My Australian Easter Saturday was spent out in the fresh air, painting in a park beneath a huge fig tree. Not landscapes of course, but it felt good to progress figurative things away from the madden glow of artificial studio lights and the usual whiff of turpentine. Happy Easter everyone. I’m far from a colourist, but mine felt a touch Rupert Bunny this year. . . . . . #easter #bunny #painting #freshair #colour #pleinair #easel #canvas #oilpainting #artmaking #relax
Latest distraction. Work in progress. 4/19 . . . . . #oiloncanvas #butterfly #wings #flag #australianpainting #instaart #charcoaldrawing #studioartists
‘Metamorphosis’ oil on canvas (triptych) As the title suggests, a work in progress. April 2019. . . . . . #metamorphosis #triptych #oiloncanvas #butterfly #wings #filmedit #april #change #reinvention #evolution #outback #bush #australianart #australianartist
Some fancy pants news* I’m happy for the most part, but still have just a little tidying up to do on the edit front.. before I launch (well to my website at least) a short film I have put together. It documents the evolution of a recent triptych painting and my thoughts in and around it. Putting my toe in the water as far as messing around with moving picture stuff, but finding the whole trip a lot of fun even if it does take a fair bit of time. Ok, more later.. gotta dry my toe off.
State of mind: Stir crazy. . . . . . #stircrazy #preparation #paint #painting #undercoat #artistsstudio #persianrug #artislife
Sheena is a punk rocker.
It arrived! Rolling out some long canvas in the studio tonight. Should keep me going for a while.. . . . . #canvas #stretch #studio #persianrugs #painting #australianpainting #artoftheday #artstudio #arttherapy #instaart
Relaxing.. (albeit fighting off a few flies) whilst having a bite to eat during filming and sketching out bush at the moment. . . . #filming #sketching #drawing #relaxing #persianrug #snakeskinboots #bushland #desert #outback #roos
Looking forward to a couple of live painting outings over the next few weeks. What to paint? No plan is the best plan :) . . . . . #noplan #adlib #wingit #paintinglive #salt #saltfestival #southaustralianartist #improvisation #improvise #mermaid #dolphin #liveart
Happy Saint Pats day everyone. Art is music and music is art ;) . . . . #art #music #creativity #violin #fiddle #jig #stpats #saintpattysday #omalley #o’malley #ireland #guinness #pint
Repost celebrating International Womens Day. ‘The Girl with the Picasso Tattoo’. Oil on canvas. . . . . . #internationalwomensday #internationalwomensday2019 #picassotattoo #pablopicasso #oiloncanvaspainting #reddresses #rose #painting #leithomalley
Painting is old hat ;) . . . . . #australianartists #looseleaftea #studio #break #contemplation #overdueselfie #instaarts #painting #oiloncanvas #oldhat