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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Watercolours

Watercolours
241 Works to view Page 1 2 3 4
241 Works to view Page 1 2 3 4

  • Circus tent roof 1983
    pencil and watercolour
    24.6 x 36.3 cm
    W-1982
  • Thelma and her mates: Wilcannia 1983
    watercolour
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    W-1983
  • American GI on Leave in Germany 1980
    watercolour
    40.0 x 30.0 cm
    W-1980-2
  • Old Woman from Munich 1980
    aka Woman on a Munich Bus
    watercolour
    30.0 x 40.0 cm
    W-1980-3
  • The Berlin Wall 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
    W-1980-4
  • Couple on Sydney Bus 1980
    watercolour
    28.0 x 38.0 cm
    W-1980
  • My Mate Molly 1980
    aka My Mate Molly: Study for The First Supper
    watercolour
    40.0 x 30.0 cm
    W-1980
  • Stephen Contemplating 1980
    watercolour
    40.0 x 30.0 cm
    W-1980
  • In Frau Orwart's Kitchen, Berlin 1980
    watercolour
    27.5 x 37.5 cm
    W-1980
  • Hukky the Dutchman at Morgenrot, Berlin 1980
    watercolour
    56.5 x 38cm
    W-1980
  • Innenhof, Kreutzberg, Berlin 1980
    watercolour
    30.0 x 40.0 cm
    W-1980
  • Metal Workers, WH Williams and Sons Factory, Silverwater 1980
    sketch
    watercolour and black ballpoint pen
    42.0 x 30.0 cm
    W-1980
  • Stacking Steel Beams, WH Williams and Sons Factory, Silverwater 1980
    sketch
    watercolour and black ballpoint pen
    42.0 x 30.0 cm
    W-1980
  • Portrait Demonstration 1, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart 1980
    watercolour
    40.0 x 30.0 cm
    W-1980
  • Portrait Demonstration 2, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart 1980
    watercolour
    40.0 x 30.0 cm
    W-1980
  • Migrant Woman on Sydney Bus 1980
    watercolour
    38.0 x 28.0 cm
    W-1980
  • Five Pikelets, Please! 1980
    aka (Annandale Village Cake-shop)
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
    W-1980
  • Michaela Drawing, in Ultramarine Sloppy-joe 1980
    watercolour
    40.0 x 30.0 cm
    W-1980
  • Schwarze Rose, Kreutzberg-Berlin 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
    W-1980
  • Turkish Migrants on Train to Kreutzberg-Berlin 1980
    aka Turkish People, Berlin
    watercolour
    38.0 x 32.0 cm
    W-1980
  • Marienplatz Underground Station (Munich) 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
    W-1980
  • Uncle Ted Eating Egg 1980
    watercolour
    38.0 x 56.5 cm
    W-1980
  • Uncle Ted Drinking Tea 1980
    watercolour
    38.0 x 56.5 cm
    W-1980
  • Uncle Ted Talking 1980
    watercolour
    28.0 x 38.0 cm
    W-1980
  • Uncle Ted Watching TV 1980
    watercolour
    28.0 x 38.0 cm
    W-1980
  • Religious Woman of Bavaria 1979
    aka Bavarian Woman
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
    W-1979
  • Pumpkin Lovers 1979
    watercolour
    56 x 38 cm
    W-1979
  • John Dengate, Singer and Songwriter 1979
    watercolour
    55 x 75 cm
    W-1979
  • Brian Wearing Bavarian Hat 1979
    watercolour
    40.0 x 30.0 cm
    W-1979
  • Sketch of a Man (Der Schwerbeschädigte) 1979
    watercolour
    30 x 20 cm
    W-1979
  • Larkspurs 1979
    watercolour
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1979
  • Regensburg pub window (with street sign) 1979
    watercolour and pencil
    32 x 24 cm
    W-1979
  • Paul Reading in Cane Chair 1978 circa
    watercolour
    38.0 x 56.0 cm
    W-1978-c
  • At Home 1978
    watercolour
    57 x 76 cm
    W-1978
  • Casualty: Children's Hospital, 3 am 1978
    watercolour
    57 x 72 cm
    W-1978
  • Brian reading 1978
    watercolour
    75 x 55 cm
    W-1978
  • Sketch: Bus Shelter, Parramatta Road (opposite Ross Street), Sydney University, with marbling doodle 1978
    watercolour, pencil and crayon
    18.0 x 25.0 cm
    W-1978
  • Flooded Mongarlowe River: Submerged Trees 1978
    watercolour
    57 x 76 cm
    W-1978
  • Flooded Mongarlowe River: Raging Torrent 1978
    watercolour
