Artist's Palette

Harry Barden’s life began in Plymouth, Devonshire, in 1931. He trained at the ‘West of England College of Art’ Bristol, and subsequently worked for a few years for the American Animation Company as a painter and tracer. Later, he served for some tim

This is the kind of painting that I can do very quickly. I usually work on a series of six at a time. This Demonstration is an example of a character I have created called ‘Harry Thong’. I have tried to inject some good old-fashioned bush humour – a

ARTIST’S PALETTE magazine seeks to showcase the works of talented Australians producing art at a whole range of skill levels, whether they are accomplished creative people with a long history of achievements or beginners (of all ages) striving to bui

Judy Kurtz was born and schooled at Condobolin in New South Wales. She has since lived in various parts of the State including Sydney, Katoomba and Orange. A passion for art began when she was a child – drawing on anything she could find (including t

David Robert Hill was born in North London, but he now lives and works at his home studio at Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. He completed a four year diploma course at The Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney, and was awarded a Fi

Dell Fechner was born at the gold mining town of Cracow in central Queensland. She is now retired and lives on Queensland’s Gold Coast – where she pursues painting as a hobby. Art training for this lady began at the age of 12, through a correspondenc

My passion for the art of painting began more than 40 years ago. I love the illusory nature of oil paint; even the smell of it. To create form and space, light and movement – simply by applying this thick coloured ‘butter’ to canvas – is a joy indeed

We had a wonderful summer at Mudgee, and I am painting in a paddock with dry grass about a metre high. I have a good view of my subject – the original homestead built on our property about 100 years ago. I am deliberately sitting with the sun to the

I had no idea what I would be doing when I started … but I felt like glazing for a while. I chose some colours I like to work with, and launched myself into this project to see what I would finish up with. The entire work was glazed and painted with

For this demonstration, my family and I journeyed to Goodnight Scrub – a national park just south of Gin Gin. I love the lush rolling hills and winding dirt roads, and the mix of pine and bottle trees. My son however does not feel the same way about

Felicity Grant can remember wanting to draw from an early age. She always wanted to sketch whatever she saw in the world around her. As a girl she was raised on a sheep and cattle property in south-west Queensland – and her close association with ani

I chose several different reference photographs of elephants from the Internet, books and newspapers, and practiced several small sketches of elephant compositions. When content, I graphed up a piece of tracing paper using 1cm squares and placed this

Monica Burrows was born at Bundaberg in Queensland. She commenced weekly art lessons at Bundaberg’s Woodrow Gallery at the tender age of eight. She continued to study art with Berris Woodrow throughout primary school. After leaving high school, she

By Felicity Grant I search for an interesting subject in my garden. The little Superb Blue Wrens are very busy – so I include the male blue wren in my composition and (for interest) add my teacup. This is a tonal sketch done with 2B and 4B pencil. I

To meet the World Expeditions Art Adventure tour to the Flinders Ranges, I first had to travel to Port Augusta – some 1500 kilometres from my home near Sydney. I considered the option of flying to Adelaide and transferring by bus; before electing to

On Wednesday morning 21 May at the remote Willow Springs Station deep in the Flinders Ranges, I climbed out of my swag while it was still dark. As I rebuilt the campfire, Belair artist and fellow traveller Leslie Jorgensen joined me in its glow. We h