Watercolours : Scenes

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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Scenes
89 Works to view
89 Works to view
Scenes: Atmospheric landscapes composed in the studio: trees, rivers, rocks, cliffs. Plein air (early works) include bush, desert, sunsets and coastal scenes. City scenes include: streets, buildings, backyards, factories, and construction sites.
  • Cliff and River Bank, Goulburn River National Park 2004
    watercolour and drafting pen
    32 x 41 cm
    W-2004
  • Cat in Snow, Backyard, Weesp, Netherlands 1991
    watercolour and drafting pen
    41 x 31 cm
    W-1991-1
  • Gossip in Kent Street, Millers Point 1986
    watercolour and drafting pen
    38 x 51 cm
    W-1986
  • Slate Roofs along Kent Street, Millers Point 1986
    watercolour and drafting pen
    38 x 51 cm
    W-1986
  • Ash Wednesday Bushfire 1986
    aka Ablaze
    watercolour and singed paper collage
    98 x 71 cm
    W-1986
  • Rank Kirby Furniture Factory, White's Creek, viewed from Annandale 1985
    watercolour and drafting pen
    28 x 38 cm
    W-1985
  • Telegraph Pole, Kent St, Miller's Point, Sydney 1985
    watercolour, drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash
    59 x 42 cm
    W-1985
  • Greyhound and Washing, Kent St. 1985
    watercolour and drafting pen
    37.2 x 49.2 cm
    W-1985
  • Backyards in Kent Street, Millers Point: Expectant Kerry 1985
    watercolour and drafting pen
    37.2 x 49.2 cm
    W-1985
  • Backyards in Kent Street, Mrs Mac Feeding Cats 1985
    watercolour and drafting pen
    37.2 x 49.2 cm
    W-1985
  • Stacking Steel Beams, WH Williams & Sons Factory, Silverwater 1980
    (sketch)
    watercolour and ballpoint on newsprint
    42 x 30 cm
    W-1980
  • Metal Workers, WH Williams & Sons Factory, Silverwater 1980
    (sketch)
    watercolour and ballpoint on newsprint
    42 x 30 cm
    W-1980
  • Innenhof, Kreutzberg, Berlin 1980
    watercolour
    30 x 40 cm
    W-1980
  • Silver and Ochre Gum, Mongarlowe River 1978
    watercolour
    52.8 x 37.5 cm
    W-1978
  • Gnarled Pines, Jindabyne 1978
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
    W-1978
  • Flooded Mongarlowe River: Raging Torrent 1978
    watercolour
    38 x 40 cm
    W-1978
  • Flooded Mongarlowe River: Submerged Trees 1978
    watercolour
    57 x 76 cm
    W-1978
  • Sketch: Bus Shelter, Parramatta Road (opposite Ross Street), Sydney University, with marbling doodle 1978
    watercolour, pencil and crayon
    18 x 25 cm
    W-1978
  • Across the Gorge 1977
    aka Colo Heights: Sunlit Escarpment through Gums
    watercolour on crumbled paper
    41 x 96 cm
    W-1977
  • Mountain Lagoon Road, Bilpin 1977
    (study for Turning and Turning, painting)
    watercolour and drafting pen
    37 x 54 cm
    W-1977
  • Looking down View St, Annandale towards White Bay Power Station 1977
    watercolour and drafting pen, black ink
    37 x 54 cm
    W-1977
  • Spencer's Crossing, Kosciuszko National Park 1977
    watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
    31.5 x 68 cm
    W-1977
  • Brachina Gorge 1977
    (Flinders Ranges)
    watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
    46 x 59 cm
    W-1977
  • Goalen Point from Murrah Gardens 1976
    watercolour
    54 x 75 cm
    W-1976
  • Rocky Incline, Old Northern Road 1976
    watercolour and drafting pen
    56 x 38 cm
    W-1976
  • Lilyfield: View across Whites Creek 1976
    drafting pen, watercolour
    30 x 42 cm
    W-1976
  • Crackenback River 1976
    watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
    36 x 96 cm
    W-1976
  • Struggling Gums, Cattai Ridge 1976
    watercolour
    12 x 21 cm
    W-1976
  • Sketch: Lee-Ann and Wayne with Go-cart 1976
    watercolour
    21 x 29 cm
    W-1976
  • Cattai Ridge 1976
    watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
    16 x 34 cm
    W-1976
  • Cattai Ridge 1976
    watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
    61.5 x 71 cm
    W-1976
  • Little Cattai Ridge 1975
    watercolour
    20 x 45 cm (est.)
    W-1975
  • Wollangambe Wilderness 1975
    aka (Blue Mountains)
    watercolour
    63 x 97 cm
    W-1975
  • Shakeshaft's Waterfall 1975
    watercolour
    76 x 65 cm
    W-1975
  • Wollondilly River 1975
    watercolour
    40 x 50 cm
    W-1975
  • Bogan River in Flood 1974
    watercolour
    61.5 x 71 cm
    W-1974-1
  • Sketch: Hippie on Pyrmont Bridge, Evening 1973
    watercolour
    30.5 x 22.5 cm
    W-1973
  • White Bay Power Station from Glebe Point, Timber Mill with Derrick Crane in Foreground 1973
    watercolour and ballpoint
    20 x 25 cm
    W-1973
  • Mirror Image Banksias 1973
