Cattai Ridge, 1976
watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper

"Her strength is in draftsmanship and sensitive observation of trees and their branching. She discovers lyrical grace in twisting limbs as in 'Bush Moot', 'View of the Lane Cove River', 'Broken Branch'.” ~ Elizabeth Young, The Advertiser (1972)

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.

172 Works to view Page 1 2
172 Works to view Page 1 2

  • Mona masticating 2006
    watercolour and gouache over giclee
    29.7 x 21 cm
  • Goulburn River (escarpment) 2004
    drafting pen, black ink and sienna ink with watercolour
    32 x 40.2 cm
  • Anatomy of a smile: Mona's bones 2002
    watercolour, gouache and pencil over giclee
    24 x 19 cm
  • Stephen in green headscarf 1996
    watercolour
    35.5 x 51 cm
  • Paul dreaming 1995
    watercolour
    36 x 54 cm
  • Blossom on branch of West Australian gum 1992
    (Eucalyptus caesia)
    watercolour and drafting pen, brown ink
    38 x 50.8 cm
  • Paul in vest, leaping 1992
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
  • Paul with red beard 1991
    watercolour
    54 x 36 cm
  • Cat in snow, backyard, Weesp, Netherlands 1991
    watercolour and drafting pen, black ink
    41 x 31 cm
  • Onions from Weimar 1990
    watercolour
    31 x 41 cm
  • Gymea lily, bud stage 1990
    (Doryanthes excelsa)
    watercolour
    76.2 x 56.3 cm
  • St Andrew's cross spider in our backyard 1989
    watercolour and drafting pen, black ink
    19.3 x 16 cm
  • Colourful girl on bus, clothing patterns 1989
    watercolour and drafting pen, black ink
    16 x 19.3 cm
  • Kid throwing a tantrum outside Annandale supermarket 1989
    watercolour and drafting pen, black ink
    19.3 x 16 cm
  • Early morning gossip, Johnston St, Annandale 1989
    watercolour and drafting pen, black ink
    19.3 x 16 cm
  • Gymea lily no. 4 1989
    (Doryanthes excelsa)
    watercolour and drafting pen, black ink
    50.8 x 38 cm
  • Frangipanis 1988
    ((Plumeria sp.)
    watercolour and white crayon
    56 x 76 cm
  • Paul in check shirt, reading 1987
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
  • Woman waiting for bus 1987
    watercolour and drafting pen, black ink
    21 x 29.5 cm
  • 'Flu 1987
    aka Brian sick
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
  • Leyla and Stefan at the beach 1986
    watercolour and pencil
    29.5 x 21 cm
  • Sketch of woman wearing headphones on Sydney bus 1986
    pencil and watercolour
    17.5 x 25.8 cm
  • Gossip in Kent Street, Millers Point 1986
    watercolour and drafting pen
    38 x 51 cm
  • Slate roofs along Kent Street, Millers Point 1986
    watercolour and drafting pen
    38 x 51 cm
  • Sad onion face 1986
    watercolour
    24 x 16.5 cm
  • Bean alive: growth cycle of beans 1986
    watercolour and drafting pen, green ink
    38 x 51 cm
  • Ash Wednesday bushfire 1986
    aka Ablaze
    watercolour and singed paper collage
    98 x 71 cm
  • Rank Kirby Furniture Factory, White's Creek, viewed from Annandale 1985
    watercolour and drafting pen, brown ink
    28 x 38 cm
  • Children playing in clay, Hudson St, Annandale 1985
    watercolour and ballpoint pen, black ink
    29.5 x 21 cm
  • Geraldton wax flowers 1985
    (Chamelaucium uncinatum)
    watercolour
    38 x 28.2 cm
  • Pith and pips 1985
    watercolour and drafting pen, black ink
    23 x 22 cm
  • Onion face, welling tears 1985
    watercolour and drafting pen
    12.5 cm diameter
  • Mr and Mrs Miserable, sliced onion 1 1985
    watercolour and drafting pen
    21 x 24.5 cm
  • Greyhound and washing, Kent Street (washing in wind) 1985
    drafting pen, brown ink and watercolour
    37.2 x 49.2 cm
  • Backyards in Kent Street, Millers Point: Expectant Kerry 1985
    drafting pen, brown ink and watercolour
    41.9 x 58.6 cm
  • Backyards in Kent Street, Mrs Mac feeding cats (washing in wind) 1985
    drafting pen, brown ink and watercolour
