Very small paintings: 2023

This is a selection of SOLD Very Small Paintings in 2023
You can see the current series of Very Small
Paintings on the available work page.

 

I began the very small paintings as experiments in light,
colour and technique back in 2009. Since then, they have
developed into three groups: White Bay/Industrial,
Rooftops, and Powerpoles (sometimes they overlap a little).

These are all either 5×7 or 6×6 inches in size,
oil on canvas unframed.

 

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  • "Corner Pubs" 15x15cm, oil on canvas 2023. Once there were about 185 pubs on the Balmain Peninsula. Most are still on their corners but many are no longer pubs. These two look stunning when the light catches them on (most) afternoons. 🔴 SOLD
  • "Summer at The Unity" 13x17cm, oil on canvas 2023. This was really in spring but the sunlight illuminated the leaves creating the feeling of a bright summer day. Happiness on canvas! 🔴 SOLD (Awaiting collection)
  • "Beer. Dick's. Balmain." 13x17cm, oil on canvas 2023. Just up the hill from the old power station, some things just never change - the pub, the beer, the working atmosphere. Hope we never lose that! 🔴 SOLD
  • "Over the back Fence" 15x15cm, oil on canvas 2023. This was all about the trees and the strong light. 🔴 SOLD
  • "Dusk on Mullens Street" 15x15cm, oil on canvas 2023. Fabulous autumn light shines on the iconic Exchange Hotel, one of the many wonders of the Balmain Peninsula! 🔴 SOLD
  • "Ewell see the Light" 17x13cm, oil on canvas 2023. The light on this corner, so high on the hill, is always interesting, and this is one of the most sweeping views of the city skyline. 🔴 SOLD
  • "Welcome" 17x13cm, oil on canvas 2023. The Welcome Hotel on Evans Street is a Rozelle institution, serving drink and food to locals since 1878. These windows must have many a story to tell! 🔴 SOLD
  • "Balmain Buddha" 17x13cm, oil on canvas 2023. This grand building sits quietly as a private residence on what once was the main street into Balmain. People have come and gone, but there was an interesting little Buddha sitting in the window. He is gone but I wonder where he went. 🔴 SOLD
  • "Town Hall in the Afternoon" 17x13cm, oil on canvas 2022. Opened in 1879, the verandah was sadly scrapped when the Town Hall Hotel was renovated in 1930. After many changes over many years it closed. The building is actually very nice, and it will re-open in 2024 with a new team headed by acclaimed Italian chef Alessandro Pavoni who first worked here when he arrived in Australia over 20 years ago. “It’s super exciting. When I came to Sydney, I didn’t understand a word of English and this is where I met my wife. So, it connects with my heart, and I work a lot with my heart.” So cool! 🔴 SOLD
  • "Dry Dock" 13x17cm, oil on canvas 2023. Closed for now. Sold and waiting... The Dry Dock is heritage-listed as it is the oldest licensed hotel in Balmain and an integral part of our shipbuilding/ industrial heritage. It was one of the first to open a beer garden on the location of the current restaurant. Betty "Bottles" Holloway (publican from 1979-82), was one of the first to introduce live music to pubs on the peninsula. 🔴 SOLD
  • "The Exchange" 15x15cm, oil on canvas 2023. As The Exchange undergoes a renovation (in a good way), we wait. But while we wait, there are tasty morsels and Italian wines to be had at Fabbrica downstairs. And to watch this great building slowly transform. 🔴 SOLD.
  • "Setting Sun on Beattie" 15x15cm, oil on canvas 2023. This cute little place looks like it belongs to Europe somewhere. On this day, in the late afternoon sunshine it was very striking (to me). 🔴 SOLD
  • "Birds on Coulon Street" 17x13cm, oil on canvas 2023. Looking up at the powerlines against a very white chimney, the birds were sitting on an antena and deep in conversation. 🔴 SOLD
  • "The Pink Door" 17x13cm, oil on canvas 2023. A Pink Door, a beige wall and a yellow next door make lovely patterns in pastel on a sunny afternoon. 🔴 SOLD
  • "Down by the Workshops" 13x17cm, oil on canvas 2023. Late one afternoon looking at some people looking at the Waterview Wharf Workshops and the boats at Mort Bay. It was quiet and peaceful, you could only hear birds in the distance. 🔴 SOLD
  • "Rozelle Cottage" 15x15cm, oil on canvas 2022. This is so typical of the little workers cottages on the peninsula. This one is so cute in the sunshine in the shade of the tree. 🔴 SOLD
  • "That Building on Darling Street" 17x13cm, oil on canvas 2023. The higher you look, the more beautiful they are along the high street. Which one is this I wonder? 🔴 SOLD
  • "Winter Afternoon" 17x13cm, oil on canvas 2023. Walking home late in the day, the warm colours of autumn/winter are very striking. It's hard to place, this could even be in another country, or a country town somewhere. 🔴 SOLD