Painting from life is such a rewarding pursuit for me.
I can sit there in nature and soak it up in ways that are different to just passing through. Sure I get hot and sweaty and always manage to sit in a rocky spot with angry ants.
The light as it shifts, the whisper of the breeze in the eucalypts and against my skin, the smell of the air, the birds that come and go and how they interact with each other and their surrounds, my cows with their nose in my paint. These are my rewards. These beautiful subjects are from my 5 acre home. Favourite haunts that I am privileged to observe often.
Flowers from my garden are another obsession, sometimes I even buy flowers!. I love trying to capture the colour and liveliness. A little pocket of joy preserved to lighten your space 🙂