    37.2 x 49.2 cm
  • Ken smoking 1984
    watercolour, sumi ink
    34.5 x 50.5 cm
  • Jasmine 4 1984
    (Jasminum polyanthum)
    watercolour and drafting pen, green ink
    56 x 74 cm
  • Gramma flowers in one day 1984
    (Cucurbita moschata)
    aka Life cycle of a Gramma Pumpkin Flower, in One Day
    watercolour and drafting pen, brown ink
    37 x 50 cm
  • Gum leaves (study for harpsichord lid) 1983
    (Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea)
    watercolour and pencil
    48 x 39.5 cm
  • Gum blossom (for harpsichord keywell) 4 1983
    (Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea)
    watercolour
    30 x 42 cm
  • Gum blossom (for harpsichord keywell) 3 1983
    (Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea)
    watercolour
    30 x 42 cm
  • The Incurable Romantic (Colleen Burke, poet) 1983
    watercolour and collage on panel
    100 x 77.5 cm
  • Uncle Ted watching TV 1980
    watercolour
    28 x 38 cm
  • Uncle Ted talking 1980
    watercolour
    28 x 38 cm
  • Uncle Ted drinking tea 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Uncle Ted eating egg 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Marienplatz Underground Station (Munich) 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Turkish migrants on train to Kreutzberg-Berlin 1980
    aka Turkish People, Berlin
    watercolour
    38 x 32 cm
  • Schwarze Rose, Kreutzberg-Berlin 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Michaela drawing, wearing ultramarine sloppy-joe 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Five pikelets, please! 1980
    aka (Annandale Village Cake-shop)
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Migrant woman on Sydney bus 1980
    aka Woman on a Bus
    watercolour
    38 x 28 cm
  • Portrait demonstration 2, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Portrait demonstration 1, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Stacking steel beams, WH Williams & Sons factory, Silverwater 1980
    pencil with ballpoint pen, blue and black ink and watercolour
    42 x 30 cm
  • Metal workers, WH Williams & Sons factory, Silverwater 1980
    pencil with ballpoint pen, blue and black ink and watercolour
    42 x 30 cm
  • Innenhof, Kreutzberg, Berlin 1980
    watercolour
    30 x 40 cm
  • Hucky the Dutchman at Morgenrot, Berlin 1980
    aka Hukky at Morgenrot
    watercolour
    56.5 x 38 cm
  • In Frau Orwart's kitchen, Berlin 1980
    watercolour
    27.6 x 37.7 cm
  • Stephen contemplating 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • My mate Molly 1980
    aka My Mate Molly: Study for The First Supper
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Couple on Sydney bus 1980
    watercolour
    28 x 38 cm
  • The Berlin Wall 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Old woman from Munich 1980
    aka Woman on a Munich Bus
    watercolour
    30 x 40 cm
  • American GI on leave in Germany 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Sketch of a man (der Schwerbeschädigte) 1979
    (severely disabled person)
    watercolour
    30 x 20 cm
  • Brian wearing Bavarian hat 1979
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • John Dengate, singer and songwriter 1979
    watercolour
    55 x 75 cm
  • Pumpkin lovers 1979
    watercolour
    56 x 38 cm
  • Religious woman of Bavaria 1979
    aka Bavarian Woman
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
  • Paul reading in cane chair 1978 c.
    watercolour
    38 x 56 cm
  • Silver and ochre gum, Mongarlowe River 1978
    watercolour
    52.5 x 37.5 cm (foxed)
  • Gnarled pines, Jindabyne 1978
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Flooded Mongarlowe River: raging torrent 1978
    watercolour
    38 x 40 cm
  • Flooded Mongarlowe River: submerged trees 1978
    watercolour
    57 x 76 cm
  • Brian reading 1978
    watercolour
    75 x 55 cm
  • Stephen in Children's Hospital casualty, 3 am 1978
    watercolour
