Acrylic on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed on the front.

Australian Magpie at dusk looking out across a valley, can you hear him carolling before he takes flight?
My intention is to keep my paintings in the spirit of a sketch, to capture the energy and unpredictability of nature within a flat painting.

This large statement painting features both Intuitive, audacious paint application followed by many hours of careful intricate precise mark making. I relish the tension and contradiction of these competing factors within the work. Patterning inspired by Japanese ornament creates a sense of movement within the landscape.

© Copyright Watermark: You may notice a very faint © Copyright watermark across the first image. This only appears on my main digital file to protect my artwork from being downloaded and reproduced without my permission (it happens unfortunately).

I do try to make them as discreet as possible so as not to upset your delicate eye area. I promise your painting or print will not have a visible watermark all over it. I do include several cropped in shots of my work without a watermark in the gallery so you can clearly see the works close up.