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Aboriginal Embassy outside of Parliament in Canberra |
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Lighthouse in nearby Port Fairy |
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Loch Ard Gorge in purples |
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From King's Park, view of the Hopkins River going out to the ocean (whale boats docked at right) |
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Red-browed Finch, seemingly one-legged, in my series of 4x4 wildlife |
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Mouth of the Hopkins River trying to meet the ocean.
This is Andy's sacred place. I painted it for his birthday. |
I enjoy painting real scenes from photos, but have also been experimenting with abstract representations. My nephew Orion (the one with a degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago) has encouraged me to do more risk taking and diverging from realism. So, these are a result of some of that experimentation.
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Rainbow Lorikeet as cartoon |
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I did this one especially for Orion because I knew he'd dig it. |
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As yet, unfinished painting of river in NZ. Suggestions? |
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Experimentation with dot painting |
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