Monday, May 25, 2009

















You may have already guessed that I like sunsets and storm clouds and all the better if they are together. Water also seems to be an eliment in almost all of my paintings and photographs. Must be some meaning there........ The above photographs are taken at some of my favourite spots along the East Coast of Australia. The first one is at Hervey Bay and the second one is of Nobbies in Newcastle. The next two are at the Sunshine Coast and the last two were taken at Burrum Heads where I spent every school holiday as a child. When you know a place as long as I have known Burrum Heads, origionally called Traviston or more affectionatly as Travey, you realise how much mother nature changes the world. The foreshore would be hardly recognised if my grandparents were to come back to this earth. The place still retains it's villiage type atmosphere but the black sand dunes where I once played, that led from the front row of houses to the beach and the trees and brush are no longer there. That's now where the beach is. The chanel keeps encroaching closer and closer to the front houses with rock retaining walls now, to protect them from erosion. The creek where my father once went mud crabbing with a long steel rod with a bend on the end to pull out the crabs is now a small sandy creek with houses along it. The mangroves are gone. The sand banks which seemed to go out for ever when the tide was out just don't seem to go near as far any more. The rocks out along that sand bar produced an abundance of oysters for those who liked them. Not something that I have ever been really fond of except if they are "Oysters Kilpatrick". I saw little evidence of those rocks last time I was there.
"The only thing we can be sure of in this life is change"

4 comments:

jorgen said...

The Sulphur cerasted parrots brings it a live

Jo said...

But, omigosh, it still looks beautiful... I would love to visit there. My brother has spent some time there and he loved it.

(And yes, those are my little doodles on the sidebar on my blog. They are all done with either colored pencils or watercolor.)

Marcella said...

One of our sons and his wife and two young children live in Townsville which, I agree is a nice part of our Country but it does get very hot in summer. Was your brother just visiting or was he working there? You know, I've never used coloured pencils apart from as a child. I have bought myself some water soluble oil pastels to try and some earth tone craphite pencils with a hint of colour to try. I just haven't found the subject matter that has inspired me to use them yet. Must give them a go.

Donna said...

Marcella, you visited my blog so thought I would visit yours. Wow! beautiful pictures I love being by water, lakes, oceans, etc. Do you have cockatoos there? I lost my Unbrella last October and had a tough time. We had her for 10 years. You asked about the Staley line. There could be some relationship, but I think my Staleys are from England? Will have to check.