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a little background research ahead of my Landscape

a little background research ahead of my Landscape Composition Workshop this weekend @museumofbrisbane

designed around the idea of distilling compositions from complex landscape settings we will be starting the day at the City Botanic Gardens in a spot of dense rainforest planting which used to be called Fern Island.

While I’m quite sad that Fern Island no longer exists, the little patch of rainforest planting in its place will be a wonderful location to start the day!
(Pictured here, some historic images of Fern Island)

Thanks for the heads up on this piece of local ferny history @lucyesque 🌿

Image 1 - Fern Island in the Botanic Gardens Qld. Pictures of Australia from 1878

Image 2 - Fern Island 1874. J Deazeley. from an album titled ‘Photographic views of the city of Brisbane and Vicinity’. John Oxley Library

Image 3 - Fern Island, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, c. 1890 - 1920. Lantern Slide, R.J Noye Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia

Image 4 - 1876 Fern Island designed by Walter Hill late 1850’s. State Library Qld

a portrait on one of my last few days as a 30 year

a portrait on one of my last few days as a 30 year old.
while it’s been another weird year in many ways, it’s also been an absolute cracker in others and I’m very grateful for all the wonderful things that have come my way.
on a day spent making painting boards for a gloriously full next 12months, the biggest love and thanks to everyone i’ve met, worked with, learnt from and been supported by this year, I’m ridiculously happy to be painting my way into the rest of my 30’s x

looking at photos and planning paintings... hello

looking at photos and planning paintings...
hello rainforest gremlin 👋

littlin 🌿 ‘Fern Specimen 5’ 2021 | oil on b

littlin 🌿 ‘Fern Specimen 5’
2021 | oil on board framed in timber, paper pulp and cement | 34 x 27cm

@janmurphygallery
📷 @printroomeditions

🍋🍋🍋lemon yellow to brighten this very sog

🍋🍋🍋lemon yellow to brighten this very soggy day 🍋⭐️🌞

… to paint moss. which is.. also very soggy…

delighted to learn ‘Ballanjui Fern Specimens’

delighted to learn ‘Ballanjui Fern Specimens’ was awarded a commendation @hawkesbury_artprize last night.
thank you so much to the organisers and judges. I wish I could have made it down for the ceremony 🤍 it looked like a beautiful exhibition

this girl just won’t stop 🤍

this girl just won’t stop 🤍

painting light (detail)

painting light (detail)

clever friend @dannyhaneman picked up some shiny a

clever friend @dannyhaneman picked up some shiny awards for his work last night, including one for this short film shot a few years ago.
It was recorded not long after I had decided to swap out my architecture degrees for paint brushes and very accurately and beautifully reminds me how freakin nervous I felt about the whole thing going pear shaped!
A little moment in time which I’m so very glad
you captured. Well done buddy ✊🏻✊🏻