Very small paintings: 2024

This is a selection of SOLD Very Small Paintings in 2024.
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.

 

Click on an image for details

  • "The Bike" 15x15cm. oil on canvas, 2024. Just outside the door, neatly secured and caught by the light. The shapes and shadows were really interesting. A nice 'old school' style bike too. In the city there are electric ones that people just dump in the middle of the footpath! Not here on the peninsula! 🔴SOLD
  • 'Afternoon on Mullens' oil on canvas. 2024. 15x15cm. I keep painting this because I live those trees! They look sort of tropical, so they make a nice contrast to everything else. 🔴 SOLD
  • 'London' oil on canvas. 2024. 17x13cm. This IS Balmain. The famous London Hotel, sitting at the east end of Darling Street, has operated non-stop since 1870 - just think of how times have changed, and the stories it could tell! I love this corner, with its power pole and flag. This one might be a study for a larger work. 🔴SOLD
  • 'Sunset on Wise' oil on canvas. 2024. 15x15cm. I painted a similar (larger) version of this a couple of years ago for an exhibition called "Streets of My Town". Looking at the same landscape over and over, I’m always fascinated by how it changes so dramatically in different light conditions. One of my favourite times of day is the very late afternoon but in just a few minutes everything changes and it will be gone forever. 🔴SOLD
  • "The London Tree #2" 15x15cm. oil on canvas, 2024. Opposite the London Hotel in Balmain the big tree, with it's stunning twisted trunk, was a fixture in the landscape as you sit and sip a beer on the verandah. That was in summer, before some heavy rain soaked the ground in autumn and the roots couldn't cling on anymore. I miss this lovely tree that was so part of the London's iconic view. 🔴 SOLD
  • "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
  • "Autumn Light or Balmain Fire" 15x15cm. oil on canvas, 2024. Autumn sunsets make everything look amazing. The colours on this day actually looked like this, so wanted to call it 'Balmain Fire' but I didn't want to scare anybody! 🔴 SOLD
  • "Afternoon Walk" 15x15cm. oil on canvas, 2024. Very late in the day and down the hill on a walk near Mort Bay. I love these shadows! 🔴 SOLD
  • "Over the back Fence" 15x15cm, oil on canvas 2023. This was all about the trees and the strong light. 🔴 SOLD
  • "Going Home" 17x13cm. oil on canvas, 2024. Late one afternoon in Rozelle, this is looking towards Birkenhead Point... then the cyclist came just as I took the picture, but I like him there, he created some nice shapes! 🔴 SOLD
  • "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
  • "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)
  • "Roundabout" 15x15cm, oil on canvas 2024. The roundabout is tiny. Big cars often get stuck in it, not to mention. trucks! Sometimes you see piles of broken glass, sometimes the sign gets mangled, or even totally wiped out. 🔴 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.
  • "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
  • "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
  • "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
  • "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
  • "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
  • "Sitting High" 17x13cm. oil on canvas, 2024. Neat rows of cottages can often be seen on the peninsula. Timber or stone, most are renovated and polished now and treasured like prized jewels. We are so lucky here, the peninsula is prime location so close to the city, but it still feels like its a small village. Perfect really! 🔴 Private Commission.
  • "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
  • "A Sunny Afternoon on Evans Street" 2024. Oil on canvas. 15x15cm. I painted a larger version of this in 2021 and called it 'Town or country?' I'm always drawn to this corner because it could be in any country town. It's so true when they say "a painting can transport you"! 🔴 SOLD
  • "A Last look at the London Tree" 13x17cm. oil on canvas, 2024. Sitting on the verandah at the London in Balmain you can watch the traffic and the people walk past, but I loved looking at the big tree with it's stunning twisted trunk. This was in summer. After some heavy rain in autumn the ground couldn't hold the roots anymore and down it fell. This is my third (and final) painting of this beautiful tree. 🔴 SOLD