Work in progress

Hello friends.

I have been neglecting to write in my blog, and so I thought I should post a pic of one of my new works. This is about 3ft x 2ft, and has been quite a challenge. I have been doing small sketchy daily watercolor paintings for many months, and I found that returning to large oil-on-canvas very difficult.

My medium was wrong, my paint brushes were thick and clumsy... it almost hit the bin one night!

Now, although I have some refining to do, I am happy enough with it.

When finished I'll upload a replacement pic.

Feels good to be back... :)

(and apologies to anyone who is following me on Twitter: as I spend too much time there, and tend to rant a lot, especially about our local politics... and only occasionally about art.)

The Poker Game

24"x 36" 

Oil on Linen

China village life. Men played poker in the street, 

out side their houses, in the parks, everywhere. 

They didn't seem to be gambling, just having fun. 

This painting is for sale. I can post to anywhere, world wide.

Please visit my web site for the price, and email details.

Geese in the Lane

We visited a small village in rural China, where we discovered these geese, looking like characters from a children's book. So cute. I wonder what they thought of us, taking photos.

Watercolor 

30cm x 42cm

Now for auction on eBay

The Visitor on Wednesday

20 x 36"
Oil on Canvas

We visited this rice mill in Southern China, and were able to watch the farmers using the same method that has been in place for hundreds of years. I was taken with the light and shadows in the room.

"Rain in Venice"

Painting size: 17 x 26 cm; (6.7" x 10.2" approx) with about one inch of white paper surrounding.

Watercolour painting (watercolor) ready to frame

by Shirley Peters

Venice was very beautiful in the cold winter. These old shops were warm and welcoming, making it easy to step inside.

Bidding starting at $1 on Ebay.

Two roughs with blue water

Perisher Valley, NSW Australia

Oil on canvas, 40cm x 30cm

Venice Waterway

Watercolour, 20 x 30cm
SOLD

I've been doing some "sketching" for possible new paintings, and was interested to see the similarity in these two roughs, both feature a blue serpentine-shaped body of water. I guess it could be a 'before' and 'after' .. except that they are on opposite sides of the globe. (Isn't gravity amazing?)

Hunters Hill: view from Sydney Cove

My entry in the Hunter's Hill Art Prize.

Oil on Canvas

90 x 90cm

AUD $1200

Parramatta River from Kissing Point, looking east.

Acrylic! This is a new medium for me. I wanted to paint outside, but it's raining today. I used the back of the car for protection, and the few drips that fell onto the canvas didn't matter.

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Shepherds Bay from under Ryde Bridge

"Plein Air" painting. I set up my easel under Ryde Bridge for this one. I love the natural framing of one bridge by another. Parramatta River is about two blocks from my home in Putney. Luckily I did not attract attention. Joggers and bike riders kept going. One old classmate passed by and we had a chat.

30" x 40" (76 x 102cm) 

Oil on Canvas

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Workshop with Alexander McKenzie

I had a fabulous day learning new techniques from Alexander McKenzie on Sunday 27th March. It was held at the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery a few miles south of Sydney.

Alex instructed a 'master class' on how to break the process of painting into stages: the sketch, the blocking in, the information and mark-making layer, fine-tuning. Designed for busy working people who can only paint on occasions, this "stages' approach allows one to progress with a work... despite interruptions.

I love to see how artists arrange their paint, and this is Alexander's palette.

Alexander (with pony tail) is giving instruction to two fellow work-shoppers.

He had a half-started painting to use for demonstration.

Alex with his own work, which he used for demo-ing.

Children of the Pantheon

"Children of the Pantheon" explores the juxtaposition of youth with age, summer with winter, the new world with the old, and the possibility of Rome being inundated by flood waters when the global change finally comes... and the little nippers of Bondi Beach take over the world!

90cm x 175cm 

(35" x 68")

Oil on linen

King of the Hill

This snowgum is growing on the main range track near Charlotte Pass. It is one of many aged, weather worn trees that are surviving in one of the most exposed areas in all of Australia. 

Oil on canvas, 48" x 36", (120cm x 90cm)

Snow Gum Tree in the Australian Alps

Come Back to Me, Eucalyptus Pauciflora III

by Shirley Peters

90 x 120cm

Oil on Canvas

Available.
(Please email for price and delivery details.)