Angophora Song

Oil painting of a Sydney Red Gum (or Angophora Costata)

Oil painting on large canvas (152cmx122cm)
March 2020

Oil for me always means COLOUR!!! This particular medium - oil paint - is better big and bright for me to work in. I love using a loose, colourful and expressive style with strong contrasts in colour and patterns and the process differs in every way to my drawing work. In some ways I need this as a way of allowing the other side of my personality free. This particular painting was a joy even though I was quite ill whilst doing it - done mostly through a time of lots of bushfire smoke and pollution.

I love painting trees!!! When the wind blows, they seem to dance and move to a music our ears just can't quite hear.