Cattai Ridge, 1976
watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper

"Her strength is in draftsmanship and sensitive observation of trees and their branching. She discovers lyrical grace in twisting limbs as in 'Bush Moot', 'View of the Lane Cove River', 'Broken Branch'.” ~ Elizabeth Young, The Advertiser (1972)

WATERCOLOURS: Watercolours

The artist favours watercolour for flower and nature studies and has produced countless portrait studies in watercolour, including babies and children. She sometimes combines watercolour with mixed-media, pen, and pencil, using pure watercolour for landscape compositions and more finished portraits. The compositions for the artist’s major acrylic paintings are developed through preliminary watercolour sketches.

Her landscape compositions are influenced by the poetic approach of Chinese masters who capture the essence of a scene after immersing themselves in the environment. This all-encompassing perspective is in direct contrast to the limiting “snapshot” view painted at the scene. In some of her watercolour landscapes she paints on crumpled Japanese paper to create a shimmering textural effect.

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140 Works to view Page 1 2

Mona Masticating, 2006

watercolour and gouache over giclée
29 x 21 cm
Anatomy of a Smile: Mona's Bones, 2002

watercolour, gouache, pencil over giclée
24 x 19 cm
(published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
Stephen in Green Head-scarf, 1996

watercolour
35.5 x 51 cm
Paul Dreaming, 1995

watercolour
36 x 54 cm
Blossom on Branch of West Australian Gum (Eucalyptus caesia), 1992

watercolour and pen
38 x 51 cm
Cascading Blossom, West Australian Gum (Eucalyptus caesia), 1992

watercolour and pen
38 x 51 cm
Paul in Vest, Leaping, 1992

watercolour
76 x 56 cm
Paul with Red Beard, 1991

watercolour
54 x 36 cm
Onions from Weimar, 1990

watercolour
31 x 41 cm
Gymea Lily (Doryanthes excelsa), 1990

watercolour
76 x 56 cm
Gymea Lily (Doryanthes excelsa), no. 4, 1989

watercolour and pen
51 x 38 cm
Frangipannis, 1988

watercolour and white crayon
56 x 76 cm
Paul in Check Shirt, Reading, 1987

watercolour
76 x 56 cm
'Flu, 1987

watercolour
76 x 56 cm
Gossip in Kent Street, Millers Point, 1986

watercolour and pen
38 x 51 cm
Slate Roofs along Kent Street, Millers Point, 1986

watercolour and pen
38 x 51 cm
Onion Face, Sad, 1986

watercolour
24 x 16.5 cm
Ash Wednesday Bushfire / Ablaze, 1986

watercolour and singed paper collage
98 x 71 cm
Geraldton Wax (Chamelaucium uncinatum), 1985

watercolour
38 x 28 cm
Pith and Pips, 1985

watercolour and pen
23 x 22 cm
Onion Face, Welling Tears, 1985

watercolour and pen
12.5 cm (dia.)
Mr and Mrs Miserable, Sliced Onion, 1985

watercolour and pen
21 x 24.5 cm
Backyards in Kent Street, Millers Point: Washing Blowing on the Line, Greyhound Inset, 1985

watercolour and pen
37 x 50 cm
Backyards in Kent Street, Millers Point: Expectant Kerry, 1985

watercolour and pen
37 x 50 cm
Backyards in Kent Street, Millers Point: Mrs Mac Feeding Cats, Washing Blowing on the Line, 1985

watercolour and pen
37 x 50 cm
Ken Smoking, 1984

watercolour: sumi ink
34.5 x 50.5 cm
Jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum), 1984

watercolour and pen
56 x 74 cm
The Incurable Romantic (Colleen Burke, poet), 1983

watercolour and collage on panel
100 x 77.5 cm
Uncle Ted Watching TV, 1980

watercolour
28 x 38 cm
Private collection
Uncle Ted Talking, 1980

watercolour
28 x 38 cm
Private collection
Uncle Ted Drinking Tea, 1980

watercolour
38 x 56.5 cm
Private collection
Uncle Ted Eating Egg, 1980

watercolour
38 x 56.5 cm
Marienplatz Underground Station (Munich), 1980

watercolour
38 x 56.5 cm
Turkish Migrants on Train to Kreutzberg-Berlin / Turkish People, Berlin, 1980

