Australian How To Paint

Subjects Everywhere

Presently, I live in a small rock lobster village about 60 kilometres north of Perth in Western Australia, although I was born in Melbourne. My home is only a stone’s throw from a pristine beach with spectacular high dunes and a reef running parallel to the shore. The beach has been a major influence on my current work which boasts large acrylic canvasses depicting the dunes and the ocean at varying times of day.

I’m especially interested in light and the patterns it makes in the early morning and at dusk – when everything takes on a pinkish tinge.

I work at home in my studio upstairs, where I can see the views I love and where I have natural lighting for painting. In the summer it gets very hot however, and the acrylic paint dries faster; so I’m looking into taking a summer studio on the lower level of the local shopping centre overlooking a marina. The space is much cooler to work in and has direct access to the passing public.

I always loved to draw and paint as a child. My cousin Gary

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