oil on canvas / 12 x 16"
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15 November 2009
13 November 2009
12 November 2009
10 November 2009
08 November 2009
06 November 2009
03 November 2009
28 October 2009
Russian Garlic on Japanese Trinket Drawers - Political Fruit No2
24 x 24" / oil on canvas
© w van der Drift 2009
27 October 2009
Political Fruit #1 ... North Korea / South Korea
Political Fruit #1 ... North Korea / South Korea
© w a van der Drift 2009
24 x 30" / oil on canvas
26 October 2009
Victorian Bushfires - FEB 2009
Oil on Canvas ... painted with Recycled paint and spatula
detail 1 - confusion
detail 2
detail 3
detail 4
detail 5 - the helper
VICTORIAN BUSHFIRES - feb 2009
This painting was inspired and in response to the horror and heat of the Victorian Bushfires which happened in Australia early in 2009 where 173 people died.
This is a sample of a painting done entirely using a single painting spatula and recycled oil paint. Painted on a large canvas approx 90cm X 120cm.
22 October 2009
Recycled Paint
Canvas in process of being covered with 'Recycled Paint'
... at times I am inspired to do a little painting with the recycled paint, just using the spatula and selected colors. 
Bunch of canvasses and panels prepped with 'Recycled Paint' set out to dry.
Garlic Painting done on background prepped with 'Recycled Paint'
Recycled Paint being mixed on the palette with Spatula.
Closeup detail of textures which are achieved by using 'Recycled Paint'
on a canvas panel
Prepared "Recycled Paint" Canvasses ... ready to go!
I have been working with a new technique of recycling paint. Having never liked to throw out older [off] paint, which is just beginning to become unusable, but still fairly soft, I started scraping it onto the canvasses with a large spatula. I call it Recycling Paint. Very eco friendly! Then leave it to dry out completely and sand it back (being careful not to sand through the canvas, to give a wonderful effect to the backgrounds of my paintings. This method gives a deep aged heavy background. I don't want to use this for all my paintings, but have liked the effect it gives to some, as with the one below of Russian Garlic. Best thing about this method is that I don't have to waste paint any more.
I've painted a few larger paintings by using this method ... which I've called my "Recycled Paintings". I'll post some photos of these paintings on the blog some time down the track. They are more abstract, and I use the spatula for these as well, but have introduced figures.
The photo above is of the last lot of canvasses I prepared using the Recycled Paint method. By mixing the colors selectively straight from the palette onto the canvas, I get fabulous colors, no matter that they don't always remain those colors, it's great fun and good exercise. The top photo is a close-up of a prepped canvas using recycled paint, to show you the effect.
21 September 2009
Pear on the Easel
Back to Work ... Pear on the Easel
Well, much has happened since my last posting, I've had a great exhibition at Maleny Artworks Gallery in Maleny. I've had the Swine Flu, I've hurt my back in the hospital while having Swine Flu and I've taken a long time to recover. Still not completely back to my old self, but walking around a little. So it's back to work, and back to the studio. My first little painting, a 5 X 7" oil of a lovely organic Pear I found with a single leaf at the local Co-op market in Maleny. I also found 5 friends with leaves, but they may have waited a little too long to be painted. So this is it for now. I have some other paintings to post, but haven't had time to photograph them yet, not too far off tho.
04 August 2009
SUCCESSFUL ART EXHIBITION at MALENY ARTWORKS
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Hi everyone,
I'm very happy to share with you some pics of the Art Exhibition opening on Sat Night at Maleny Artworks Gallery, in Maleny Qld Australia. The show was opened by Ken Munsie, who manages to pull a wonderful art scene together in Maleny for more than 200 local eminent artists who live in the region, and is a superb ceramicist and potter.
So many paintings sold on the night, and over the weekend, and all continuing to go well it should be a very successful exhibition, running for 3 weeks until 19th August at 50 Maple St, Maleny. Also exhibition at the Gallery is Rosemary and Helen Almberg and Ann Oliver.
