This is me working

This is me working today...

Artist's Impression

Here is the scene of the St Kilda Botanical Gardens, in the rose garden to be exact. This is what I painted in their inaugural Paint These Gardens Art Competition.

Here is the real scene:

And here is my artist's impression of that scene:

Of course, the real painting is much better than the photo but this gives you an idea of what I painted.

New work

Here is a detail of a recent commission. I just had so much fun painting this. I love the sugarplum fairy in front of the flowers. The cat is modelled on my own. What a lovely scene this is!

BIRDS

I have always had a fascination with birds. My Mum says when I was little I used to enjoy flicking through picture books and pointing out all the birds and rabbits. (still that hasn't changed!) Here is a patterned bird I have painted that has lots of design and decoration. The wing is fabric and the bird's body and background has been stencilled.