Saturday 15th November 2008 - Ewan

Ewan stood in for our absent model at the last minute. At 9 years old he is a better model than many of the adults that we hire! My fellow painters agreed that somehow I had made him look older, a preview of the teenager he is to become maybe.

Ewan - oil on canvas panel - 16 x 12" - sold

Satruday 30th August 2008 - Ewan

Ewan is Rosa's brother and the son of a good friend of mine. I think he was envious of his big sister earning the model fee and was eager to have a go at modelling himself. he did a great job and held very still.

Ewan - oil on canvas panel - 16 x 12" - sold

Sunday 24th August 2008 - Conversations with Sheep

I went to paint these sheep about a year ago, only to find that they move all the time. I took photos and mostly painted the mountains that day, but hung onto the photos. I was looking for something to paint on Sunday morning before manning the gallery all day and found this one of the little girl painting away while the sheep moved around her - she seemed completely unconcerned.

I got most of this done in between customers on Sunday and finished it off at Ray's class on Thursday.

Conversations With Sheep - oil on canvas - 12 x 12" - $575

Saturday 20th October 2007 - Rosa

Rosa is the 11 year old (nearly 12) daughter of my good friend Jayne. They had come to watch the Portrait Society Saturday painting session a few times when we were out in public places, like the Fechin Museum. Rosa decided she would like to model and could definitely spend the $45 modelling fee. Nancy, who runs the group was not sure that Rosa was serious about modelling and put her off a few times but Rosa was quite determined.
She was an excellent model and stayed very still for us. After the first 20 minute session she took a break and looked at all the paintings. I asked her what colour background I should put in and she suggested the sky and mountains. I painted in an approximation of Taos Mountain with El Salto to the left and sagebrush in the mid-ground and I think it works pretty well.
Rosa - oil on canvas - 11 x 14" not for sale.