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.

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

Custard Apple No4

oil on canvas / 8" x 8"

1 1/2" wrapped canvas frame

© wendy van der Drift 2009

SOLD

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.

Three Figs on a Box

Three Figs on a Box

oil on canvas / 12 x 16" [deep frame]

Three Figs on a Box in a Cardboard Box

Three Figs on a Box in a Cardboard Box

oil 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".

Custard Apple No3

Custard Apple No3 / oil on canvas [deep frame] / 8 x 8"

Custard Apple No2

Custard Apple No2 / 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:

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 ...