Autumn Glow

A visit to Mt Tomah in the Blue Mountains NSW inspired this en plein air ( painted on location ) watercolor artwork. The Golden Ash is a deciduous tree that is normally in green leaf but under the cool crisp Autumn air, turns a gold hue. With the early morning light it was radiating a stunning yellow glow!
I have expressed the leaves and mossy bark using a modern splatter/dribble technique and focused on this by excluding any background details. In this way, the viewer will dwell on the awesome beauty of nature and hopefully feel a sense of tranquility.

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Based in Sydney, Australia, I live in the creative and multicultural precinct of Sydney’s Inner West.
Born in Newcastle NSW I have been influenced by many years at the beach or in the bush, walking and observing our natural paradise.
I am a self taught artist since childhood but trained as a high school art teacher so practiced art for most of my life through either work or privately.
My creative and original artworks are defined by organic and linear shapes that merge and silhouette. They are usually devoid of figurative form and can verge into an imaginative landscape. The approach is layered and combines a variety of mediums drawn or painted over each other to construct the desired essence of my landscape. It is a landscape strongly influenced by an intuitive design sense.
My paintings have found homes in Newcastle, Brisbane , Port Pirie and Sydney.