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.

WATERCOLOURS

Theme: People
WATERCOLOURS Theme: 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
  • Anatomy of a Smile: Mona's Bones, 2002
    watercolour, gouache, pencil over giclée
    24 x 19 cm
    (published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
  • Stephen in Green Head-scarf, 1996
    watercolour
    35.5 x 51 cm
  • Paul Dreaming, 1995
    watercolour
    36 x 54 cm
  • Paul in Vest, Leaping, 1992
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
  • Paul with Red Beard, 1991
    watercolour
    54 x 36 cm
  • Stephen and String-playing Hand, 1990
    watercolour (sienna)
    24 x 32 cm
  • Sketch: Early Morning Gossip, Johnston St, Annandale, 1989
    watercolour and pen
    16 x 19.5 cm
  • Sketch: Kid Throwing a Tantrum, 1989
    watercolour and pen
    16 x 19.5 cm
  • Sketch: Colourful Girl on Bus, 1989
    watercolour and pen
    16 x 19.5 cm
  • 'Flu, 1987
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
  • Sketch: Woman Waiting for Bus, 1987
    watercolour and pen on note-paper
    21 x 29.5 cm
  • Paul in Check Shirt, Reading, 1987
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
  • Onion Face, Sad, 1986
    watercolour
    24 x 16.5 cm
  • Cauliflower Brain, 1986
    watercolour and pen
    28 x 37 cm
  • Sketch of Woman wearing Headphones on Sydney Bus, 1986
    watercolour and pencil
    18 x 25 cm
  • Leyla and Stefan at the Beach, 1986
    watercolour and pencil on note-paper
    29.5 x 21 cm
  • Sketch: Woman Sitting on Veranda, The Rocks, Miller's Point, 1986
    watercolour and pen
    38 x 51 cm
  • Sketch: Children Playing in Clay, Hudson St, Annandale, 1985
    watercolour and ballpoint
    29.5 x 21 cm
  • Ken Smoking, 1984
    watercolour: sumi ink
    34.5 x 50.5 cm
  • The Incurable Romantic (Colleen Burke, poet), 1983
    watercolour and collage on panel
    100 x 77.5 cm
  • American GI on Leave in Germany, 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Woman on a Munich Bus / Old Woman from Munich, 1980
    watercolour
    30 x 40 cm
  • The Berlin Wall, 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Couple on Sydney Bus, 1980
    watercolour
    28 x 38 cm
  • My Mate Molly, 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
    (published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
  • Stephen Contemplating, 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • In Frau Orwart's Kitchen, Berlin, 1980
    watercolour
    27.5 x 37.5 cm
  • Hukky the Dutchman at Morgenrot, Berlin , 1980
    watercolour
    56.5 x 38cm
  • Portrait Demonstration 1, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart, 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Portrait Demonstration 2, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart, 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Migrant Woman on Sydney bus / Lady from Berlin, 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 28 cm
  • Five Pikelets, Please' (Annandale Village Cake-shop), 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Michaela Drawing, in Ultramarine Sloppy-joe, 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Schwarze Rose, Kreutzberg-Berlin, 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Turkish Migrants on Train to Kreutzberg-Berlin / Turkish People, Berlin, 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 32 cm
  • Marienplatz Underground Station (Munich), 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Uncle Ted Eating Egg, 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Uncle Ted Drinking Tea, 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
    Private collection
  • Uncle Ted Talking, 1980
    watercolour
    28 x 38 cm
    Private collection
  • Uncle Ted Watching TV, 1980
    watercolour
    28 x 38 cm
    Private collection
  • Religious Woman of Bavaria / Bavarian Woman, 1979-1980
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
  • Pumpkin Lovers, 1979
    watercolour
    56 x 38 cm
  • John Dengate, Singer and Songwriter, 1979
    watercolour
    55 x 75 cm
  • Brian Wearing Bavarian Hat, 1979
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Sketch of a Man / Der Schwerbeschädigte, 1979
    watercolour
    30 x 20 cm
  • Paul Reading in Cane Chair, 1978 circa
    watercolour
    38 x 56 cm
  • At Home (watercolour), 1978
    watercolour
    57 x 76 cm
  • Casualty: Children's Hospital, 3 am (watercolour), 1978
    watercolour
    57 x 72 cm
  • Brian Reading, 1978
    watercolour
    75 x 55 cm
  • Where Children Play / Growing Up in the Jungle (Inner Sydney with Rozelle Bay Gantry and White Bay Power Station), 1977
    watercolour on Japanese paper
    66 x 51 cm
  • The Retired Mechanic / The Mechanic, 1977
    watercolour
    51 x 60 cm
  • Ray Munns, Laboratory Craftsman, 1977
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Children's Hospital - study for painting and print, 1977
    watercolour
    37.5 x 27.5 cm
  • Memories of Grandpa / Captain Grandpa / Tree Man, 1973
    watercolour
    37 x 24 cm (var)
  • Aunty Dot drinking Tea, 1972
    watercolour
    55 x 34 cm
  • Brooding, 1970 circa
    watercolour
    66 x 50.5 cm
  • Paul Watching TV, 1970 circa
    watercolour
    75 x 55 cm
  • Sketch: Baby Stephen in Sunlight, 1969
    watercolour
    39 x 30 cm
  • Michaela in Dress I Made, 1968 circa
    watercolour
    55 x 42 cm (var)
  • Michaela at the Table, 1967
    watercolour: raw umber
    38 x 28.5 cm
  • One-year-old Paul, Sleeping, 1966
    watercolour
    28.5 x 38.3 cm
  • Michaela in Orange Frock, 1966
    watercolour
    28.5 x 38 cm
  • Andy, 1965
    watercolour
    19 x 28 cm
  • Michaela Sleeping, foreshortened view, 1965
    watercolour
    28 x 38 cm
  • Michaela at 3 weeks, 1964
    watercolour: warm and cool black
    30 x 24 cm
  • Michaela, few weeks old, 1964
    watercolour: warm and cool black
    22.5 x 29 cm
  • Brother Bill (William) at 8, 1962
    watercolour
    29 x 22.5 cm
  • Uncle Ted in Dressing Gown, 1960
    watercolour, pen and crayon
    53 x 36 cm
  • Boy from Silverton, 1959
    watercolour
    32 x 38 cm
    Private collection
  • Bill Asleep with Toy Koala, 1958
    watercolour and pen
    37 x 27 cm
  • Brother Bill, Apprehensive, 1957
    watercolour
    37 x 27 cm

WATERCOLOURS : People 72 Works to view
WATERCOLOURS : People 72 Works to view


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