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Trying out different subjects, has also meant a chance to experiment with different mediums and mix them together. Such is the case with Pos Pays a Visit and Stephen at Rosebud which are mixes of charcoal with touches of pastel to highlight areas. Most of the subjects in this gallery are stepping out of my comfort zone in one way or another, but that's the fun of it.

Drover Pastel drawing on dark blue pastel paper of a drover in the outback of Central Australia riding in from a long day in the saddle.
Harvest Time Oil painting (French Impressionist style) of a woman in a field harvesting a grain crop.
Horse Head Nebula The Horse Head Nebula is one of my favourite scenes from deep space. I have loved certain aspects of astronomy since I was very small and read a lot of books on the subject, so it seemed natural so extend this into my art.
Little Marjorie Little Marjorie Jones eventually became my mother. At the age of 2 she had her photograph taken and the hand tinted print framed in a lovely oval frame. The style of which was very fashionable around the 1920s.
Little Marjorie - Preliminary Sketch Preliminary sketch of Little Marjorie. To get to know the subject better and to help plan how I am going to put together a piece I have started doing more preliminary sketches. They are proving to be especially helpful when trying something new like portraits.
Magpie Wattle Point Magpies are great birds. I know many people don't like them for their habits of swooping, (something that I have never experienced) but I was taught to warble to them as a child by my mother and they have been my friends ever since.
Mutual Attraction This painting is from a series of photographs taken by Stephanie Cox taken in the Lakes Entrance area (Victoria, Australia). What attracted me to this picture was the subtle pink colour and the ripple action that work their way through the water around the swans.
Pos Pays a Visit "Pos" was orphaned on our property when barely old enough to fend for herself. I took it upon myself to take care of her until she was mature. She has been a regular visitor to our possum box ever since. She "introduces" us to each year's new baby and is tame enough to pet and even rub noses with. This made taking a picture for a portrait very easy.
Roo! On an all too brief holiday in Wattle Point (Victoria, Australia), the wildlife literally came to us. The great thing about living in Australia is the abundance of accessible wildlife that we can interact with. Holiday resorts that encourage the correct and safe way of spending time with these beautiful animals are one of my favourite ways of spending a vacation.
Stephen I am the first to admit that my best subject is not human portraits. I was lucky to catch Stephen in a relaxed and visually appealing pose and took one of my best photographs of him. It has given me the opportunity to try my hand at something out of my comfort zone. There is still a lot of room for improvement but I was pleased with this early effort.
Stephen at Rosebud The photo was taken on the spur of the moment whilst on a picnic at the Rosebud foreshore on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria (Australia). I wasn't compelled to take the shot from the front, just to convey the relaxed mood of the moment.
Wysteria Oil Painting of what many people see in their gardens in the spring. The lovely perfume coming form the wysteria complemented by the busy buzzing of the bees hopping from one bunch of flowers to another.