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.

Garlic with Green Shoots No1

Garlic with Green Shoots No1
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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

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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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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

Maleny, Blackall Ranges ... Australia

Olive Oil, Bread, Lemon and Two Olives

oil on canvas / 1 2 x 24"

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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.

Two Sweet Potatoes ...in a field

Two Sweet Potatoes ...in a field

oil on canvas / 12 x 16"

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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 ..."

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".

One Hass Avocado Cut Open

One Hass Avocado Cut Open / oil on canvas / 5 x 7" [deep frame]

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One Hass Avocado

One Hass Avocado / oil on canvas / 5 x 7" [deep frame]

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