The Tempest, 2009

The Tempest, 2009, 100 x 75cm, mixed media on canvas.

the emphemeral alchemy of beauty and danger

The Tempest Study, 2009

The Tempest Study, 2009, 50 x 40cm, mixed media on canvas

The beginning of a new series about how pointless it is being a control freak.

Grass Fire Study, 2009

Grass Fire Study, 2009, 30 x 30 cm, mixed media on canvas

A close up study of the wild flickering heat, remembering a blady grass fire in Callaghans Creek, NSW.

Fire and the Rain Comes, 2009

Fire and the Rain comes, 2009, 48 x 60cm, mixed media on canvas.

A painting revealing the the Australian weather. This is an amazing country and this painting is based on the Vicorian Bushfires earlier this year.

Crackling Firescape, 2009

Crackling Firescape, 2009, 50 x 48cm, mixed media on canvas

another painting of a new body of work based on the fires in victoria earlier this year. To cature the movement, the light, the mood and the sound. There is endless material here.

Burn, Victoria, 2009

Burn Victoria, 2009, 60 x 48cm, mixed media on canvas

Fire, devastation and renewal are part of the Australian landscape. I find all these stages beautiful, full of sorrow and hope.

Black Swan and Cygnets, 2009

Black Swan and Cygents, 2009, 155 x 100cm, mixed media on canvas

I have always loved baby black swans, they have mesermised me for many years while I gazed into the waters of Centennial Park, Sydney. The mothers and fathers mate for life and are very protective of their young. Black swan cygents are the softest grey fluff I have ever seen.