Have been busy trying to complete a body of work for the Kieta exhibition. Am finding doing work with a young person underfoot is not as easy as it was pre-child, however I am lucky that I have help to maintain the house, garden and to keep an eye on Arron and entertain him while I work.
Oil on canvas, again in square format. A variety of subjects in 9 paintings.
I have aimed to show the atmosphere. The feeling of spending time in the tropics. The buildings, the landscapes, the clarity of skies and ability to travel by sea. That feeling of lengthy days by the water - in solitude or shared with friends. I have taken quirky attributes from various buildings and added them to others so that no one place is a true replica . . . however, anyone who has travelled extensively along the length of Bougainville from Buka to Kieta will surely recognize certain aspects.