    57 x 72 cm
  • At home 1978
    watercolour
    57 x 76 cm
  • Across the gorge 1977
    aka Colo Heights: Sunlit Escarpment through Gums
    watercolour
    41 x 96 cm
  • Children's Hospital (study for painting and print) 1977
    watercolour
    37.5 x 27.5 cm
  • Mountain Lagoon Rd (Colo Heights) 1977
    drafting pen, brown ink and watercolour
    36.9 x 53.4 cm
  • Spencer's Crossing, Kosciuszko National Park 1977
    watercolour
    31.5 x 68 cm
  • Ray Munns, laboratory craftsman 1977
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • The mechanic 1977
    Highly Commended, 17th Ryde Art Award
    aka The Retired Mechanic
    watercolour
    51 x 60 cm
  • Where children play (with Rozelle Bay gantry and White Bay Power House) 1977
    aka Growing Up in the Jungle
    watercolour
    66 x 51 cm
  • Brachina Gorge (Flinders Ranges, SA) 1977
    watercolour
    46 x 59 cm
  • Goalen Point from Murrah Gardens 1976
    watercolour
    54 x 75 cm
  • Rocky incline, Old Northern Road 1976
    watercolour and drafting pen, brown ink
    56 x 38 cm
  • Crackenback River 1976
    watercolour
    36 x 96 cm
  • Struggling gums, Cattai Ridge 1976
    watercolour
    12 x 21 cm
  • Lee-Ann and Wayne with go-cart 1976
    watercolour
    21 x 29 cm
  • Cattai Ridge (small) 1976
    watercolour
    16 x 34 cm
  • Cattai Ridge 1976
    watercolour
    61.5 x 71 cm
  • Wollangambe Wilderness (Blue Mountains) 1975
    watercolour
    63 x 97 cm
  • Shakeshaft's waterfall 1975
    watercolour
    76 x 65 cm
  • Wollondilly River 1975
    Commended, 16th Ryde Art Exhibition 1976
    watercolour
    40 x 50 cm
  • Bogan River in flood 1974
    watercolour
    61.5 x 71 cm
  • Walking home in evening: Pyrmont Bridge 1973
    watercolour
    30.5 x 22.5 cm
  • Captain Grandpa 1973
    aka Tree Man
    watercolour
    37 x 24 cm (var.)
  • Mirror image banksias 1973
    (Banksia sp.)
    watercolour
    24 cm diameter
  • The edge of the lake 1972
    aka Umber
    watercolour
    35 x 46 cm (var.)
  • Corner shop Annandale, Piper and View Sts - 'Shelley's Famous Drinks' 1972
    watercolour and ballpoint pen, black ink
    20 x 25 cm
  • Corner shop Annandale, Piper and View Sts - 'Groceries' 1972
    watercolour and ballpoint pen, black ink
    20 x 25 cm
  • Corner shop Annandale, Piper and View Sts - 'Billy Tea' 1972
    watercolour and ballpoint pen, black ink
    20 x 25 cm
  • Aunty Dot drinking tea 1972
    watercolour
    55 x 34 cm
  • Indian family in Glebe Point Road 1972
    watercolour and ballpoint pen, black ink
    20 x 33 cm
  • Moonlight 1 1971 c.
    aka Clearing
    watercolour
    33 cm diameter (est.)
  • Five trees 1971
    watercolour
    43 x 56.5 cm (est.)
  • Tree group 1971
    watercolour
    40 x 57 cm (est)
  • Silver rock and river reflections 1971
    watercolour
    14 x 30 cm
  • Ridge, Lane Cove River National Park 1971
    aka Ridge
    watercolour
    20.7(l)-20.4(r) x 25.6 cm
  • Broken branch, Second Creek, Ivymeade, Burnside 1971
    watercolour
    56 x 78 cm
  • After rain 1971
    aka Bush After Rain
    watercolour
    37.5 x 45 cm
  • Paul watching TV 1970 c.
    watercolour
    75 x 55 cm
  • Brooding 1970 c.
    watercolour
    66 x 50.5 cm
  • She-oaks by the Upper Colo 1970
    watercolour
    35 x 48 cm (est.)
  • Down and out in Glebe 1970
    watercolour
    43 x 32 cm
  • Sunlight on water 1970
    aka River island
    watercolour
    36 x 42 cm
  • Summer along the Hawkesbury 1970
    watercolour
    35 x 53.2 cm
  • Old rocks 1969 c.
    watercolour
    35 x 51 cm (est.)
  • Moonlight 2 1969
    aka Moon
    watercolour
    33 cm diameter (est.)
  • Oberon landscape 1969
    watercolour
    51 x 61 cm
  • Boys crabbing in estuary, Gosford 1969
    watercolour
    55 x 68 cm
  • Rock study 1969
    watercolour
    51 x 77 cm

Watercolours : 172 Works Page 1 2
Watercolours : 172 Works Page 1 2


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