Secret path

A secret beach path that I had to climb a fence to find - Victor Harbor. Secret path - 5x7" - Acrylic on canvas board, signed and ready to frame $65 plus postage Buy now

Beach path, Victor Harbor

One of the hidden beach paths very close to the Victor Harbor town. Most of this area is fenced off now and lies unseen.
Victor Harbor beach path - 5x7" - Acrylic on canvas board, signed and ready to frame
$65 plus postage
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Encounter Bay yacht

Late in the day, late in December, a yacht had come out to play.
Acrylic on canvas board - 5"x7" Encounter Bay yacht - $65 plus postage Buy now

Beach path - Goolwa

The sandhills near Goolwa provide some interesting and inviting beach paths.

Beach path - Goolwa - 180x90cm acrylic on linen - $7900

Available soon at Red Opus Art Space - Belair Gallery

Encounter Bay

A familiar sight for most South Australians - the bluf stands out as it protect and overlooks the bay.

Encounter Bay - Acrylic on linen - 180x90cm - $7900
Available to view at Alphutte Restaurant soon.

Beach path - Goolwa

One of my favourite beaches - this time in pastel.
Beach path - Goolwa - 70x40cm pastel on board
Available at Victor Harbor Rotary Art Show.

First for the new year?

Awarded first prize at the Port Adelaide Rotary Art Show - Jan 1st 7pm

I wonder if it was the first prize awarded anywhere in Australia or the world for the new year?

Misty Goolwa

There always seems to be plenty of drama in the skies at Goolwa Beach and of course always busy with cocklers.

Misty Goolwa - available at the Port Adelaide Rotary Art show - $3500

Mike Barr art calendar

Only a limited number of these calendars are available.
Australian Calendar - A4 size that opens to A3. 12 images that can be framed later.
$39.95 each.. free postage in Australia - International postage extra
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Summer sun - Semaphore

One of my favourite scenes to paint - Semaphore jetty, South Australia.
Summer sun - Semaphore - 100x70cm acrylic on linen
Port Adelaide Rotary Art show - $3500
Portside Christian church
Causeway Road, Ethelton
Opens Sat Jan 2 - 7th

Goolwa surf

80x80cm acrylic on canvas

Misty beach - Goolwa

It was just before Christmas 2008 and a low sea mist enveloped cocklers on Goolwa Beach looking toward Middleton.

Misty Beach - Goolwa - 150x75cm acrylic on linen

Winter's afternoon at the beach

A demonstration painting done at a demonstration afternoon today at the Royal South Australian Society of Arts. It is of nowhere inparticular and developed on the canvas during the 2-hour demo.
SOLD.

Winter's afternoon at the beach - Acrylic on linen - 120cmx60cm

Dawn rain - 'Victor Harbor

A morning rain storm sweeps across the bay at Victor Harbor - South Australia. It doesn't deter a couple of sailing enthusiasts that have just cast off from the Victor Harbor yacht club.

Dawn rain - Victor Harbor acrylic on linen - 150x75cm - $4950

Late storm - Goolwa beach

Goolwa Beach is dramatic enough in normal conditions but far more so with grey skies and late afternoon sun. Cocklers continue to dig for cockles while there is time.

Late Storm - Goolwa Beach

180x60cm - Artworx Gallery Goolwa - SOLD

Yellow umbrella - Semaphore

A favourite subject revisited - just a little more to be done on it as I look at it in this form. Having said that, can you see a story in this painting?

Yellow umbrella - Semaphone - 80x80cm Acrylic on linen

Red umbrella 2

The second version of a previous work last week. A little larger this time.

80x80cm acrylic on linen.

Surf Collection

I was thrilled to receive this substantial book in the mail a few weeks ago. Titled the 'Surf Collection' it's one of the heaviest books you can imagine outside the realm of the Greater Oxford Dictionary. It comprises the greatest collection of surfing memorabilia ever put together by co-author and renowned archeologist of surfing, Gerard Decoster.
The book has no contents page and none of its 350 pages are numbered. It's a book to be dipped into without regard to order - each page is an entity and a discovery - a delight to anyone even remotely connected to surfing.
Gerard bought one of my paintings last year all the way from France and I am honoured that this very painting depecting a lone surfer heading for the last waves of the day at Coolum, made it into this historic work.

Thank you Gerard and well done on such a spendid publication.

See the link for more information on the book and its authors -
http://www.clubofthewaves.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=553

Red umbrella - North Tce

The pretty North Terrace boulevard is always ready to show off something red in the rain.
Red Umbrella - North Terrace - 55x55cm - acrylic on linen - $1500

Moon on the beach

Near Middleton beach.
The moon illuminates the beach from behind the clouds and attracts walkers on this special night.

100x70cm - acrylic on linen
Moon after the rain