Surfing

Capturing that intense surfing moment ...

"Surfing Shelly's" Early days, sitting on my first board soaking up the sun waiting for a wave. Gouache on canvas/600x450mm

"Lift Your Feet Up Steve" Oil on canvas 750x1000mm

"Caught in a Rip at North Shelly Beach" Oil on canvas/750x1000mm

"In a Little Tube at North Shelly Beach" Oil on canvas/450x600mm

"Wooo Hooo" Wave of the day at Shelly Beach. Oil on canvas/450x600mm

"Getting Hammered on the Paddle Out at Shelly Beach" Bad timing, became one with the seaweed and then washed through the rocks. Oil on Canvas/450x600mm

"Innocent Dolphins" Overcast, raining, and two fins come towards us - dolphins do this for a laugh. Oil on canvas /450x600mm

"Calling on Huey for the Wave of the Day" What we do when we've been sitting waiting for a while. Oil on Canvas/450x600mm

"Going Over the Lip At Watonga" This wave felt so high. Oil on Canvas/450x600mm

Life's a Beach

Whimsical ink and coloured pencil drawings capture the magic of life by the sea creating visual stories that reveal unique worlds. This ever changing and cyclic land that stretches from sand dune to surf is portrayed using a recurring symbolic language.

"Beneath the holy grail of the waves, The seaweeds and jellyfish, Lived their lives in quiet contemplation" A4/Ink and coloured pencil on paper

"Whilst Gecko rode the orange turkey, and th spotted wobbegong topped up the lagoon for the bobbing teabags, Verna the yellow Vespa stood up in wonder and watched" A4/Ink and coloured pencil on paper

"There in my path gently lay a pool of hope, Warming in the sun, On legs of green sea bubbles." A4 Ink and coloured pencil on paper

"Skippy made tracks along the sand, Beside the little herbs and grasses" A4/Ink and coloured pencil on paper

"Warmed by the sun, and pulled by the moon, the three small jelly fish, rose to the surface of the sea." A4/Ink and coloured pencil on paper

"Skippy fished for spotted cowrie shells, Whilst she contemplated life inside a sea bubble" A4/Ink and coloured pencil on paper

"Released from the sand, The bee flew past the wind shells and the swaying pine, Towards the three sky spirits" A4/Ink and coloured pencil on paper

"A storm blows in from the south, The seas rise, And two green sea bubbles escape to the shore" A4/Ink and coloured pencil on paper

"Morning at Shelly Beach. A line of surfers watch the monster waves looming around the headland, A turkey sits under the shelter of the caravan, And Gecko snorkles with the wobbegongs" A4/Ink and coloured pencil on paper

"Gecko goes backdoor under the turtle sun" A4/Ink and coloured pencil on paper

"Explosions of joy, Along the shore, Kept Skippy enthralled" A4/Ink and coloured pencil on paper