Location: Australia
I am based in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia and have been a practising artist and teacher for 55 years. Coloured pencil is my preferred medium. I have won numerous awards, often in open company. In 2014, I was awarded Master Pencil Artist Status by the Canadian Pencil Society, and the Australasian Coloured Pencil Society in 2017. My work is inspired by the Australian landscape. Mark making, weathering, climate change, decay, pattern and shape are of particular interest to me.
A collection of my coloured pencil drawings from Tasmania and the Australian Mainland.
From my series on floating objects.
An interpretation of the tree marks made by the Australian Scribbly Gum Moth.
Floating objects/shapes in the Australian Tropics
A mass of objects caught together in a creek
The breakdown of shapes and colours on an Autumn pond.
The colours and shapes to be found in Far North Queensland.
The Tasmanian Highlands interpreted fro the patterns made by the Australian Scribbly Gum Moths.
The Tasmanian Midlands is a favourite subject of mine.
The life cycle of the Australian Scribbly Gum Moth is fascinating.
Climate change is well and truly here but it's still not a major concern according to our politicians.
I am an addicted beachcomber and have been for many decades.
The question is, why has a bird built its nest in a cardboard box?
“TURNERS BEACH STONES OUT OF CONTEXT”
We always see beach stones on a beach. How does one see them when they are placed in a cardboard box?
The reward for a long beach walk.
Does one interpret shells in a different way when instead of being on the beach they are in a plastic container?
“AFTERNOON SHADOWS, SOUTHERN MIDLANDS”
The Southern Midlands region of Tasmania bathed in glorious afternoon light.
The promise of a rain shower.
“DERWENT BASIN, LAKE ST CLAIR”
Solitude and peace in the Tasmanian Highlands.
An icon hill in Tasmania's Southern Midlands.
Surrounded by commercial logging forests, this valley stands defiant.
“DRIFT IN YELLOW MAJOR”
“HIGHLANDS”
“SUMMER GLIDE”
“AFLOAT”
“AUTUMN METAMORPHOSIS”
“DAINTREE CREEK”
“HIGHER AND HIGHER”
“MIDLANDS LANDSCAPE”
“THE LONG WAY HOME”
“UNSOLVABLE”
“BEACHCOMBER'S BENTO BOX”
“NEST BOX”
“BEACHCOMBER'S SOUVENIRS”
“SHELLS OUT OF CONTEXT”
“AUTUMN SKY, MEANDER RIVER”
“KEMPTON SUGARLOAF”
“NATURE'S LAST STAND”
