Scribbly Gums Art

This is our art blog because we thought it was about time to put our artwork onto a separate place!! It is where the bush and creativity meet.

There are two other blogs I regularly update which may be of interest to you also ..... Please come and say hi!!

Tattered Inspirations
(Mixed Media Blog)

A Taste of Honey
(ScrapBooking and Info Blog)

Scribbly Gums Art is named after our property 'Scribbly Gums' which is on the Lower Boro Road between Bungendore and Braidwood.

This blog is an ongoing celebration of those things and
will display Phil and my passions - art, painting, sculpture, mosaics, pottery, photography, mixed media and iron.....

Come and enjoy the art ..... and leave a comment - we would love to hear from you!

Carol & Phil Mead

Saturday, July 5, 2008

A few paintings....at last !!

Well It has been a while since I updated the site as I have been a bit inundated at work! We have gained new funding and I guess I didn't expect that they would all be approved but they were.....so ..... I am run off my feet!

Anyway enough of that here are some new paintings from our trip to Tilba and a few I have done in the last few days..... Please enjoy


This would have to be my favuorite painting for some time. This coastal bansia was growing near Mystery Bay looking out to see and although the flower was great - I really loved this banskia pod. It has such character. Not only that but it is painted on much smaller paper than usual - A5 size instead of A4 or A3. It was tricky to execute but I love the result.


I am pretty desperate to find flowers in my garden at the moment but this little Happy Wanderer (Hardenbergia) is now putting out its buds even though most other plants are sleeping as it is so cold. The purple is so vivid when it is out properly - but here we are only lucky enough to have buds.


The camilias in the winter garden are a bit weedy due to the drought and probably lack of food.....I took pity on them today and gave them a good dose of moo poo and water so hopefully they will feel a lot better soon. Phil also popped on wetting agent because the drought has made the garden water repellant - hopefully it will rain this week - we need lots!!

This little pink flowering gum is struggling in the front garden with the drought, but low down are a few new flowers ..... this is a bit more subtle in colours than the real colours of the flowers and leaves but I like the quiet feel to this painting.

A few flowers growing in my garden - everything is a bit straggly at the moment. But those jonquils give a real splash of much needed colour to the beds. I am not really a fan of yellow in my paintings as it does tend to look dirty when you shade it - but this has worked quite well I think.


This flowering gum was valiantly putting forth a few early flowers - it usually is covered in blossoms in October. There has been a lot of rain in Tilba over the last couple of months so everything was looking lush and green for our weekend away.



Finally the last painting from Tilba - it is really such a lovely spot.

Thanks for letting me share my paintings with you......

Lots of love
Carol

3 comments:

Lisa Pate said...

Beautiful as always :)

Deanne Stewart-Mills said...

You are so talented Carol. These are just beautiful.
Deanne
xx

Ceci said...

Oh wow Carol...I had no idea that you were an artist, I love your delicate watercolours. :)