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Losing something on a rainy day..
May 27, 2009
May 18, 2009
May 9, 2009
Love and Rockets
“Love and Rockets”, watercolor, A3 size, 1995.
Cape Byron is seen though a nice tube at Cosy Corner, Tallow Beach, Byron Bay. All the surfers seem to be riding Rocket Research surfboards, made by… yours truly.
Painted this at 69 Massinger St.
May 2, 2009
Another sale
In association with Tigerfish Gallery, we sold this painting this week.
It will be delivered by ferry across the very same waterway seen in the painting.
Congratulations S & W on your purchase, a strong addition to your existing collection of Norvals. 
Enjoy!
April 29, 2009
Windshark
This pastel dates from about 1984, before I started painting.
I was sailing a lot at Phillip Island and out at Cactus Beach, both notoriously sharky locations. I never got attacked by a shark (touch wood) but I certainly saw a few!
The sailboard was shaped by Tom Tyrrell, of Island Surfboards.
This artwork is in the collection of a well-known TV personality who keeps it (or used to) in his bedroom. Dunno what his wife makes of that!
April 20, 2009
A river full of sharks
Fortune favors the brave - and fantastic surf is just a short paddle away, across a river full full of sharks…
The Seaway
February 19, 2009
I Live to Ride
“I Live to Ride”, acrylic on canvas, @54×48″, 1988.
I painted this one at the Data Express courier base in Douglas St, South Melbourne.
I had a little studio in the corner of the warehouse and I would paint in between jobs.
Working as a motorcycle courier was my all-time favorite job and I was very, very good at it.
But as time would tell, not quite so good at riding pushbik
es…
February 10, 2009
Big Wednesday
“Big Wednesday”, oil on canvas, two panels, @ 48″ x 120″, 1993.
This painting shows a cyclone swell at Manly in 1993. The swell came up from dead flat at dawn to 12-15′ by lunchtime. Surfable spots on the northern beaches were Fairy Bower, the Queenscliff bommie, North Narra, North Av and South Palmy. This was before tow-surfing was invented.
The best part of this painting is the loving depiction of my trusty FZ750 at bottom left 
“Big Wednesday” is currently on semi-permanent exhibition at Torquay’s iconic Surfworld Museum and could be yours for a cool $50,000.
Contact Grant Forbes at Tigerfish in Torquay for details.
Big Wednesday
February 3, 2009
HM The Queen
“HM The Queen”, mixed media, @2mx3m, 1993.
This was my entry for the Archibald Prize for portraiture in 1993.
It shows Queen Elizabeth sailing up the Yarra River in about 1963.
My sister ate too much fairy floss and got sick.
January 19, 2009
The Beacon
The Beacon
“The Beacon” is at 13th Beach, Victoria.
This beach is named after the 13th hole on the Barwon Heads golf course, which is just behind the beach.
“The Beacon” is known for hollow, pitching peaks and has been a popular surfing spot for decades.
“The Beacon”, oil on canvas, 24 x 30″, 2007.
This painting may be viewed at Tigerfish Gallery, Torquay.