Anglesite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
A single yellow anglesite crystal from the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Pencil and coloured pencil (A5 card).
Found a Home Already
Hyalite Opal, Oamaru, New Zealand
Gone to a new home. Quite a tricky one to paint. This is a hyalite opal specimen from Oamaru, North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. The width of view of the specimen is 5mm. Watercolour and coloured pencil on A5 paper.
Bakari, a Male Lion, ZooDoo, Tasmania
Commission Work. Bakari is a male lion that lives at ZooDoo, a wildlife park in southeastern Tasmania. He was used as the subject for a commission painting. Watercolour and coloured pencil on A3 paper. Image is a closeup, about a third of the final work.
Sulphur, Italy
Found a home already. Yellow sulphur crystals contrast nicely with a dark matrix. This painting one of a number that I took with me to Tucson one year. This one did not come back. 😁 Watercolour on black paper.
Amazonite and Smoky Quartz, Colorado, USA
Found a home already. I really enjoy painting this combination of blue or green amazonite with smoky quartz crystals, and have completed a few over the years. Oil on black paper.
Seven Stones
Commission Work. I was asked to acquire seven specific rocks/minerals and paint them. I found most of what was requested while in Tucson, Arizona. Watercolour on black card.
Pyrite, Navajun, Spain
Found a home already. Who doesn’t like the superb lustrous pyrite cubes that come from Navajun, Spain? This painting is watercolours on pink card.
Realgar, China
Commission Work. This is a commissioned painting of a large and very gemmy Chinese realgar crystal, painted on black card using watercolours.
Portrait of Rod Martin
Found a home already. This is a portrait that I did of a friend of mine, Rod Martin, a well-known New Zealand mineral collector. Ink and watercolour on black card.
Bournonite, Yaogangxian Mine, China
Found a home already. A pencil drawing of a cluster of bournonite crystals from the Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China.
Rhodochrosite, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Found a home already. Pink rhodochrosite on black sturtite from Broken Hill, New South Wales. Coloured pencils on A5 grey paper.
Atacamite, Mount Gunson, South Australia
Found a home already. Prismatic deep green atacamite crystals with green fibrous malachite from Mount Gunson, South Australia. Coloured pencils on A5 grey paper.
Iridescent Pyrite, Todd’s Quarry, New Zealand
Found a home already. This is an illustration of iridescent pyrite from Todd’s Quarry, Arapohue, Northland Region, New Zealand. This location is well-known for pyrite that grows preferentially in one direction, resulting in long crystals rather than the standard cubic habit. Sometimes these crystals abruptly change direction at right angles...