Misty Day at Binalong Bay

Beautifully presented in a Tasmanian Oak floating frame - this is the original painting in oils on canvas. It’s an imposing painting at 120cm x 90cm and would be a feature for any room of your home. You can almost feel the icy ocean breeze of the Tasmanian coast.

The reference for this painting was a photograph I took on one of our many holidays to Tasmania where we based ourselves near Swansea and ventured on day trips along the coast. This was a rainy, miserable day - bitterly cold. I was rugged up like a burrito, and drinking hot soup from a Thermos. The rainy day created a beautiful mist on the hills behind. In the distance from the rocky beach at Binalong Bay, I saw this outcrop of rocks - stacked and teetering. Later, when downloading the photos I zoomed in to this specific part of the scene. So inspiring as you muse how the rocks came to be like this.

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Mine, isn’t your classic artist story. I wasn’t born with a paintbrush in my hand. In fact, as a child and young adult (and older adult) I showed little promise.

Then, I got to my mid/late forties, around the age when you stop giving a fig about what other people think. I went to an art class near my home on a whim and made a discovery. I can paint!
I often refer to this time as “When I found out I could paint”. Seems strange that this was locked up in me all that time. My life has two eras. Before Painting and After Painting. I’m now 5 years into my After Painting era and feel like a different person.

I see life through different eyes. Everything I look at, I see light and shadow, colour and hues. When I see a sunset, an ocean, a rock, flowing water, still water, reflections, I think about how I would paint it. I spend more time thinking about painting than actually doing. I love painting and my new perspective. And I want others to enjoy my labour of love. I hope you do.

I guess my love of seascapes comes from growing up in the Queensland coastal town, Hervey Bay. The ocean is part of me and I feel like, wherever I live, I can’t be too far from the coast. Even if I don’t go to the beach, I have to know it’s nearby.