Watercolours : People

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.

People
72 Works to view
72 Works to view

People: The human narrative and genre scenes inspired by domestic situations, people at work, musicians, commuters, social issues, blindness, illness, poverty, old age. Portraits include family members, self-portraits, children, babies, and people in their environment. In major paintings the subject is repeated from varied viewpoints in a fugal style composition.
  • Mona Masticating 2006
    watercolour and gouache over giclée
    29 x 21 cm
    W-2006
  • Anatomy of a Smile: Mona's Bones 2002
    watercolour, gouache, pencil over giclée
    24 x 19 cm
    W-2002
  • Stephen in Green Head-scarf 1996
    watercolour
    35.5 x 51 cm
    W-1996
  • Paul Dreaming 1995
    watercolour
    36 x 54 cm
    W-1995
  • Paul in Vest, Leaping 1992
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
    W-1992
  • Paul with Red Beard 1991
    watercolour
    54 x 36 cm
    W-1991-2
  • Stephen and String-playing Hand 1990
    watercolour (sienna)
    24 x 32 cm
    W-1990-1
  • Sketch: Colourful Girl on Bus (clothing patterns) 1989
    watercolour and drafting pen
    15.9 x 19.2 cm
    W-1989
  • Sketch: Kid Throwing a Tantrum (outside Annandale supermarket) 1989
    watercolour and drafting pen
    19.2 x 15.9 cm
    W-1989
  • Sketch: Early Morning Gossip, Johnston St, Annandale 1989
    watercolour and drafting pen
    19.2 x 15.9 cm
    W-1989
  • Paul in Check Shirt, Reading 1987
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
    W-1987
  • Sketch: Woman Waiting for Bus 1987
    watercolour and drafting pen on note-paper
    21 x 29.5 cm
    W-1987
  • 'Flu 1987
    aka Brian sick
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
    W-1987
  • Sketch: Woman Sitting on Veranda, The Rocks, Miller's Point 1986
    watercolour and drafting pen
    38 x 51 cm
    W-1986
  • Leyla and Stefan at the Beach 1986
    watercolour and pencil on note-paper
    29.5 x 21 cm
    W-1986
  • Sketch of Woman wearing Headphones on Sydney Bus 1986
    watercolour and pencil
    17.6 x 25.9 cm
    W-1986
  • Onion Face, Sad 1986
    watercolour
    24 x 16.5 cm
    W-1986
  • Cauliflower Brain 1986
    watercolour and drafting pen
    28 x 37 cm
    W-1986
  • Sketch: Children Playing in Clay, Hudson St, Annandale 1985
    watercolour and ballpoint
    29.5 x 21 cm
    W-1985
  • Ken Smoking 1984
    watercolour: sumi ink
    34.5 x 50.5 cm
    W-1984
  • The Incurable Romantic (Colleen Burke, poet) 1983
    watercolour and collage on panel
    100 x 77.5 cm
    W-1983
  • The Berlin Wall 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
    W-1980-4
  • Woman on a Munich Bus / Old Woman from Munich 1980
    watercolour
    30 x 40 cm
    W-1980-3
  • American GI on Leave in Germany 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
    W-1980-2
  • Religious Woman of Bavaria 1979
    aka Bavarian Woman
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
    W-1980-1
  • Uncle Ted Watching TV 1980
    watercolour
    28 x 38 cm
    W-1980
  • Uncle Ted Talking 1980
    watercolour
    28 x 38 cm
    W-1980
  • Uncle Ted Drinking Tea 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
    W-1980
  • Uncle Ted Eating Egg 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
    W-1980
  • Marienplatz Underground Station (Munich) 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
    W-1980
  • Turkish Migrants on Train to Kreutzberg-Berlin 1980
    aka Turkish People, Berlin
    watercolour
    38 x 32 cm
    W-1980
  • Schwarze Rose, Kreutzberg-Berlin 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
    W-1980
  • Michaela Drawing, in Ultramarine Sloppy-joe 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
