Sunset over The Twelve Apostles

The Twelve Apostles was painted from one of my many photos on one of our road trip around Australia.

“ The iconic golden cliffs and crumbling pillars of the Twelve Apostles can be found 7km east of Port Campbell. They are protected by the Twelve Apostles Marine National Park which covers 7500ha and runs along 17km of stunning coastline. As well as the above water beauty the park protects some of Victoria’s most dramatic underwater scenery. Spectacular arches, canyons, fissures, gutters and deep sloping reefs make up the environment below the waves. Wild and powerful waves of the Southern Ocean constantly pound the coastline which has shaped the area into what you see today.

The remarkable underwater structures provide a complex foundation for magnificent habitats including kelp forests and colourful sponge gardens.

Many animals prosper both above and below the water including seabirds, seals, lobsters, reef fish and sea spiders. The intertidal and shallow subtidal reefs are known to have the greatest diversity of invertebrates on limestone reef in Victoria.

Marine mammals, such as whales, are also known to visit the area. Patient visitors after dark or in the early morning may see Little Penguins which nest in caves below the Twelve Apostles” Extract from Parks Victoria.

I have in my part tried to capture the beauty of this magnificent Coast Line.
The painting took approximately four weeks to paint and I throughly enjoyed every minute of it.

The palett for this painting is limited to cerelum blue, titanium white, rose madder, lemon yellow, French ultramarine, cadmium scarlet, yellow ochre, Burnt Siena, veridan green
Cadmium Yellow Pale, Cobalt Blue , Burnt Umba, Naples yellow and cadmium yellow.

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I’m a full time professional Australian Landscape and Resin Artist and also a traveller. My paintings have sold both Nationally and Internationally.

Painting from some of China's great mountain tops to The Blue Mountains, The Red Centre, Kakadu escarpments and Norfolk Island are just some of the areas where I have painted and gained inspiration for my paintings. Under the tutelage of John Wilson one of Australian's Leading Landscape Artist since 2006 I have developed into an established artist. Most years I spend two weeks in the Blue Mountains painting in such places as Capertee Valley, Megalong Valley, Hartley, Wentworth Falls, Three Sisters, Inspiration Point and also gathering material for future paintings.

Major commissions undertaken are held in the Collections of some of Darwin's leading property developers.

I am also an avid photographer having over 45,000 photos in my reference library for future paintings.

I have recently been exploring a completely new style of painting something which is very much removed from my very structured style of landscape painting. These pieces are completely unique, one offs and purely from my imagination and by my design.

Introducing Resin 😱
Popular styles and colours at the moment are blue and ocean/beaches. In my beach pieces I use sand collected from beaches from around AUSTRALIA. A very challenging medium to say the least🤣🤣🤣

My underwater Resin pieces showcasing various fish, coral , octopus, dolphin etc. These resin pieces took approximately three months to complete and what a pleasure they were.

Authenticity Certificates are attached to all paintings.

If you are visiting Darwin you are quite welcome to visit my studio again all sales will be through Bluethumb.

My large paintings will be professionally packed for transit.

Below is a lovely note from a happy customer below

“Dear Kit,

Thank you for your hand written message – you made our day. What a magnificent original piece is ‘forgotten faces’ – my husband and I absolutely love it and will treasure it always. We can appreciate how much effort has gone into this beautiful piece – thank you!! It is the highlight of our week in lockdown. We think we have located a couple of hidden faces – but will continue to study. We love the texture and depth you have created with the mixed media – and the colours are so uplifting and inspiring. We love all your work – it was hard to decide which piece – I hope our paths cross again as we grow our art collection.

Take care,

Best wishes”

30th March 2025.
Sadly my dear freind and Tutor John Wilson one of Australia’s Leading Landscape Artist passed away peacefully today.
R.IP John.
Australian Art Community has indeed lost a treasured Son and Artist.