Paintbox Fine Art

'My aim as a landscape painter is to express what being in the bush means to me. I hope to paint the joy, excitement and wonderment of the natural world. Of course it’s great when these emotions are shared with the viewer.

Joy in the Natural Landscape
'I was sitting on the water's edge at Mallacoota wondering why my paintings end up so busy. You see, so much painting is reduced to the bones these days and then it occurred to me, life is busy, nature is busy.

There were lizards sunning, ants working, lizards chasing ants, birds resting, birds feeding. Boats motoring, sailing and anchored, and leaves rustling gently in the wind. Men, women and children fishing and hoping.

All this was what I saw, but what I didn't see, was much more.

It also occurred to me that we all depend on each other iike the bird on the insect, the lizard on the ant, the boat on the water and with man presiding over it all.

Perhaps my paintings are a bit similar. The blue line depends on the red circle, which depends on the white dot and so on. When the harmony works and I express my joy for the life in the natural landscape, I have created my dream.'

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