Oil on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.
Signed on the front.
Eucalyptus, or gum trees are the quintessential Australian tree, and one of my favourite subjects to paint.
The inspiration for this work was a large bunch of eucalyptus leaves collected on a walk in the bush.
Although it is an abstract painting, I wanted to portray the many shades of blue in the gum leaves.
With abstract painting, there can be the initial inspiration, and then I play around with line, shapes and colour until something emerges which I am happy with.
This process can take quite a while, but it is fun and very exciting.