WATERCOLOURS : Watercolours

The artist favours watercolour for flower and nature studies and has produced countless portrait studies in watercolour, including babies and children.  She sometimes combines watercolour with mixed-media, pen, and pencil, using pure watercolour for landscape compositions and more finished portraits.  The compositions for the artist’s major acrylic paintings are developed through preliminary watercolour sketches.

Her landscape compositions are influenced by the poetic approach of Chinese masters who capture the essence of a scene after immersing themselves in the environment. This all-encompassing perspective is in direct contrast to the limiting “snapshot” view painted at the scene.  In some of her watercolour landscapes she paints on crumpled Japanese paper to create a shimmering textural effect.

WATERCOLOURS

Medium: Watercolours
WATERCOLOURS Medium: Watercolours
140 Works to view Page 1 2
140 Works to view Page 1 2

  • Mona Masticating, 2006
    watercolour and gouache over giclée
    29 x 21 cm
  • Anatomy of a Smile: Mona's Bones, 2002
    watercolour, gouache, pencil over giclée
    24 x 19 cm
    (published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
  • Stephen in Green Head-scarf, 1996
    watercolour
    35.5 x 51 cm
  • Paul Dreaming, 1995
    watercolour
    36 x 54 cm
  • Cascading Blossom, West Australian Gum (Eucalyptus caesia), 1992
    watercolour and pen
    38 x 51 cm
  • Blossom on Branch of West Australian Gum (Eucalyptus caesia), 1992
    watercolour and pen
    38 x 51 cm
  • Paul in Vest, Leaping, 1992
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
  • Paul with Red Beard, 1991
    watercolour
    54 x 36 cm
  • Gymea Lily (Doryanthes excelsa), 1990
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
  • Onions from Weimar, 1990
    watercolour
    31 x 41 cm
  • Gymea Lily (Doryanthes excelsa), no. 4, 1989
    watercolour and pen
    51 x 38 cm
  • Frangipannis, 1988
    watercolour and white crayon
    56 x 76 cm
  • 'Flu, 1987
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
  • Paul in Check Shirt, Reading, 1987
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
  • Slate Roofs along Kent Street, Millers Point, 1986
    watercolour and pen
    38 x 51 cm
  • Gossip in Kent Street, Millers Point, 1986
    watercolour and pen
    38 x 51 cm
  • Onion Face, Sad, 1986
    watercolour
    24 x 16.5 cm
  • Ash Wednesday Bushfire / Ablaze, 1986
    watercolour and singed paper collage
    98 x 71 cm
  • Backyards in Kent Street, Millers Point: Mrs Mac Feeding Cats, Washing Blowing on the Line, 1985
    watercolour and pen
    37 x 50 cm
  • Backyards in Kent Street, Millers Point: Expectant Kerry, 1985
    watercolour and pen
    37 x 50 cm
  • Geraldton Wax (Chamelaucium uncinatum), 1985
    watercolour
    38 x 28 cm
  • Mr and Mrs Miserable, Sliced Onion, 1985
    watercolour and pen
    21 x 24.5 cm
  • Onion Face, Welling Tears, 1985
    watercolour and pen
    12.5 cm (dia.)
  • Pith and Pips, 1985
    watercolour and pen
    23 x 22 cm
  • Backyards in Kent Street, Millers Point: Washing Blowing on the Line, Greyhound Inset, 1985
    watercolour and pen
    37 x 50 cm
  • Jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum), 1984
    watercolour and pen
    56 x 74 cm
  • Ken Smoking, 1984
    watercolour: sumi ink
    34.5 x 50.5 cm
  • The Incurable Romantic (Colleen Burke, poet), 1983
    watercolour and collage on panel
    100 x 77.5 cm
  • American GI on Leave in Germany, 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Woman on a Munich Bus / Old Woman from Munich, 1980
    watercolour
    30 x 40 cm
  • The Berlin Wall, 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Couple on Sydney Bus, 1980
    watercolour
    28 x 38 cm
  • My Mate Molly, 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
    (published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
  • Stephen Contemplating, 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • In Frau Orwart's Kitchen, Berlin, 1980