Some pics from the opening night:
11 July 2009
Two Mandarins on a Painters Box
"Two Mandarins on a Painters Box" by w van der Drift
oil on canvas / 5 x 7"
© wendy van der Drift 2009
Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia
A painter gets very thirsty, and at times hungry,
a painter will then peel a mandarin
rest it on the painter's box
and paint it.
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Bunch of Beets or Beetroot ... take your pick
Bunch of Beets or Beetroot ... take your pick
© w a van der Drift 2009
Blackall Ranges, Maleny, Australia
12 x 24"
oil on canvas
I love the color of the stalks, spurting out life force from the
dull beets which struggled under the earth for such a period of time
to produce the most intense and radiant deep magenta / carmine
colors that one could imagine.
10 July 2009
Kohl - Rabi ... side by side
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"Kohl - Rabi ... side by side" by w van der Drift
oil on canvas / 12 x 12"
© w van der Drift 2009
Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia
08 July 2009
Review
Lovely Post by Australian Ceramic Artist Shannon Garson of Strange Fragments Blog:
Wendy Van der Drift posts a painting a day on her blog "Painting Daily" Her beautiful paintings reference old masters and dutch still life painting.
What I like is that her composition and subject matter is modern and humorous. There's something human about that garlic!
Thought I would share with you here...
http://strangefragments.blogspot.com/2009/06/theres-something-human-about-that.html
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2009
There's something human about that garlic!- the paintings of Wendy Van der Drift
Wendy Van der Drift posts a painting a day on her blog "Painting Daily" Her beautiful paintings reference old masters and dutch still life painting.
What I like is that her composition and subject matter is modern and humorous. There's something human about that garlic!SOLD
06 July 2009
Three Pears in Conversation
"Three Pears in Conversation" by w van der Drift
oil on canvas / 8 x 10"
© wendy van der Drift 2009
Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia
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1 1/2" Deep Gallery Wrapped Canvas,
Painting is painted on all sides, and can be hung framed or as is
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"Antique Apple" by w van der Drift
oil on canvas / 5 x 7"
© wendy van der Drift 2009
Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia
God gave us fruit so
we could learn how to
paint humans properly
05 July 2009
Garlic with Green Shoots No1
Garlic with Green Shoots No1
5 x 7" Oil on Canvas
© wendy van der Drift 2009
Maleny , Blackall Ranges, Australia
Painted on 11 1/2" deep gallery wrap canvas
can be hung as is, or framed
01 July 2009
Red Onion No4
"Red Onion - No4" by w van der Drift
oil on canvas / 6 x 6"
© w van der Drift 2009
Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia
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25 June 2009
"Two Metal Oil Pots" by w van der Drift
"Two Metal Oil Pots" by w van der Drift
oil on canvas / 4 x 4"
© w van der Drift 2009
Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia
24 June 2009
Russian Garlic No2
"Russian Garlic - No2" by w van der Drift
oil on canvas / 6 x 6"
© w van der Drift 2009
Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia
20 June 2009
Three Radish ...
"Three Radish ... together" by w van der Drift
oil on canvas / 8 x 8"
© wendy van der Drift 2009
Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia
Good for digestion ... good for the stomach
good for so many things that ail you
good looking too
round like a stomach
long tentacles resembling the intestines perhaps
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18 June 2009
Russian Garlic Clove - No1
"Russian Garlic Clove - No1" by w van der Drift
oil on canvas / 4 x 4"
© w van der Drift 2009
Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia
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11 June 2009
Two Clementines ... Side by Side No2
"Two Mandarins ... side by side" by w van der Drift
oil on canvas / 5 x 7"
© wendy van der Drift 2009
Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia
A clementine, another clementine,
orange colored friends
09 June 2009
Two Apples ... Side by Side
"Two Apples ... side by side" by w van der Drift
oil on canvas / 5 x 7"
© wendy van der Drift 2009
Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia
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Round, deep, edible, juicy, organic, healthy, delicious,
delicious, that's it.
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07 June 2009
Two Mandarins ... Side by Side
oil on canvas / 5" x 7"
1 1/2" wrapped canvas frame
© wendy van der Drift 2009
Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia
A mandarin, another mandarin, how
clever, a food source that you can
peel the wrapping off and eat,
and simply enjoy the juice
without packaging and hoopla
no straws, no words, just pull off tree and eat.
