Cosmos Bowl

"Cosmos Bowl", 8" x 8", Oil on Panel

I love Cosmos with its feathery foliage, vivid magenta flowers and stark yellow stamen. . . a wonderful reminder of a hot Summer's day.
When I was photographing this I couldn't get over how the flower resembled a colourful butterfly perching on the side of the bowl.

Red Bull, Sugarfree

"Red Bull, Sugarfree".  6" x 6", Oil on Panel

Where would I be without my Red Bull Sugarfree and all things caffeine? . . . asleep, I guess.

I love crunching things up . . . cans, paper, bubblewrap and anything else that comes to hand and will be thrown out. Something very satisfying about reducing things to the smallest space possible.

I love this used can . . .it was sitting on my studio table after being emptied and kept attracting my attention . . .great shape and colours . . .out came the camera and a short time later . . . its painted.

A painting of what helped me paint . . . something strangely circular about this process.