Finally a piece of art work to display. This picture has been reworkde several times. It actually started off quite inspiring and then became very muddy. Now, finally reworked with more color and hopefully more pizazz. Kay

Camel Ride

Hi, I'm sorry I haven't been around to blog at all. I am doing a subject at uni this semester and it has taken up a lot of my spare time. I have just handed in one assignment and I am half way through the next assignment. Very time consuming.

This picture is from central Australia where my daughter has just been on school camp. The camel ride named for whast it is. I loved the colors in these outback shots. The red dust and the blue sky.

Alice Springs

Hello, its starting to get really cold now in Australia. The weather is gearing up for winter. My son had soccer training tonight in the wet.

This painting is a picture of the Springs in Alice Springs. My daughter has just returned from school camp. Having spent eight days away on a bus travelling out back Australia.

Dancers

There are so many things that I should be doing and instead I've been painting. Oh well, much more fun.

New work in progress

I began this picture today. Inspired by my son and daughters end of year dance concert. These two caught my eye. While the older students are amazing to watch, the younger students capture your heart.

This is one of the first times I have actually used black in a painting. I had some under painting with colors and then over the top with black pastel. I think the contrasts are effective.

Mosman Gorge

This picture is inspired by our trip to Cairns last year. We swam at these falls. The place is breath taking in its beauty. The two children in the foreground are my son and daughter.

Three little gangsters

How cool is this. One of my friends who lives in Sydney came down for my 40th birthday, quite a while ago now. The theme was 1920s. She has four boys and they all dressed up in gangster outfits. I took many pictures of them all and painted a picture of my son with two of her boys. She really liked the painting so I sent it up to her this year. She just sent me an email with the pictures in a choice of two frames. I liked this one the best. The framing shop must be able to scan the picture into the computer and then add the look of the mount and frame, so you have a clear idea of the finished product.

I haven't come across a framing shop in Melbourne with this facility yet. Looks like Sydney is one up on us Melbournians.