Beautiful Blue-winged Kookaburra

The Blue-winged Kookaburra is a rather large kingfisher, that lives in the northern areas of Australia and the southern regions of New Guinea, I think of all the Kookaburras it is far prettier than any of the others and a little smaller than the others, this one I came across on a trip to Darwin, the medium I have used to draw this Kookaburra is Pastel I hope you like it.

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Walking on fire

I was sitting in my studio thinking about a painting that I want to do of an Aboriginal sitting at his campfire playing his didgeridoo, and I ended up painting this abstract can anyone think of a name for it. 

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Whirly Whirly

I was sat on the veranda painting one day when this whirly cam through the bottom paddock, It looked like it was coming straight for my veranda, but when it got to the end of my paddock it turned into my neighbour's paddock and took out his shed and then just stopped, this is what I could see that day.

25% Of funds from the sale of my art is donated to Cancer research, you can purchase my art in print format or as originals, the prints are on canvas with archival inks, all purchases can be paid for through PayPal.
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Artists Pool

I call this painting Artist's Pool. It was a long walk but very peaceful and the view was spectacular. I am so glad I took my Canon SLR because I got some great shots of the Overland Track in Tasmania. It is so beautiful! To get to my pool you leave the Overland Track down to Lake St Claire which is a 2 hr walk down the side of the mountain. It a long way but well worth the effort. I sat down and took out my Faber Castells and my Canson sketchbook and started drawing. It was so peaceful when I got there - I just wanted to stay and forget the world but the light ran out, so I had to finish this creation back at the studio. Sadly my photos were destroyed when our house burnt down but I still have this painting which happened to hanging in a gallery at the time. 

This painting in acrylic is for sale at $1,250 on canvas panel fully framed ready to hang.

25% Of funds from the sale of my art is donated to Cancer research, you can purchase my art in print format or as originals, the prints are on canvas with archival inks, all purchases can be paid for through Paypal.
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Beautiful Frill-necked Lizard

I will keep you all up to date it should be done in a few days.

The large ruff of skin that lies folded back against its neck is where it gets its name frill-necked, the frill is supported by long spines of the cartilage that are connected to the jawbones. When the lizard is frightened it gapes its mouth and the frill flares out displaying bright orange-red purplish-blue to a blueish black, the reaction is to discourage predators but it is all so used during courtship, this Lizard is rather large in size it can grow to 91.00cm and it can run on its back two legs, however, its body is darker than its frill and you can find them in many different colours, I found this one on a trip to Cairns, I stopped just outside Cardwell with some friends and went for a walk in the Cardwell ranges, just to see what I could see I had only been walking for about half an hour, and there was two frill-necked lizard's having a dispute over territory, I was able to get a good photo of one before they ran up a tree well separate trees, of course, I moved away from there territory and found a spot to sit, and stayed for a few hours and got some good sketches of one without its frill, most of the time they live in the trees and only come down to hunt or do some courting, or of course have a dispute over territory, The original graphite drawing is for sale at $800,00, Prints of this drawing are available on archival canvas for $155.00 US for A4 or $205.00 US for A3  and 25% of the profits go to Cancer research.

Cheeky Lorikeet

This cheeky Lorikeet is in my front yard getting drunk on the pollen from these pretty flowers, very soon his mate's will start to fight with him for no real reason, they are really good fun to watch I got this shot from my second story veranda, one day I will paint him. I decided to draw him in pastel hope you all like it. The original is for sale at $800,00,  Prints of this drawing are available on archival canvas for $155.00 US for A4 or $205.00 US for A3 and 25% of the profits go to Cancer research.

Sleepy Koala

Koala some times called Koala bear but incorrectly, the Koala is a small slow tree-dwelling marsupial native to eastern Australia, having a stout body, thick grey-brown fur with a pale underside, large rounded furry ears, a leathery nose, strong claws, and a vestigial tail: it feeds largely on the leaves of certain eucalypts and is the faunal emblem of Queensland.  The original is for sale at $1,000.00,  Like all my works of art there are prints available in A4 size at $155.00 0r A3 size at $205.00 and 25% of profits from any of my art sold on this site or on my web site go to Cancer Council.