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04 June 2009
Custard Apple No4
oil on canvas / 8" x 8"
1 1/2" wrapped canvas frame
© wendy van der Drift 2009
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There is something sculptural and warm and loving
about a Custard Apple
They look like Gods Little Sculptures that
he made on a lazy Saturday afternoon
when all was said and done.
With great joy and abandonment
the custard apple
so needs to be painted.
They are as splendid and friendly
as a big bunch of flowers
They change shape overnight ... literally.
02 June 2009
Ginger, Turnips, Chili and Shallots
Ginger, Turnips, Chilies and Schallots
1 1/2" Deep Frame
Turnips detail
Ginger detail
Chili detail
© wendy van der Drift 2009
01 June 2009
Basket of Chilies
"Basket of Chilies" by w van der Drift
Oil on Canvas / 12 x 12"
1 1/2" Deep Gallery Wrapped Canvas,
Painting is painted on all sides, and can be hung framed or as is.
Original oil painting by © wendy van der Drift 2009
Maleny, Blackall Ranges ... Australia
31 May 2009
Plein Air Workshop / May 09
We recently had the honor of holding a Plein Air landscape painting workshop on the farm where I live near Maleny. The workshop was lead by Peter Hudson, who is a multi finalist of the Australian Archibald Prize, and one of Australia's finest painters of portraits and landscapes. I am sharing some photos of the weekend with you here on this blog. It was a great success, with 12 of Maleny's finest artists gathering for great art, great views, great food and great times. Hope to hold many more events like this as the years unfold. Very inspiring. The workshop was organised by Ken Munsie, fearless leader and entrepreneur extraordinaire of COMA [collaboration of Maleny Artists].
Denni, painting on the tree corridor
Charmaine, painting on one of the decks at the cabin
Peter Hudson giving constructive advice
Stef, took on the whole vista
Looks good to me, said Sonja22 May 2009
Olive Oil, Bread, Lemon and Two Olives
oil on canvas / 1 2 x 24"
The challenge here was reproducing the gold alfoil on the bottle.
Finding the right yellows and combinations of warm
and cool colors, create the perception of fine creases,
and retaining a brushy finish. I don't wish to end up with
a photographic realist painting, just a realistic painted finish.
19 May 2009
Two Sweet Potatoes ...in a field
Two Sweet Potatoes ...in a fieldoil on canvas / 12 x 16"
What is it about the humble sweet potato that says,
"don't paint me,
I'm an ugly old thing that lives under the ground.
I taste sweet,
I actually look great,
if you take the time to see beyond
my dirty face and my bumpy body.
I'm so sweet and bright on the inside,
but don't paint me that would be just too kind.
Perhaps you could find another one
as lonely as I am and we could be painted together ..."
12 May 2009
Donut with Chocolate and Strawberries in a Paper Bag
Donut with Chocolate and Strawberries in a Paper Bag
oil on canvas / 12" x 16" [deep frame]
THE STILL LIFE DIET: Great way to lose weight,
buy a fabulous donut in a brown paper bag,
delight in the sight of it, decide to paint it,
until it's just too old to eat.
11 May 2009
Apple ... with a bite taken from it
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Apple ... with a bite taken from itoil on canvas / 5 x 7" [deep frame]
The original apple: I posted a photo of the original apple because, this apple with the bite taken out of it is now about two weeks old when I took this photo. I stopped eating the apple, and decided to paint it mainly because it didn't taste like an apple. It tasted rubbery, and without flavor. This photo of the inside of the apple still so white, after days of sitting in the open air, proves to me that the apple has been tampered with either genetically, or with gas or some sort of preservative to sit on shelves in the big corporate supermarkets. Aaargh!
03 May 2009
Dragon Fruit
Dragon Fruit / oil on canvas / 12" x 12" [deep frame]Otherwise known as the "Strawberry Pear" Wow, what a creation this is, a fruit that can fan itself, on a hot day.
