Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Qingdao cherry blossom

Qingdao cherry blossom part 2
oil on canvas
120x80cm


Qingdao cherry blossom
oil on 2 canvases
120x160cm

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

reading the Tao on Mount Lao

reading the Tao on Mount Lao
oil painting on canvas
61x91cm

"Hello Claire,
The two weeks exhibition has reached an end.
We have about 170-200 visitors during the working day and about 400-600 people on the weekend....
And like I have mentioned before Mr. Xiu has arranged another exhibition of yours in a gallery in Huangdao. ...
Best wishes,
Rachel."

Monday, October 27, 2014

Gingko gallery



"Hello Claire,
This weekend some school children come to our gallery to paint.
They love your paintings.
cheers,
Rachel"

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Friday, September 5, 2014

pollen

pollen
oil on canvas
910x300mm
(12"x36")
Paintings from June to now...
After our China trip...
Wonderful time with Coco's family in Qingdao...
Contact with Gingko gallery...
Great patron with great philosophy...
Promoting local artists in Qingdao...
'Beautiful Qingdao' is his agenda...
Willing to expand his mind...
Take me on...
Seeing the Australian-Chinese connection...
Rachel is keeping in touch via emails...
A lovely Chinese girl...
Abandoning her engineering degree...
To work in this gallery...
Now I have to get these paintings off...
Plus about a dozen others...
For the opening on 18th Oct...
Blossoms and Chinese-Aussie grandchildren...
Plus some German buildings...
All pretty much forming connections...
For an aging artist...
Nothing world shattering but...

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Monday, August 18, 2014

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Thursday, August 7, 2014

sun through blossoms



sun through blossoms
oil on 2 canvases
each 910x300mm
(36"x12")
910x600mm
(36"x24")

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Friday, August 1, 2014

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Friday, July 11, 2014

Saturday, July 5, 2014

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Sunday, February 9, 2014

fading roses

fading roses
oil on linen
910x1220mm
(36"x48")
 
haiku
save us from this plight
val en tines and choc o lates
give us back some light

Monday, January 20, 2014