    W-1980
  • Five Pikelets, Please! 1980
    aka (Annandale Village Cake-shop)
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
    W-1980
  • Migrant Woman on Sydney Bus 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 28 cm
    W-1980
  • Portrait Demonstration 2, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
    W-1980
  • Portrait Demonstration 1, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
    W-1980
  • Hukky the Dutchman at Morgenrot, Berlin 1980
    watercolour
    56.5 x 38cm
    W-1980
  • In Frau Orwart's Kitchen, Berlin 1980
    watercolour
    27.5 x 37.5 cm
    W-1980
  • Stephen Contemplating 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
    W-1980
  • My Mate Molly 1980
    aka My Mate Molly: Study for The First Supper
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
    W-1980
  • Couple on Sydney Bus 1980
    watercolour
    28 x 38 cm
    W-1980
  • Sketch of a Man / Der Schwerbeschädigte 1979
    watercolour
    30 x 20 cm
    W-1979
  • Brian Wearing Bavarian Hat 1979
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
    W-1979
  • John Dengate, Singer and Songwriter 1979
    watercolour
    55 x 75 cm
    W-1979
  • Pumpkin Lovers 1979
    watercolour
    56 x 38 cm
    W-1979
  • Paul Reading in Cane Chair 1978 circa
    watercolour
    38 x 56 cm
    W-1978-c
  • Brian Reading 1978
    watercolour
    75 x 55 cm
    W-1978
  • Casualty: Children's Hospital, 3 am 1978
    watercolour
    57 x 72 cm
    W-1978
  • At Home 1978
    watercolour
    57 x 76 cm
    W-1978
  • Children's Hospital - study for painting and print 1977
    watercolour
    37.5 x 27.5 cm
    W-1977
  • Ray Munns, Laboratory Craftsman 1977
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
    W-1977
  • The Mechanic 1977
    (Highly Commended, 17th Ryde Art Award 1977)
    aka The Retired Mechanic
    watercolour
    51 x 60 cm
    W-1977
  • Where Children Play 1977
    (Inner Sydney with Rozelle Bay Gantry and White Bay Power Station)
    aka Growing Up in the Jungle
    watercolour on Japanese paper
    66 x 51 cm
    W-1977
  • Captain Grandpa 1973
    aka Tree Man
    watercolour
    37 x 24 cm (var)
    W-1973
  • Aunty Dot drinking Tea 1972
    watercolour
    55 x 34 cm
    W-1972
  • Paul Watching TV 1970 circa
    watercolour
    75 x 55 cm
    W-1970
  • Brooding 1970 circa
    watercolour
    66 x 50.5 cm
    W-1970
  • Sketch: Baby Stephen in Sunlight 1969
    watercolour
    42.3 x 35.8 cm
    W-1969
  • Michaela in Dress I Made 1968 circa
    watercolour
    55 x 42 cm (var)
    W-1968-c
  • Michaela in Orange Frock 1967
    watercolour
    28.5 x 38 cm
    W-1967
  • Michaela at the Table 1967
    watercolour: raw umber
    38 x 28.5 cm
    W-1967
  • One-year-old Paul, Sleeping 1966
    watercolour
    28.5 x 38.3 cm
    W-1966-1
  • Andy 1965
    watercolour
    19 x 28 cm
    W-1965-c-1
  • Michaela Sleeping, foreshortened view 1965
    watercolour
    28 x 38 cm
    W-1965-2
  • Michaela, few weeks old 1964
    watercolour: warm and cool black
    22.5 x 29 cm
    W-1964
  • Michaela at 3 weeks 1964
    watercolour: warm and cool black
    30 x 24 cm
    W-1964
  • Brother Bill (William) at 8 1962
    watercolour
    29 x 22.5 cm
    W-1962-2
  • Uncle Ted in Dressing Gown 1960
    watercolour, drafting pen and crayon
    53 x 36 cm
    W-1960
  • Boy from Silverton 1959
    watercolour
    32 x 38 cm
    W-1959
  • Bill Asleep with Toy Koala 1958
    watercolour and drafting pen
    37 x 27 cm
    W-1958
  • Brother Bill, Apprehensive 1957
    watercolour
    37 x 27 cm
    W-1957

Watercolours : People 72 Works
Watercolours : People 72 Works


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