    watercolour
    27.5 x 37.5 cm
  • Hukky the Dutchman at Morgenrot, Berlin , 1980
    watercolour
    56.5 x 38cm
  • Innenhof, Kreutzberg, Berlin, 1980
    watercolour
    30 x 40 cm
  • Portrait Demonstration 1, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart, 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Portrait Demonstration 2, Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart, 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Migrant Woman on Sydney Bus, 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 28 cm
  • Five Pikelets, Please (Annandale Village Cake-shop), 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Michaela Drawing, in Ultramarine Sloppy-joe, 1980
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Schwarze Rose, Kreutzberg-Berlin, 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Turkish Migrants on Train to Kreutzberg-Berlin / Turkish People, Berlin, 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 32 cm
  • Marienplatz Underground Station (Munich), 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Uncle Ted Eating Egg, 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Uncle Ted Drinking Tea, 1980
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
    Private collection
  • Uncle Ted Talking, 1980
    watercolour
    28 x 38 cm
    Private collection
  • Uncle Ted Watching TV, 1980
    watercolour
    28 x 38 cm
    Private collection
  • Religious Woman of Bavaria / Bavarian Woman, 1979-1980
    watercolour
    76 x 56 cm
  • Pumpkin Lovers, 1979
    watercolour
    56 x 38 cm
  • John Dengate, Singer and Songwriter, 1979
    watercolour
    55 x 75 cm
  • Brian Wearing Bavarian Hat, 1979
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Paul Reading in Cane Chair, 1978 circa
    watercolour
    38 x 56 cm
  • At Home (watercolour), 1978
    watercolour
    57 x 76 cm
  • Casualty: Children's Hospital, 3 am (watercolour), 1978
    watercolour
    57 x 72 cm
  • Brian Reading, 1978
    watercolour
    75 x 55 cm
  • Flooded Mongarlowe River: Submerged Trees, 1978
    watercolour
    57 x 76 cm
  • Flooded Mongarlowe River: Raging Torrent, 1978
    watercolour
    38 x 40 cm
  • Gnarled Pines, Jindabyne, 1978
    watercolour
    38 x 56.5 cm
  • Silver and Ochre Gum, Mongarlowe River, 1978
    watercolour
    52.8 x 37.5 cm
  • Brachina Gorge, Flinders Ranges, 1977
    watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
    46 x 59 cm
  • Where Children Play / Growing Up in the Jungle (Inner Sydney with Rozelle Bay Gantry and White Bay Power Station), 1977
    watercolour on Japanese paper
    66 x 51 cm
  • The Retired Mechanic / The Mechanic, 1977
    watercolour
    51 x 60 cm
  • Ray Munns, Laboratory Craftsman, 1977
    watercolour
    40 x 30 cm
  • Spencer's Crossing, Kosciuszko National Park, 1977
    watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
    31.5 x 68 cm
  • Children's Hospital - study for painting and print, 1977
    watercolour
    37.5 x 27.5 cm
  • Across the Gorge / Colo Heights: Sunlit Escarpment through Gums, 1977
    watercolour on crumbled paper
    41 x 96 cm
  • Cattai Ridge (watercolour), 1976
    watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
    61.5 x 71 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Cattai Ridge (watercolour, small), 1976
    watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
    16 x 34 cm
  • Wollondilly River, 1976
    watercolour
    40 x 50 cm
  • Struggling Gums, Cattai Ridge, 1976
    watercolour
    12 x 21 cm
  • Crackenback River, 1976
    watercolour on crumpled Japanese paper
    36 x 96 cm
  • Goalen Point from Murrah Gardens, 1976
    watercolour
    54 x 75 cm
    Commission. Private Collection.
  • Shakeshaft's Waterfall, 1975
    watercolour
    76 x 65 cm

WATERCOLOURS : Watercolours 140 Works to view Page 1 2
WATERCOLOURS : Watercolours 140 Works to view Page 1 2


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