Oil on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed on the front.

“A View To Mt Perry Township”

20″ x 28″
Oil on Canvas

I recently took a trip to the Bundaberg Art Gallery to see the Joe Furlonger exhibition. Joe is a favourite of mine when it comes to abstract landscapes.

While at the exhibition I watched a video of Joe talking about his artwork and practice. In the video they showed footage of when he took a plein air group up to Mt Perry to do some plein air painting. That was it … I had to go.

I found the exact spot from the video at the lookout just before you enter town. Amazing views across to Mt Perry and the township below.

I set up eager to paint the view before me then I looked across the mountain range. A huge rain storm was blowing straight at me. I painted furiously until it hit then packed everything in a hurry into the car. Ten minutes later blue skies 🙂

This repeated itself a number of times until I had a decent start on the painting.

It was finished of in the studio the next day.

Mt Perry was once a thriving gold mining town with a population of 3,500. Today sadly its more like 300.

I hope you enjoy this view from the lockout down on to the town of Mt Perry

Note - This painting is unframed but ready to hang with a hanging wire on the back. Please be aware that my painting style is loose and impressionistic ... as such the edges are not neatly finished as that would detract from the style and spontaneity of the painting approach.