    38.0 x 40.0 cm
    W-1978
  • Gnarled Pines, Jindabyne 1978
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
    W-1978
  • Silver and Ochre Gum, Mongarlowe River 1978
    watercolour
    52.8 x 37.5 cm
    W-1978
  • Fire in the rain 1978
    Ultimo wool store fire, 19 March 1978
    pencil and watercolour
    27.1 x 36.5 cm
    W-1978
  • Brachina Gorge 1977
    Flinders Ranges
    watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
    46 x 59 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
  • The Mechanic 1977
    Highly Commended, 17th Ryde Art Award 1977
    aka The Retired Mechanic
    watercolour
    51 x 60 cm
    W-1977
  • Ray Munns, Laboratory Craftsman 1977
    watercolour
    40.0 x 30.0 cm
    W-1977
  • Spencer's Crossing, Kosciuszko National Park 1977
    watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
    31.5 x 68 cm
    W-1977
  • View St, Annandale with Balmain Power House 1977
    drafting pen, black ink and watercolour
    36.8 x 53.4 cm
    W-1977
  • Mountain Lagoon Rd (Colo Heights) 1977
    drafting pen, brown ink and watercolour
    36.9 x 53.4 cm
    W-1977
  • Children's Hospital - study for painting and print 1977
    watercolour
    37.5 x 27.5 cm
    W-1977
  • Across the Gorge 1977
    aka Colo Heights: Sunlit Escarpment through Gums
    watercolour on crumbled Japanese paper
    41 x 96 cm
    W-1977
  • Stained-glass windows and curtains 1977
    Federation house, Annandale
    drafting pen, brown ink and watercolour
    27.1 x 36.5 cm
    W-1977
  • Cattai Ridge 1976
    watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
    61.5 x 71 cm
    W-1976
  • Cattai Ridge 1976
    watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
    16 x 34 cm
    W-1976
  • Sketch: Lee-Ann and Wayne with Go-cart 1976
    watercolour
    21.0 x 29.0 cm
    W-1976
  • Struggling Gums, Cattai Ridge 1976
    watercolour
    12 x 21 cm
    W-1976
  • Crackenback River 1976
    watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
    36 x 96 cm
    W-1976
  • Nuts and Bolts, Washers, Screws 1976
    study for 'The Retired Mechanic'
    watercolour and imprint
    17.5 x 25 cm
    W-1976
  • Lilyfield: View across White's Creek 1976
    from 278 Annandale St.
    drafting pen, black ink and watercolour
    29.9 x 42 cm
    W-1976
  • Rocky Incline, Old Northern Road 1976
    watercolour and drafting pen
    56 x 38 cm
    W-1976
  • Goalen Point from Murrah Gardens 1976
    watercolour
    54.0 x 75.0 cm
    W-1976
  • Wollondilly River 1975
    Commended, 16th Ryde Art Exhibition 1976
    watercolour
    40 x 50 cm
    W-1975
  • Shakeshaft's Waterfall 1975
    watercolour
    76 x 65 cm
    W-1975
  • Wollangambe Wilderness 1975
    Blue Mountains
    watercolour
    63.0 x 97.0 cm
    W-1975
  • Little Cattai Ridge 1975
    watercolour
    20 x 45 cm (est.)
    W-1975
  • Bogan River in Flood 1974
    watercolour
    61.5 x 71.0 cm
    W-1974-1
  • Landscape (composition sketch) 1974
    pencil and watercolour
    17.7 x 25.2 cm
    W-1974
  • White Bay Power House (composition sketch) 1974
    pencil, watercolour and black ballpoint pen
    17.7 x 25.2 cm
    D-1974
  • Mirror Image Banksias 1973
    watercolour
    24 cm dia.
    W-1973
  • Captain Grandpa 1973
    aka Tree Man
    watercolour
    37 x 24 cm (var.)
    W-1973
  • White Bay Power Station from Glebe Point, Timber Mill with Derrick Crane in Foreground 1973
    watercolour and black ballpoint pen
    20.0 x 25.0 cm
    W-1973
  • Sketch: Hippie on Pyrmont Bridge, Evening 1973
    watercolour
    30.5 x 22.5 cm
    W-1973
  • Apple Orchard in Blossom, Bilpin 1973
    pencil and watercolour
    25.2 x 35.1 cm
    D-1973
  • Indian Family in Glebe Point Road 1972
    watercolour and black ballpoint pen
    20 x 33 cm
    W-1972
  • Aunty Dot drinking Tea 1972
    watercolour
    55 x 34 cm
    W-1972

Watercolours : 241 Works to view Page 1 2 3 4
Watercolours : 241 Works to view Page 1 2 3 4


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