WATERCOLOURS : Pen or pencil & watercolour
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.
-
Cliff and River Bank, Goulburn River National Park, 2004watercolour and pen
32 x 41 cm
-
Cat in Snow, Backyard, Weesp, Netherlands, 1991watercolour and pen
41 x 31 cm
-
Sketch: Early Morning Gossip, Johnston St, Annandale, 1989watercolour and pen
16 x 19.5 cm
-
Sketch: Kid Throwing a Tantrum, 1989watercolour and pen
16 x 19.5 cm
-
Sketch: Colourful Girl on Bus, 1989watercolour and pen
16 x 19.5 cm
-
St Andrew's Cross Spider, 1989watercolour and pen
16 x 19.5 cm
-
Sketch: Woman Sitting on Veranda, The Rocks, Miller's Point, 1986watercolour and pen
38 x 51 cm
-
Rank Kirby Furniture Factory, White's Creek, viewed from Annandale, 1985watercolour and pen
28 x 38 cm
-
Pumpkin Leaves, 1985watercolour and pen
36.7 x 53 cm
-
Rocky Incline, Old Northern Road, 1976watercolour and pen
56 x 38 cm
-
Aunty Dot's Pet Hen at Ivymeade, 1961watercolour and pen
57.5 x 39 cm
-
Bill Asleep with Toy Koala, 1958watercolour and pen
37 x 27 cm