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.
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.
THEME:
Scenes
Scenes
84 Works to view
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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.
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She-Oaks by the Upper Colo, 1970
watercolour
35 x 48 cm (est)
Private collection
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Down and Out in Glebe, 1970
watercolour
43 x 32 cm
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Sunlight on Water / River Island, 1970
watercolour
36 x 42 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Summer along the Hawkesbury, 1970
watercolour
35 x 54 cm
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Old Rocks, 1969 circa
watercolour
35 x 51 cm (est)
Private collection
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Moon / Moonlight 2, 1969
watercolour
33 cm dia (est)
Private collection
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Oberon Landscape, 1969
watercolour on grey ingres paper
51 x 61 cm
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Boys Crabbing in Estuary, Gosford, 1969
watercolour
55 x 68 cm
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Rock Study, 1969
watercolour
51 x 77 cm
Private collection, Australia
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View of the Lane Cove River, 1967
watercolour
50 x 72 cm
Private collection
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Twisted Pine Branch, 1967
watercolour
28.5 x 38 cm
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Forked Tree, Ku-ring-gai, 1967
watercolour
58 x 79 cm
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Blue Mountains Rockface / Ridge, 1964
watercolour
33 x 58 cm
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Sleaford Bay Headland, Port Lincoln, South Australia, 1962
watercolour
39 x 58 cm
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Blue Mountains Ridge / Rugged Landscape, 1961
watercolour
11 x 39 cm
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Flowering Saltbush, Euriowie Creek, 1961
watercolour
38.5 x 55.5 cm
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Ships in the Harbour, 1961
watercolour
23.5 x 38.5 cm
Private collection
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Three Trees, 1961
crayon and watercolour
39 x 56 cm
Private collection
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Washing Day, Broken Hill, 1961
watercolour
28 x 38 cm
Private collection
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Hilltop Houses, Outskirts of Broken Hill, 1961
watercolour
39 x 56 cm
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Woolloomooloo from The Domain, 1961
watercolour
30 x 40 cm
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Sleaford Bay, Port Lincoln, South Australia, 1961
watercolour
39 x 58 cm
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Louth Bay, SA, 1960 circa
watercolour
56 x 51 cm
Private collection
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Salt Lake (near Port Lincoln), 1959
watercolour
52.5 x 36 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Two Gums, Ivymeade, Burnside, 1959
watercolour
26 x 23 cm
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Two Gums, Frome Road, Adelaide, 1959
watercolour, pencil and cray-pas
37 x 26.5 cm
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Gulls and Workmen, Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide, 1959
watercolour and pen
25.5 x 27 cm
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Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide, 1959
watercolour and crayon
46 x 33.5 cm
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Off-loading, Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide, 1959
watercolour and pen
24.5 x 40 cm (var.)
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Winter Trees, Second Creek, Ivymeade, Burnside, 1959
watercolour
54 x 37 cm
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Boys Cockling, Port Lincoln, 1959
watercolour
29 x 52 cm
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Spring, Adelaide Foothills, 1959
watercolour
31 x 43 cm
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Aunty Dot's Hens at Grandpa's Workshop, 1958
watercolour
27 x 35 cm
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Mount Gipps, Broken Hill, 1957
watercolour
23 x 36.5 cm
WATERCOLOURS :
Scenes
84 Works
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WATERCOLOURS :
Scenes
84 Works
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