Another of my Australian paintings since our return here in 2020. Is "The BlockHeads" which is a recycled plastic painting of a bunch of Kookaburras sitting together in the branches of a flowering gum. The Kookaburra is a wonderful native kingfisher in Australia and it's pretty much everywhere on the continent. Blockheads refers to the big heads the Kooka's have. They really are very friendly and will eat from your hand.
So I've been playing with ideas centered around my latest muse "The Kangaroo" I love the line that Hunt Slonem uses in his art and have been developing my own version of this style. This latest work "Blue Roos" depicts a gang of roos in the dappled light of a rainforest. The line was put down quickly and fluidly to capture any gesture my hand unconsciously made. I then backed the plastic with paper pulp and then painted on it.
It has been quite some time since I have blogged. That has mainly been due to getting closer to family in Australia again and pushing on with my art. The last time I did post here I was starting a surfboard piece. It is still in progress but has taken a back seat to some other ideas and interests. I've looked at the possibility of exhibiting again as my house is full of artworks I don't know what to do with. It is also seriously difficult getting over COVID lockdown paranoia and "paranoomia". My brain has only just started to work its way back from the slush. But my work is evolving. Being back in Australia has its influences and I am reaching for new muses and ideas. Here is a handful of new works.
