Wading with Jabiru

Wading with Jabiru by Kim Rees - Originally started some time around 2018 - it didnt go as I'd imagined, so it sat, discarded on my wall of uncompleted works glaring and daring me to rekindle some interest in it, where it got the odd dab now and again. Fast forward to 2023 and finally finished. The original remains largely intact including the lower left water colour while the rest became overgrown with underwater plants. The top back ground has undergone several metamorphoses too, from the original stormy clouds. Extra petals, slightly textured have been left 'underneath' here and there as a nod to the original design and makes it slightly texturally more interesting.

Ready for final varnishing in a month to allow drying time which will bring the vibrancy of the colours out a little more. Initialled on the front, signed with a certificate of authenticity - ready to hang, sides are painted, framing unnecessary though optional. Insitus' shown are as close to scale as possible. Please check your own measurements.

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Many of my earliest memories revolve around art, watching my father paint - only horses and staring up lost in the paintings on the walls of my grandparents house on the family grazing property in the wild country of the Monaro, to the North Shore in Sydney, back and forth, we had the best of both worlds. Three children and work took most of my time and opportunities to practice were spread thinly for many years. A 'temporary' move to Burleigh Heads, Qld 28 years ago still has me firmly entrenched. Annual travel through Europe for work mostly in France and Italy and the opportunities to visit so many outstanding galleries, the studios of Renoir, Monet and co rekindled the desire to seize the day and spend more time painting and creating. Unapologetically self taught, with a workshop here and there over the years, I remain a dabbler, rotating thru sculpture, drawing, printmaking, mosaic, painting and back again. Haven't settled for any particular style of painting, just follow the whim and vision of the moment. A few commissioned mosaic murals notwithstanding I paint mainly for pleasure.