    watercolour
    24 cm dia.
    W-1973
  • Cul-de-sac Composition Sketch 1972
    watercolour
    28 x 38 cm
    W-1972
  • The Edge of the Lake / Umber 1972
    watercolour
    35 x 46 cm (var)
    W-1972
  • Sketch: Corner Shop Annandale, Piper & View Sts - 'Shelley's Famous Drinks' 1972
    watercolour and ballpoint on airmail paper
    20 x 25 cm
    W-1972
  • Sketch: Corner Shop Annandale, Piper & View Sts - 'Groceries' 1972
    watercolour and ballpoint on airmail paper
    20 x 25 cm
    W-1972
  • Sketch: Corner Shop Annandale, Piper & View Sts - 'Billy Tea' 1972
    watercolour and ballpoint on airmail paper
    20 x 25 cm
    W-1972
  • Sketch: Indian Family in Glebe Point Road 1972
    watercolour and ballpoint
    20 x 33 cm
    W-1972
  • Clearing / Moonlight 1 1971 circa
    watercolour
    33 cm dia (est)
    W-1971-c
  • Five Trees 1971
    watercolour
    45 x 60 cm (est)
    W-1971
  • Tree Group 1971
    watercolour
    40 x 57 cm (est)
    W-1971
  • Silver Rock and River Reflections 1971
    watercolour
    14 x 30 cm
    W-1971
  • Ridge, Lane Cove River National Park 1971
    watercolour
    20.5 x 25.5 cm
    W-1971
  • Broken Branch, Second Creek, Ivymeade, Burnside 1971
    watercolour
    56 x 78 cm
    W-1971
  • After Rain / Bush After Rain 1971
    watercolour
    37.5 x 45 cm
    W-1971
  • She-Oaks by the Upper Colo 1970
    watercolour
    35 x 48 cm (est)
    W-1970
  • Down and Out in Glebe 1970
    watercolour
    43 x 32 cm
    W-1970
  • Sunlight on Water / River Island 1970
    watercolour
    36 x 42 cm
    W-1970
  • Summer along the Hawkesbury 1970
    watercolour
    35 x 54 cm
    W-1970
  • Old Rocks 1969 circa
    watercolour
    35 x 51 cm (est)
    W-1969-c
  • Moon / Moonlight 2 1969
    watercolour
    33 cm dia (est)
    W-1969
  • Oberon Landscape 1969
    watercolour on grey ingres paper
    51 x 61 cm
    W-1969
  • Boys Crabbing in Estuary, Gosford 1969
    watercolour
    55 x 68 cm
    W-1969
  • Rock Study 1969
    watercolour
    51 x 77 cm
    W-1969
  • View of the Lane Cove River 1967
    watercolour
    50 x 72 cm
    W-1967
  • Twisted Pine Branch 1967
    watercolour
    28.5 x 38 cm
    W-1967
  • Forked Tree, Ku-ring-gai 1967
    watercolour
    58 x 79 cm
    W-1967
  • Blue Mountains Rockface / Ridge 1964
    watercolour
    33 x 58 cm
    W-1964
  • Sleaford Bay Headland, Port Lincoln, South Australia 1962
    watercolour
    39 x 58 cm
    W-1962-1
  • Blue Mountains Ridge / Rugged Landscape 1961
    watercolour
    11 x 39 cm
    W-1961
  • Flowering Saltbush, Euriowie Creek 1961
    watercolour
    38.5 x 55.5 cm
    W-1961
  • Ships in the Harbour 1961
    watercolour
    23.5 x 38.5 cm
    W-1961
  • Three Trees 1961
    crayon and watercolour
    39 x 56 cm
    W-1961
  • Washing Day, Broken Hill 1961
    watercolour
    28 x 38 cm
    W-1961
  • Hilltop Houses, Outskirts of Broken Hill 1961
    watercolour
    39 x 56 cm
    W-1961
  • Woolloomooloo from The Domain 1961
    watercolour
    30 x 40 cm
    W-1961
  • Sleaford Bay, Port Lincoln, South Australia 1961
    watercolour
    39 x 58 cm
    W-1961
  • Louth Bay, SA 1960 circa
    watercolour
    56 x 51 cm
    W-1960-c
  • Ship and Jetty 1959
    watercolour
    27 x 37 cm
    W-1959
  • Salt Lake (near Port Lincoln) 1959
    watercolour
    52.5 x 36 cm
    W-1959
  • Two Gums, Ivymeade, Burnside 1959
    watercolour
    26 x 23 cm
    W-1959
  • Two Gums, Frome Road, Adelaide 1959
    watercolour, pencil and cray-pas
    37 x 26.5 cm
    W-1959
  • Gulls and Workmen, Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide 1959
    watercolour and drafting pen
    25.5 x 27 cm
    W-1959
  • Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide 1959
    watercolour and crayon
    46 x 33.5 cm
    W-1959
  • Off-loading, Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide 1959
    watercolour and drafting pen
    24.5 x 40 cm (var.)
    W-1959
  • Winter Trees, Second Creek, Ivymeade, Burnside 1959
    watercolour
    54 x 37 cm
    W-1959
  • Boys Cockling, Port Lincoln 1959
    watercolour
    29 x 52 cm
    W-1959
  • Spring, Adelaide Foothills 1959
    watercolour
    31 x 43 cm
    W-1959
  • Aunty Dot's Hens at Grandpa's Workshop 1958
    watercolour
    27 x 35 cm
    W-1958
  • Mount Gipps, Broken Hill 1957
    watercolour
    23 x 36.5 cm
    W-1957
  • Richard and I under gums at Ivymeade 1957
    watercolour
    76 x 55.9 cm (image and sheet)
    W-1957
  • Apple Orchard in Blossom, Bilpin 1973
    pencil and watercolour
    25.2 x 35.1 cm
    D-1973-2

Watercolours : Scenes 89 Works
Watercolours : Scenes 89 Works

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