Jewel Quarry

As a child I would make the difficult trek through dense bush to feast my eyes on the rainbow of colours at the sandstone quarry. For me the multiple colours of the weathered sandstone looked like precious gems glistening in the sunlight.
I have used a palette knife to create the scale like eroded sandstone . And the lines cutting through the right side of the painting represent the fissures created by tree roots that seared through the stone.

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The first painting I ever did was sold! I was only fifteen and my mother’s friend wanted to buy it. At first, I didn’t want to part with it as it felt like I would be losing a part of me. I reluctantly sold it mainly because I wanted to please my mother!

She told me her friend’s dinner guests all loved my painting. For some reason at that age, I thought my painting would be a possession you buy like a handbag and put into your wardrobe!
Growing older my thinking changed and I then realised it was a very good idea to share what you see and feel.

That was over fifty years ago! I studied art at university and taught art at school. And I still think it is a wonderful thing to share what you see and feel through paintings.