Kimberley Series

I travel to the Kimberleys in far North West Australia at least once a year.

My experiences in Eagle Patrol at 1st Pendle Hill Boy Scouts stand me in good stead as I strap on my Bowie knife (or a Swiss army Knife) and go in search of wild artistic beauty.

Detail from one of my Ord River paintings. To see this particular scene I had to paddle 25 km down a crocodile infested river!

Over time I am developing a series of paintings depicting some of the beauty I see in the area. Here are a few samples of the work so far. Some of these are very sketchy, as I try different compositions, colours, textures and approaches.

In some of the paintings I use a paint I made from the actual ochre rock. Making the paint is a painstaking process, I can assure you!

Grinding the Kimberley ochre in my studio.

• Grass Fire - (Kimberleys) Grass Fire - (Kimberleys)
• Mini-Bungles - (Kunnunurra, Kimberleys) Mini-Bungles - (Kunnunurra, Kimberleys)
• Mini-Bungles 2 - (Kunnunurra, Kimberleys) Mini-Bungles 2 - (Kunnunurra, Kimberleys)
• Making paint with Kimberley ochre Making paint with Kimberley ochre
• Lonely Rock (Ord river) - detail Lonely Rock (Ord river) - detail
• Lonely Rock (Ord river) Lonely Rock (Ord river)
• River Bend (Ord river) River Bend (Ord river)
• Rockfall (Ord river) Rockfall (Ord river)
• Stairway to Heaven (Ord river) Stairway to Heaven (Ord river)
• Leaning Rocks (Ord river) Leaning Rocks (Ord river)
• Building Blocks (Ord river) Building Blocks (Ord river)
• The Path (Ord river) The Path (Ord river)
• Orange Rocks (Ord river) Orange Rocks (Ord river)
• The 5 sisters (Ord river) The 5 sisters (Ord river)
• Verticals (Ord river) Verticals (Ord river)
• Pentecost River crossing Pentecost River crossing
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