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I was in the workforce for over 40 years. I became an artist in 2008 to fill in a void in my retirement

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Five Painting 2008 -2009

1.Two Magpies
2.Baby Magpie Sitting
3.Mother and baby
4 Mission
5.Pelicans
6.Railway House Peak Hill

1. Two Magpies I painted on a small canvas board where I put two magpies back to back

2. Baby Sitting is a scratch back on scratch back board I scratched mother and father Magpies Baby sitting the baby Magpie.

3.Mother and Baby is a painting of a seascape with an adult whale with its baby.

4.Mission. this painting was one of the old mission set up by the government with a white man as caretaker the Mission was on the outskirts of town and had Aboriginal people all living in the same area(Fringe dwellers). This came about because the white population did not want to have Aboriginal people living in the town.


5.Pelican is a sculpture piece on two board the first board is a base on with I made a
wooden Pelican and dog (Bindee) on a half lake I also made a tree and a wood and wire fence. On a back board to the base. I made leaves and branches. I used the other board mounted in a upright position on this I painted a tree and dog Also The lake which marries up with the base.
I painted Two Pelicans and Two Fish. I also continued the fence with paint and crayon. On the top of the structure I mounted the Sun.

6. Railway House Peak Hill NSW only one House I painted four to try and perfect the shape and surrounding.