The Other Bike

I am losing sleep! Every night Le Tour is on TV, and I watch it, and paint it.

So colourful, so exciting!

Sold.

Flying Deep

One of my paintings from the "The World Below". 

It depicts the underground reservoir at Centennial Park, Sydney, with some fantasy: this time the unlikely happening of seagulls flying through.

Normally used to house Sydney's drinking water, the reservoir was emptied, my husband photographer, Bob Peters, and I were lowered in... and we helped to make a record of the space. 

From this memory, and the photographs, I have produced a body of work comprising 26 medium and large scale paintings.

76cm x 76cm, oil on canvas.

For Sale: AU$980.00

See my web site www.shirleypeters.com for all the paintings from this series.

at last...

A Dutch Barge

How about self-contained living on a Dutch Barge in France, 

floating all around the French/Dutch waterways,

 visiting the small and less-known villages?

At the same time, doing painting workshops with me?

This is my new 'big idea', and it will start in September with the purchase of a suitable barge, and some lessons in where to find the brakes on one of these things.

My new plans relate to this painting and to this blog:

http://www.kanumbra.com/2013/getting-a-painting-of-kanum.html

(apart from my show in July, that is!)

Photo download problem...

Hello,
I have been away from blogging, and feel that I must give an excuse: I am doing large works for a show in July: and my galley owner has asked that I not display them anywhere until the show opens. (I like his 'marketing' mind.)

So I am going to use this blog for a few rants for the time being.

I was just trying to copy 3 thousand very important time-lapse photos onto my mac, and I received a "jpeg error code -36"... and worse: every photo showed this error!
I was using a card reader (Belkin) and a Digitech USB hub... so I connected the USB straight from the reader to the computer, and problem solved: all pictures are OK and are now downloading...
Phew! (Just thought I'd share this in case it helps someone else...)

Moral: don't trust "hub" hardware!

Cheers
Shirley

Reservoir Under Centennial Park

I'm embargoing my "reservoir" paintings ... 

Sorry about that... 

They'll be in my new show which opens on July 4th in Sydney.

:)

Shanghai Winter Sun

Another memory of Shanghai.

23 x 30cm Oil on canvas

Behind the Bamboo Seller's House

 

I visited the Chinese country side and found many views
and details worthy of painting.
This will be the first in a new series.

Size is 20 x 25 x 3cm (approximately 7" x 9")
Oil on canvas.

Painted on the sides, ready to hang.

Available on Ebay

En Plein Air ...

I have done two paintings in two days of this harbour pool.

My back is quite sore, as I had to bend over the work.

And as you can see, the weather was just perfect: about 30C and a cool, gentle breeze.

My main complaint was that I didn't have my swimmers with me.. and 

I live about 30 mins away.

It is acrylic on paper and is very large: 1m x 1.5m

St Patricks Day in Bridge Street

Watercolour Sketch 

26 x 38cm

Two Buses in Clarence Street

Watercolour sketch

24 x 32cm

The Lift

These sketches were done from my car.

Sort of "en plein air" but not obvious to passers-by.

My husband was commissioned to photograph the lift of 

large machinery and ramps up onto the top of a building 

that will soon be demolished.

Bob was taking the photographs, while I sketched!

Each 24 x 32cm approx

Fig Tree Sydney Harbour

Another classic scene from near the Botanical Gardens, Sydney.

23 x 31cm Watercolour on paper

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