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.
WATERCOLOURS
182 Works to view
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182 Works to view Page 1 2 3
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Crackenback River, 1976
watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
36 x 96 cm
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Nuts and Bolts, Washers, Screws - study for 'Retired Mechanic', 1976
watercolour and imprint
17.5 x 25 cm
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Rocky Incline, Old Northern Road, 1976
watercolour and pen
56 x 38 cm
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Goalen Point from Murrah Gardens, 1976
watercolour
54 x 75 cm
Commission. Private Collection.
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Shakeshaft's Waterfall, 1975
watercolour
76 x 65 cm
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Wollangambe Wilderness, Blue Mountains, 1975
watercolour
63 x 97 cm
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Bogan River in Flood, 1974
watercolour
61.5 x 71 cm
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Mirror Image Banksias, 1973
watercolour
24 cm dia.
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Memories of Grandpa / Captain Grandpa / Tree Man, 1973
watercolour
37 x 24 cm (var)
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White Bay Power Station from Glebe Point, Timber Mill with Derrick Crane in Foreground, 1973
watercolour and ballpoint
20 x 25 cm
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Sketch: Hippie on Pyrmont Bridge, Evening, 1973
watercolour
30.5 x 22.5 cm
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Sketch: Indian Family in Glebe Point Road, 1972
watercolour and ballpoint
20 x 33 cm
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Aunty Dot drinking Tea, 1972
watercolour
55 x 34 cm
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Sketch: Corner Shop Annandale, Piper & View Sts - 'Billy Tea', 1972
watercolour and ballpoint on airmail paper
20 x 25 cm
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Sketch: Corner Shop Annandale, Piper & View Sts - 'Groceries', 1972
watercolour and ballpoint on airmail paper
20 x 25 cm
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Sketch: Corner Shop Annandale, Piper & View Sts - 'Shelley's Famous Drinks', 1972
watercolour and ballpoint on airmail paper
20 x 25 cm
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The Edge of the Lake / Umber, 1972
watercolour
35 x 46 cm (var)
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Cul-de-sac Composition Sketch, 1972
watercolour
28 x 38 cm
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Clearing / Moonlight 1, 1971 circa
watercolour
33 cm dia (est)
Private collection
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After Rain / Bush After Rain, 1971
watercolour
37.5 x 45 cm
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Broken Branch, Second Creek, Ivymeade, Burnside, 1971
watercolour
56 x 78 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Ridge, Lane Cove River National Park, 1971
watercolour
20.5 x 25.5 cm
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Silver Rock and River Reflections, 1971
watercolour
14 x 30 cm
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Tree Group, 1971
watercolour
40 x 57 cm (est)
Private collection
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Five Trees, 1971
watercolour
45 x 60 cm (est)
Private collection
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Brooding, 1970 circa
watercolour
66 x 50.5 cm
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Paul Watching TV, 1970 circa
watercolour
75 x 55 cm
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Summer along the Hawkesbury, 1970
watercolour
35 x 54 cm
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Sunlight on Water / River Island, 1970
watercolour
36 x 42 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Down and Out in Glebe, 1970
watercolour
43 x 32 cm
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She-Oaks by the Upper Colo, 1970
watercolour
35 x 48 cm (est)
Private collection
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Old Rocks, 1969 circa
watercolour
35 x 51 cm (est)
Private collection
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Sketch: Baby Stephen in Sunlight, 1969
watercolour
39 x 30 cm
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Rock Study, 1969
watercolour
51 x 77 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Boys Crabbing in Estuary, Gosford, 1969
watercolour
55 x 68 cm
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Oberon Landscape, 1969
watercolour on grey ingres paper
51 x 61 cm
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Moon / Moonlight 2, 1969
watercolour
33 cm dia (est)
Private collection
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Michaela in Dress I Made, 1968 circa
watercolour
55 x 42 cm (var)
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Michaela at the Table, 1967
watercolour: raw umber
38 x 28.5 cm
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Forked Tree, Ku-ring-gai, 1967
watercolour
58 x 79 cm
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Twisted Pine Branch, 1967
watercolour
28.5 x 38 cm
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Pet Dog Binker with collar tag, 1967
watercolour
30 x 27.5 cm
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View of the Lane Cove River, 1967
watercolour
50 x 72 cm
Private collection
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One-year-old Paul, Sleeping, 1966
watercolour
28.5 x 38.3 cm
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Michaela in Orange Frock, 1966
watercolour
28.5 x 38 cm
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Andy, 1965
watercolour
19 x 28 cm
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Michaela Sleeping, foreshortened view, 1965
watercolour
28 x 38 cm
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Michaela at 3 weeks, 1964
watercolour: warm and cool black
30 x 24 cm
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Michaela, few weeks old, 1964
watercolour: warm and cool black
22.5 x 29 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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Brother Bill (William) at 8, 1962
watercolour
29 x 22.5 cm
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Sleaford Bay, Port Lincoln, South Australia, 1961
watercolour
39 x 58 cm
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Woolloomooloo from The Domain, 1961
watercolour
30 x 40 cm
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Purple Outback Pea-flower (Swainsona affinis), 1961
watercolour
23 x 29 cm
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Sturt Peas (Swainsona formosa), 1961
watercolour
23 x 29 cm
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Hilltop Houses, Outskirts of Broken Hill, 1961
watercolour
39 x 56 cm
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Washing Day, Broken Hill, 1961
watercolour
28 x 38 cm
Private collection
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Aunty Dot's Pet Hen at Ivymeade, 1961
watercolour and pen
57.5 x 39 cm
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Three Trees, 1961
crayon and watercolour
39 x 56 cm
Private collection
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Ships in the Harbour, 1961
watercolour
23.5 x 38.5 cm
Private collection
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Flowering Saltbush, Euriowie Creek, 1961
watercolour
38.5 x 55.5 cm
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Blue Mountains Ridge / Rugged Landscape, 1961
watercolour
11 x 39 cm
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Louth Bay, SA, 1960 circa
watercolour
56 x 51 cm
Private collection
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Uncle Ted in Dressing Gown, 1960
watercolour, pen and crayon
53 x 36 cm
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Spring, Adelaide Foothills, 1959
watercolour
31 x 43 cm
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Boys Cockling, Port Lincoln, 1959
watercolour
29 x 52 cm
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Winter Trees, Second Creek, Ivymeade, Burnside, 1959
watercolour
54 x 37 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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Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide, 1959
watercolour and crayon
46 x 33.5 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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Two Gums, Frome Road, Adelaide, 1959
watercolour, pencil and cray-pas
37 x 26.5 cm
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Two Gums, Ivymeade, Burnside, 1959
watercolour
26 x 23 cm
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Daffodils and Sword Fern, 1959
watercolour
20 x 25 cm
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Salt Lake (near Port Lincoln), 1959
watercolour
52.5 x 36 cm
Private collection, Australia
WATERCOLOURS :
182 Works to view
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WATERCOLOURS :
182 Works to view
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