Milk Frother Pot

Milk Frother Pot, oil on canvas, 25cm x 25cm
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Yes, a milk frother pot. You put hot milk in, pump the top up and down and it makes delicious frothy milk perfect for DIY cappuccino's.
Wanted to try painting something really shiny. How did I do?

Trompe L'oeil Box

Have been playing around with the idea of creating more realism by painting still life objects in a painted box - to give it depth. Yes, I need to learn how to take photo's square!

Wine decanter and soapstone jar

Finally, I purchased a new camera! Nifty little thing too.
The kids were away at their grandmothers for a week during the school holidays and I was able to paint up to 6 hours a day. It was great.

After I'd set up this still life, I really wanted to concentrate on subduing my colours. I recently read that an amateur always exaggerates colour. When I'm working on a piece from my imagination I do this allot but I want to be accurate when I'm painting from real life.

I used a colour checker which is a handy little tool developed by Mark Carder. www.thecardermethhod.com

Hope you like it.

Some golden oldies.

`Buddha with Patchouli Bottle'
Collection of Adam Hartwell

Feather on Windowsill
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Surrealist Still Life with Butterfly
Collection of Crookwell Arts Council

I'm currently looking at camera's at the moment so I can take decent photo's of my artwork. I'm working on a painting of a Sheriff Woody doll which I hope to have finished in the next couple of days.

And some more...

First, a look at what I have done in the past....

Since my painting journey began, I have lost count of the number of times I have decided to give it away and become something bizarre like an accountant! What was I thinking! I guess I was lucky to always have art to fall back on and now, being in my early 30's, I've fallen back permanently.

I just wanted to show what I have done in the past before I move on to what I'm doing now. Bear in mind throughout the past 10 years I have juggled various career changes, study, interstate moves and 2 children so there isn't any logical follow-on in terms of subject matter most of the time.

Enjoy.