After a long history in oil painting from life in the leafy Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, I now live and work from my studio in Inverloch, on the Bass Coast.
On moving to the coast I became inspired by the beauty that surrounded me. My daily beach walks filled me with new inspirations. I became fascinated with the ever changing tidal marks, and the dappled sunlight appearing to dance on the water. This observation became a valuable starting point for many prints to come.
At work on the beach
Please take a look at this video relating to my working directly on the beach with seagrass and sand.
Thanks to Melanie Crookston Smith for this image taken at Shack Bay in 2011.