These gouache postcards are part of a large series where I will be aiming to paint 100 landscapes. These were painted in 2024.
Postcard 71 Lilypads - These flowering lilypads are a recreation of my original test postcard that was painted in 2020, different location, different lily pads but same concept. (Reupload)
Postcard 83 Ancient Waterwell - These waterwells were littered all over the old trail through the Blue Mountains. Many were still filled and in use when the trails were used by horses.
Postcard 84 Red Sorghum - This ready to harvest sorghum was so vibrant against the clear mountains behind the fields.
Postcard 85 Flash Flooding - Driving along a raised road we watched as heavy downpour turned driveways into streams along farmland.
Postcard 71 Lilypads - These flowering lilypads are a recreation of my original test postcard that was painted in 2020, different location, different lily pads but same concept. (Reupload)
Postcard 83 Ancient Waterwell - These waterwells were littered all over the old trail through the Blue Mountains. Many were still filled and in use when the trails were used by horses.
Postcard 84 Red Sorghum - This ready to harvest sorghum was so vibrant against the clear mountains behind the fields.
Postcard 85 Flash Flooding - Driving along a raised road we watched as heavy downpour turned driveways into streams along farmland.
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These places would be breathtaking to walk through. Do you visit them all on foot?
They really are! Most are by road trips and then either hikes or we camp nearby. A lot of my work is from South East Queensland but these few contain ones from as far as New South Wales/Sydney/The blue mountains after we roadtripped 10 hours south over the new year break! I would love to visit very far North Queensland this year to paint some landscapes from Cairns. Already we are planning a trip there!
I really hope to visit Australia someday. I've watched a lot of documentaries, but these paintings make me want to see for myself even more. It's so different from where I live on the US east coast.
Your environment inspires me just as much! I have seen photos from when my friend visits, truley beautiful!
This quadtych is features very straightforward lines and structure,
but these pictures have such vertigo-inducing depth of history behind them!
The dirt road-turned-waterway if a very special thing to witness,
and a striking visual, even though my heart goes out to those who'll need to use that road.
The waterwell look so ominous when viewed normally,
and the one in the picture looks like the dark glistening eye of a watchful dragon.
The field of sorghum is such a stark layering of colors,
and you rendered the rusty crops themselves with such fidelity,
conveying the airy volume of those seed clusters so vividly it make me want to stroke the screen!
And the lilypads are great. Can't have too many lilypads!
I remember these from here!
but these pictures have such vertigo-inducing depth of history behind them!
The dirt road-turned-waterway if a very special thing to witness,
and a striking visual, even though my heart goes out to those who'll need to use that road.
The waterwell look so ominous when viewed normally,
and the one in the picture looks like the dark glistening eye of a watchful dragon.
The field of sorghum is such a stark layering of colors,
and you rendered the rusty crops themselves with such fidelity,
conveying the airy volume of those seed clusters so vividly it make me want to stroke the screen!
And the lilypads are great. Can't have too many lilypads!
I remember these from here!
It really was such a drastic downpour when we passed through, I think they recorded up to 700mms of rain over the 24 hours when we returned home. I have even more to paint from the flash flooding, it is becoming such a common occurrence along the flood plains these days. The waterwells were such a surprise! We weren't sure what they were used for when we found them on the hike, only afterwards when we visited the information center did we find out their use. They really did seem ominous!
My city is prone to be flooded, and I've seen some spectacular scenes
of cars being surprised by some roads having become flooded,
and driving into those deluded areas at high speed until only the car windows
were seen sticking out of the water (they managed to reverse and drive away, luckily).
Water is the most deceptively dangerous of the elements.
Earth should have been called Fishbowl.
Thank you for taking such keen interest
in the history of the places you visit!
of cars being surprised by some roads having become flooded,
and driving into those deluded areas at high speed until only the car windows
were seen sticking out of the water (they managed to reverse and drive away, luckily).
Water is the most deceptively dangerous of the elements.
Earth should have been called Fishbowl.
Thank you for taking such keen interest
in the history of the places you visit!
We get the same thing all the time! So many rescues from people driving through flood waters, I think some respect for natural forces can really go a long way into education and safety in flood prone areas!
It must be both endlessly frustrating and somewhat magical living underwater part time!
Being shaken up by nature every now and then is a good humbling experience,
that also teaches everyone to take care about each other,
and engage in politics for disaster-proofing the place,
and for keeping the relief and rescue services
at a hundred percent.
But sometimes, it's just a lot of terrifying misery.
Take care over there!
Being shaken up by nature every now and then is a good humbling experience,
that also teaches everyone to take care about each other,
and engage in politics for disaster-proofing the place,
and for keeping the relief and rescue services
at a hundred percent.
But sometimes, it's just a lot of terrifying misery.
Take care over there!
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