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"Queen Mary 2 docking at Garden Island" 2007 oil on canvas 30 x 103cm |
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"Queen Mary 2 at Garden Island" 2007 oil on canvas 30 x 103cm SOLD |
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"Queen Mary 2 with the 'Amorena'
at Garden Island"
2009 oil on canvas 20 x 40cm
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| "Queen Mary 2 with the 'Lady Herron' at Garden Island" 2011 oil on canvas 31 x 61cm Enquiries |
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Painting 'en plein air' "Queen Elizabeth, OPT Circular Quay" oil on canvas 25 x 51cm SOLD Enquiries |
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| "Queen Elizabeth docking at Circular Quay" 2011 oil on canvas 61 x 76cm EnquiriesVivid |
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'Vivid - Sydney Harbour Bridge
from Lavender Bay'
2015 oil on canvas 102 x 200cm SOLD Enquiries |
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'Vivid - Lighting the Sails-
Luna Park on the Opera House'
2015 oil on canvas 152 x 122cm
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Paintings from my 'Plastiki' diary
All these works were painted on Monday 26th July 2010 on the media boat the "Coast", in watercolour in a 21 x 26cm diary.
It was a lovely winter's day- sunny, clear and calm. However I had been battling the flu for over a month, and a day out on a boat just inside the Heads with the crisp ocean breeze in my hair was almost the last nail in my coffin! I was quite seriously ill and am still recovering, but I wouldn't have missed the experience for anything!
On Wednesday night I donated one of my oil paintings of the view through the Heads from Georges Heights, proceeds going to S.I.M.S.- the Sydney Institute of Marine Sciences. The occasion was a fascinating interview by Robin Williams questioning David de Rothschild about his epic Plasiki adventure.
It was a lovely winter's day- sunny, clear and calm. However I had been battling the flu for over a month, and a day out on a boat just inside the Heads with the crisp ocean breeze in my hair was almost the last nail in my coffin! I was quite seriously ill and am still recovering, but I wouldn't have missed the experience for anything!
On Wednesday night I donated one of my oil paintings of the view through the Heads from Georges Heights, proceeds going to S.I.M.S.- the Sydney Institute of Marine Sciences. The occasion was a fascinating interview by Robin Williams questioning David de Rothschild about his epic Plasiki adventure.
As well as the canvas I donated, I displayed this painting diary about sailing to greet the Plastiki.
In November, I displayed it again with other paintings at the annual S.I.M.S. Open day at their headquarters at Chowder Bay, Mosman.
In November, I displayed it again with other paintings at the annual S.I.M.S. Open day at their headquarters at Chowder Bay, Mosman.
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"Barangaroo: Harbour Control Tower and pumphouse"
2010 watercolour on paper 21 x 26cm EnquiriesThe quirky and charming Federation building on the wharf is actually an old sewage pumping station c. 1913. |
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| "Sydney Harbour Control Tower, Millers Point and Barangaroo" 2010 watercolour on paper 21 x 26cm Enquiries |
Leaving the Australian National Maritime Museum, we sail past Barangaroo and the Sydney Harbour Control Tower. A quick sketch of the vacant wharf once known as the "Hungry Mile" as we pass the knuckle of the wharf.The western side of the CBD is in the background.
The sandstone escarpment of Miller's Point. I've quickly sketched a few
of the charming Merriman Street terraces which nestle under the shadow
of the Tower. Many of the locals once worked as wharfies when Barangaroo
was called the "Hungry Mile".
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"Shark Island"
2010 watercolour on paper 21 x 26cm Enquiries |
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| "Camp Cove" 2010 watercolour on paper 21 x 26cm Enquiries |
Around the rocky headland on the right is Lady Bay Beach, Sydney Harbour's infamous legal nude beach.
As we sailed past on our way, one of the male sunbakers waved at our boat. With his hand, I hope.
"Sydney Harbour"
2010 watercolour on paper 21 x 26cm
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Port Jackson in all its glory.
A wonderful view from our ship the "Coast".
A vantage point from the middle of Sydney Harbour, looking back to the Sydney CBD. Nielsen Park is the headland on the left, and the bushland of Bradley's Head, Mosman is on the right.
In the centre of my sketch is the shining white cupola of the Bradley's Head lighthouse.
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"Sydney Harbour"
2010 watercolour on paper 21 x 26cm Enquiries |
A wonderful view from our ship the "Coast".
A vantage point from the middle of Sydney Harbour, looking back to the Sydney CBD. Nielsen Park is the headland on the left, and the bushland of Bradley's Head, Mosman is on the right.
In the centre of my sketch is the shining white cupola of the Bradley's Head lighthouse.
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| "North Head" 2010 watercolour on paper 21 x 26cm Enquiries |
The brooding cliffs of Quarantine Head, part of North Head, lurk in the background, Nielsen Park juts out on the right as we wait just inside the Heads to meet the 'Plastiki'.
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"South Head"
2010 watercolour on paper 21 x 26cm Enquiries |
Waves breaking on the rocks of South Head as we wait to greet the 'Plastiki' just inside the Heads.
The Hornby Lighthouse stands proudly on the tip of South Head. the waves are fairly choppy out here even in good weather, and quite a few of the passengers got seasick.
I was trampled by the media trying to get the best view of the 'Plastiki' coming through the Heads.
It was hard to keep my balance, juggling brushes, water, watercolour box and my book at the same time.
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"The 'Plastiki' enters Sydney Harbour"
2010 watercolour on paper 21 x 26cm
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We greet the 'Plastiki' as at last she enters Sydney Harbour through the Heads. Some spectator craft, mostly from the media, are also there to gawk at the plastic bottle boat.
Here I've sketched the "Plastiki" with a tug, a green buoy and a water taxi.
The bushland in the background is on Georges Heights, Middle Head.
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"The "Plastiki" sailing into Sydney Harbour"
2010 watercolour on paper 21 x 26cm |
The "Plastiki" sailing into Sydney Harbour with Quarantine Head and Nielsen Park in the background.
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"The "Plastiki" sails past Fort Denison"
2010 watercolour on paper 21 x 26cm |
The "Plastiki" sails past Fort Denison in the middle of Sydney Harbour.
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| "Arrival of the "Plastiki" 2010 watercolour on paper 21 x 26cm Enquiries |
"Plastiki" sails towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Painting the 'Poolya' at Glebe Island
Boat at Goat
'From the Hungry Mile to Barangaroo'
The triumph of the machines
Australia Day 2011 at Darling Harbour
Tugs, barges and tall ships
Vivid
Boat at Goat
'From the Hungry Mile to Barangaroo'
The triumph of the machines
Australia Day 2011 at Darling Harbour
Tugs, barges and tall ships
Vivid
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