy but fun morning drawing To learn more about and join upcoming workshops, click here

Winmark Estate

At Winmark Estate in Broke before moving back to the Pokolbin studio for lunch and painting for the next two days. I was so impressed with the work everyone produced, I just had to share it with you.

ARCAROOLA

ARCAROOLA In August I spent 9 days workshopping with Ross Laurie and many wonderful artists in Arcaroola in the Northern Flinders Ranges. Spectacular scenery with stunning colours and amazing rock formations make for wonderful painting opportunities. I’m ...

HILL END AGAIN

HILL END AGAIN I’ve just returned from everybody’s favourite painting place, Hill End with painting buddy, Jan Cristaudo. The peaceful village with its historic houses and shops continues to inspire painters as it has done for half a century or more. So ...

Recent Trip to Hill End

Winter is a wonderful time to be in Hill End. Cold mornings and sunny days make perfect painting weather. The wattle is out everywhere and the sea of yellow wherever you look is Inspirational.

North Queensland trip

I had the amazing opportunity to take a working trip to two of North Queensland’s most unique settings: the Mossman Gorge in the Daintree Rainforest, and Mt Mulligan, a working cattle station in the shadow of its namesake mountain. The contrast ...

Watershed Gallery

It’s officially springtime at Watershed Gallery in the Hunter Valley, and the perfect way to celebrate is by viewing my ‘Growing Wild’ series of artworks. These pieces feature wildflowers from the area, along with those that have been ...

OPEN SPACES EXHIBITION – Wrap Up

What a wonderful response from the many of you who came to my latest exhibition, Open Spaces at the Incinerator Art Space in Willoughby. It was so good to talk to you all, and to discuss my paintings and the places which inspired them. Open spaces is my ...

Coast Lines Exhibition

COAST LINES The original idea for an exhibition on coastlines came from many years making sketches as I travelled along Australia’s East Coast. More recently, two extended trips to the West Coast, sailing up the Kimberley coast in 2017, and this year a ...

Sharing with wildlife

The recent drought affected us in the Hunter Valley as severely as everywhere else. What was left of our studio garden provided some welcome water, shade and grass for this old kangaroo.