watercolour
38 x 32 cm
Schwarze Rose, Kreutzberg-Berlin, 1980

watercolour
38 x 56.5 cm
Michaela Drawing, in Ultramarine Sloppy-joe, 1980

watercolour
40 x 30 cm
Five Pikelets, Please (Annandale Village Cake-shop), 1980

watercolour
38 x 56.5 cm
Migrant Woman on Sydney Bus, 1980

watercolour
38 x 28 cm
Portrait Demonstration 2, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart, 1980

watercolour
40 x 30 cm
Portrait Demonstration 1, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart, 1980

watercolour
40 x 30 cm
Innenhof, Kreutzberg, Berlin, 1980

watercolour
30 x 40 cm
Hukky the Dutchman at Morgenrot, Berlin , 1980

watercolour
56.5 x 38cm
In Frau Orwart's Kitchen, Berlin, 1980

watercolour
27.5 x 37.5 cm
Stephen Contemplating, 1980

watercolour
40 x 30 cm
My Mate Molly, 1980

watercolour
40 x 30 cm
(published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
Couple on Sydney Bus, 1980

watercolour
28 x 38 cm
The Berlin Wall, 1980

watercolour
38 x 56.5 cm
Woman on a Munich Bus / Old Woman from Munich, 1980

watercolour
30 x 40 cm
American GI on Leave in Germany, 1980

watercolour
40 x 30 cm
Religious Woman of Bavaria / Bavarian Woman, 1979-1980

watercolour
76 x 56 cm
Brian Wearing Bavarian Hat, 1979

watercolour
40 x 30 cm
John Dengate, Singer and Songwriter, 1979

watercolour
55 x 75 cm
Pumpkin Lovers, 1979

watercolour
56 x 38 cm
Paul Reading in Cane Chair, 1978 circa

watercolour
38 x 56 cm
Silver and Ochre Gum, Mongarlowe River, 1978

watercolour
52.8 x 37.5 cm
Gnarled Pines, Jindabyne, 1978

watercolour
38 x 56.5 cm
Flooded Mongarlowe River: Raging Torrent, 1978

watercolour
38 x 40 cm
Flooded Mongarlowe River: Submerged Trees, 1978

watercolour
57 x 76 cm
Brian Reading, 1978

watercolour
75 x 55 cm
Casualty: Children's Hospital, 3 am (watercolour), 1978

watercolour
57 x 72 cm
At Home (watercolour), 1978

watercolour
57 x 76 cm
Across the Gorge / Colo Heights: Sunlit Escarpment through Gums, 1977

watercolour on crumbled paper
41 x 96 cm
Children's Hospital - study for painting and print, 1977

watercolour
37.5 x 27.5 cm
Spencer's Crossing, Kosciuszko National Park, 1977

watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
31.5 x 68 cm
Ray Munns, Laboratory Craftsman, 1977

watercolour
40 x 30 cm
The Retired Mechanic / The Mechanic, 1977

watercolour
51 x 60 cm
Where Children Play / Growing Up in the Jungle (Inner Sydney with Rozelle Bay Gantry and White Bay Power Station), 1977

watercolour on Japanese paper
66 x 51 cm
Brachina Gorge, Flinders Ranges, 1977

watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
46 x 59 cm
Goalen Point from Murrah Gardens, 1976

watercolour
54 x 75 cm
Commission. Private Collection.
Crackenback River, 1976

watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
36 x 96 cm
Struggling Gums, Cattai Ridge, 1976

watercolour
12 x 21 cm
Wollondilly River, 1976

watercolour
40 x 50 cm
Cattai Ridge (watercolour, small), 1976

watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
16 x 34 cm
Cattai Ridge (watercolour), 1976

watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
61.5 x 71 cm
Private collection, Australia
Wollangambe Wilderness, Blue Mountains, 1975