30 April 2009
27 April 2009
26 April 2009
Three Figs on a Box in a Cardboard Box
Three Figs on a Box in a Cardboard Boxoil on canvas / 12 x 16" [deep frame]
This one started off as a painting of 3 figs. Simple enough, bit cliché but figs are figs, and deserve to be painted. Then I pulled out an old cardboard box, cut a few holes in the side, and shone a light in through the holes to create some nice shadows and lighting effects. If that didn't grab my attention enough, I was drawn to the old cardboard flap which I pushed in to hide some light, and before I knew what I was doing, I was painting Three Figs on a box, inside a cardboard box. One subject totally doesn't relate to the other, but it may just be where I am up to in my own life, that is ... "what you see is what you get".
23 April 2009
22 April 2009
21 April 2009
15 April 2009
12 April 2009
10 April 2009
Three Peaches
Three Peaches / oil on canvas / 5 x 7"
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07 April 2009
Custard Apple No2
Custard Apple No2 / oil on canvas / 5 x 7"
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One Beurre Bosc Pear
One Beurre Bosc Pear / oil on canvas / 5 x 7"
All paintings on this site will be for sale very soon, if in the meantime you would like to buy one direct from the artist, please email Wendy by clicking here:
06 April 2009
Two Persimmons and a Wooden Box
Two Persimmons and a Wooden Box / oil on canvas / 8 x 8"
All paintings on this site will be for sale very soon, if in the meantime you would like to buy one direct from the artist, please email Wendy by clicking here:
05 April 2009
04 April 2009
03 April 2009
Work in Progress ... Buddha's Hand Citrus Fruit
Work in Progress ... This is the latest piece of exotic fruit that I've discovered in the fruit box to model for me. We try to source unusual pieces of fruit and vegetable to taste and experience, and this one was amazing. It's called Buddha's Hand, it's a citrus fruit, with strong citrus flavour and smells. Poor fruit at our place these days, doesn't get much chance to be eaten, it needs to be painted first. Oh well, it could be worse, we could have no fruit at all. You can read more about "Buddha's Hand" and see more photos by visiting this webpage [buddha's hand: click here]Fruit to paint 4th April 2009
This is the fruit I have waiting patiently on the sidelines for to be painted. Persimons, peaches, figs and a celeriac [celery family root vegetable]. Personally I love painting root vegetables, they pose great challenges to find as much color as possible out of fairly dull colors to start with. Bright colored tropical fruit is of course more appealing at first glance, but give me a garlic, or onion, or potato and I'm a happy painter.
31 March 2009
Red Delicious Apple with Long Leaves
Red Delicious with Long Leaves
detail 1
detail 2
Red Delicious Apple with Long Leaves
oil on canvas / 5 x 7" [deep frame]
All paintings on this site will be for sale very soon, if in the meantime you would like to buy one direct from the artist, please email Wendy by clicking here:
30 March 2009
24 March 2009
23 March 2009
22 March 2009
21 March 2009
20 March 2009
2 Pomegranates - side by side
2 Pomegranates - side by side / Oil on canvas / 8 x 8" [deep frame]
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19 March 2009
18 March 2009
16 March 2009
Lemon and a Box
Lemon and a Box / Oil on Canvas 5 x 5" [deep frame]
This and all paintings will soon be for sale ...
15 March 2009
Russian Garlic IV
Russian Garlic No4 / Oil on Canvas 5 x 7" [deep frame]
This painting will soon be for sale ...
14 March 2009
13 March 2009
02 March 2009
07 February 2009
Tears of Blood - Small Portrait
Tears of Blood - small portrait / oil on canvas / 8 x 8" [deep framed]
3 COMMENTS:
beautiful paintings, i particularly like the last one with the ginger. looks like she's studied the palette of the masters... it's a somewhat lost art these days and i think there's only a handful of painters worldwide that really understand "seeing color" in the old master painter's sense. nice paintings.
There is something so soothing about Wendy's work. Even the Clay work she has posted is calming somehow.
Yup. Yup. Very nice.
Vibrant and juicy also spring to my mind when I see her paintings.
Great thing this internet!
:D
Cheers from a 1st generation Canadian Dutch Woman on Vancouver Island.