Blue Hydrangea

Blue Hydrangea

Oil on Canvas Panel, will require a frame to hang

12x12 inches/ 30x30 cm $350

Twice a year I participate in the "Strada Easel Challenge" where artists around the world spend the month painting only from life (no photographs). I've been painting in this challenge since 2017 and have found it to be a great work out for my painting practice and a great way to start the year.

This piece was completed on Day 21. This was a late evening paint session. An overcast afternoon meant no golden hour glow this afternoon so I set up under some lights but a warm bulb gave me that same warm glow. This was the first time painting this vase which was a bit of a brain bender but it gives a contemporary feel to what is sometimes considered an old fashioned flower. 💙💜

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I’m a Canberra-based oil painter creating colourful, light-filled paintings of still life, florals and landscape.

My passion for painting began while living in Colorado, where I became immersed in the Denver art community and learned to paint in the alla prima tradition. This wet-into-wet approach allows me to work with fresh colour, loose brushwork and a sense of immediacy, giving each painting a lively and expressive surface.

I’m drawn to simple, beautiful subjects and the way light can transform an ordinary scene into something atmospheric and memorable. Much of my work is influenced by painting outdoors, where I can observe nature’s true colours and capture the feeling of a moment before it changes.

I have worked as an artist and teacher for over 10 years, sharing my love of oil painting through workshops, demonstrations and online classes. I am also the founder and director of Capital Plein Air, an annual outdoor painting festival held in Canberra that brings artists together to paint the autumn colour.

My paintings are held in private collections across Australia and internationally, and my work has received awards and been shortlisted in national exhibitions including the Lethbridge 20,000, The Doyle’s Art Awards and Bluethumb Art Awards.

Thank you for taking the time to view my work. I’m delighted to share these paintings with you.