watercolour
63 x 97 cm
Shakeshaft's Waterfall, 1975

watercolour
76 x 65 cm
Bogan River in Flood, 1974

watercolour
61.5 x 71 cm
Memories of Grandpa / Captain Grandpa / Tree Man, 1973

watercolour
37 x 24 cm (var)
Mirror Image Banksias, 1973

watercolour
24 cm dia.
Cul-de-sac Composition Sketch, 1972

watercolour
28 x 38 cm
The Edge of the Lake / Umber, 1972

watercolour
35 x 46 cm (var)
Clearing / Moonlight 1, 1971 circa

watercolour
33 cm dia (est)
Private collection
Five Trees, 1971

watercolour
45 x 60 cm (est)
Private collection
Tree Group, 1971

watercolour
40 x 57 cm (est)
Private collection
Silver Rock and River Reflections, 1971

watercolour
14 x 30 cm
Ridge, Lane Cove River National Park, 1971

watercolour
20.5 x 25.5 cm
Broken Branch, Second Creek, Ivymeade, Burnside, 1971

watercolour
56 x 78 cm
Private collection, Australia
After Rain / Bush After Rain, 1971

watercolour
37.5 x 45 cm
Paul Watching TV, 1970 circa

watercolour
75 x 55 cm
Brooding, 1970 circa

watercolour
66 x 50.5 cm
She-Oaks by the Upper Colo, 1970

watercolour
35 x 48 cm (est)
Private collection
Down and Out in Glebe, 1970

watercolour
43 x 32 cm
Sunlight on Water / River Island, 1970

watercolour
36 x 42 cm
Private collection, Australia
Summer along the Hawkesbury, 1970

watercolour
35 x 54 cm
Old Rocks, 1969 circa

watercolour
35 x 51 cm (est)
Private collection
Moon / Moonlight 2, 1969

watercolour
33 cm dia (est)
Private collection
Oberon Landscape, 1969

watercolour on grey ingres paper
51 x 61 cm
Boys Crabbing in Estuary, Gosford, 1969

watercolour
55 x 68 cm
Rock Study, 1969

watercolour
51 x 77 cm
Private collection, Australia
Sketch: Baby Stephen in Sunlight, 1969

watercolour
42.3 x 35.8 cm
Michaela in Dress I Made, 1968 circa

watercolour
55 x 42 cm (var)
View of the Lane Cove River, 1967

watercolour
50 x 72 cm
Private collection
Pet Dog Binker with collar tag, 1967

watercolour
30 x 27.5 cm
Twisted Pine Branch, 1967

watercolour
28.5 x 38 cm
Forked Tree, Ku-ring-gai, 1967

watercolour
58 x 79 cm
Michaela at the Table, 1967

watercolour: raw umber
38 x 28.5 cm
Michaela in Orange Frock, 1966

watercolour
28.5 x 38 cm
One-year-old Paul, Sleeping, 1966

watercolour
28.5 x 38.3 cm
Michaela Sleeping, foreshortened view, 1965

watercolour
28 x 38 cm
Andy, 1965

watercolour
19 x 28 cm
Blue Mountains Rockface / Ridge, 1964

watercolour
33 x 58 cm
Michaela, few weeks old, 1964

watercolour: warm and cool black
22.5 x 29 cm
Michaela at 3 weeks, 1964

watercolour: warm and cool black
30 x 24 cm
Brother Bill (William) at 8, 1962

watercolour
29 x 22.5 cm
Sleaford Bay Headland, Port Lincoln, South Australia, 1962

watercolour
39 x 58 cm
Blue Mountains Ridge / Rugged Landscape, 1961

watercolour
11 x 39 cm
Flowering Saltbush, Euriowie Creek, 1961

watercolour
38.5 x 55.5 cm
Ships in the Harbour, 1961

watercolour
23.5 x 38.5 cm
Private collection
Washing Day, Broken Hill, 1961

watercolour
28 x 38 cm
Private collection
Hilltop Houses, Outskirts of Broken Hill, 1961

watercolour
39 x 56 cm
Sturt Peas (Swainsona formosa), 1961

watercolour
23 x 29 cm
Purple Outback Pea-flower (Swainsona affinis), 1961

watercolour
23 x 29 cm
Woolloomooloo from The Domain, 1961

watercolour
30 x 40 cm
Sleaford Bay, Port Lincoln, South Australia, 1961

watercolour
39 x 58 cm
Louth Bay, SA, 1960 circa

watercolour
56 x 51 cm
Private collection

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