tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278333492024-03-06T05:35:38.602+11:00artbymaconline journal of Hawkesbury Artist Malcolm RobertsonMachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738444006083295881noreply@blogger.comBlogger301125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27833349.post-12195455358078168332023-06-12T11:15:00.000+10:002023-06-12T11:15:12.774+10:00<p>A couple of paintings hung at the recent Macquarie Towns Arts Society Autumn exhibition in Richmond</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6Q7dgM4inIYcZa8CWhPvBkTMZhYU4ARV7Eph2bPKAOSsJ87Zx58YO27pKhLkUYyYlZ8y-Uf1JGew9_7cZKEVwNPFd6Mw7IDkvT7P4l3zmiNblhtZL0mzdbinTeY_1R-k0EOr8EpEoy-EFslKG4s5XiNBtikWfov4SkcO3nNT6EDKIz73eA/s3738/IMG_20230528_125933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2833" data-original-width="3738" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6Q7dgM4inIYcZa8CWhPvBkTMZhYU4ARV7Eph2bPKAOSsJ87Zx58YO27pKhLkUYyYlZ8y-Uf1JGew9_7cZKEVwNPFd6Mw7IDkvT7P4l3zmiNblhtZL0mzdbinTeY_1R-k0EOr8EpEoy-EFslKG4s5XiNBtikWfov4SkcO3nNT6EDKIz73eA/s320/IMG_20230528_125933.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It was a sunny winter morning, but the wind was gusty and chilly, the painting board was rattling in the wind and as I tried to adjust it the painting was whipped away... onto the palette! I took this as a sign that it was time to stop!</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMj5bRN6HjbpyGnCNCKrbdPD01-c-OmmfdTEV47SZS2u0R7TDqGeeTu1e4ZdHSY4DXhuZkcgxe42i2y99CJj_wBi6uKSLbapFunPVR7Lzjm03F7CQ48PRY2svrDAkovTU9YsDR4g/s2048/IMG_20210617_115750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1559" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMj5bRN6HjbpyGnCNCKrbdPD01-c-OmmfdTEV47SZS2u0R7TDqGeeTu1e4ZdHSY4DXhuZkcgxe42i2y99CJj_wBi6uKSLbapFunPVR7Lzjm03F7CQ48PRY2svrDAkovTU9YsDR4g/s320/IMG_20210617_115750.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Adjusted a little later</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-skF4D-iuODs/YNF7HhmsfyI/AAAAAAAAIXw/KdtxFaBF1Toz1V641xuIlrDgRxTLM3TrwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20210622_153241.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1553" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-skF4D-iuODs/YNF7HhmsfyI/AAAAAAAAIXw/KdtxFaBF1Toz1V641xuIlrDgRxTLM3TrwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210622_153241.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738444006083295881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27833349.post-83075154143845308312021-06-21T09:57:00.011+10:002021-06-21T10:00:07.452+10:00The Village Kitchen Kurrajong<p>The Village Kitchen at Kurrajong, a local Restaurant and Coffee shop, holds regular exhibitions of Art on a rolling basis, changing every 5 weeks or so. At the moment four of our Piggery Lane Studios Artists have the current exhibition there. It would have been Five, but Jenny Lloyd only has nudes at the moment and the owners didn't want nudes on the walls, so the present exhibition is Kym Morris, Marian Wilcox, Sharron Whitington and myself.</p><p>The exhibition runs until July 15th, these are some of my landscapes on display there.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O5P6CqiHmMs/YM_VlRH9gJI/AAAAAAAAIV4/kNLdV3aJZ1c1aljelxvkEGV9Wb_MULqXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20210612_150139.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O5P6CqiHmMs/YM_VlRH9gJI/AAAAAAAAIV4/kNLdV3aJZ1c1aljelxvkEGV9Wb_MULqXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210612_150139.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jTxUqCbWD5E/YM_VqIaeucI/AAAAAAAAIV8/HqPRrRzfebAIRYKD_q_zQfgLgb3PYr--wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20210612_150147.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1593" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jTxUqCbWD5E/YM_VqIaeucI/AAAAAAAAIV8/HqPRrRzfebAIRYKD_q_zQfgLgb3PYr--wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210612_150147.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qXDoLMChYW0/YM_VtfnEgTI/AAAAAAAAIWA/-L5i79n-58MbJMAbmetwc6LOhAUjIoYRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20210612_150151.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qXDoLMChYW0/YM_VtfnEgTI/AAAAAAAAIWA/-L5i79n-58MbJMAbmetwc6LOhAUjIoYRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210612_150151.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z014hufN9OU/YM_VxiIkJfI/AAAAAAAAIWE/RriAZUPFGWkXUQMUOVGUguuQ5r70PM__ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20210612_150157.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1849" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z014hufN9OU/YM_VxiIkJfI/AAAAAAAAIWE/RriAZUPFGWkXUQMUOVGUguuQ5r70PM__ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210612_150157.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738444006083295881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27833349.post-4802831013087816902021-06-10T08:19:00.023+10:002021-06-10T08:42:19.072+10:00Visit to AGNSW<p>I decided to travel in to Sydney to see this year's Archibald Prize exhibition at the AGNSW. I think the winning portrait of 'Guy warren at 100' by Peter Wegner was a good portrait and was more than just an image, and there were a number of other fine portraits too.</p><p>I did find the accompanying exhibition of '100 years of the Archibald' a much more interesting and rewarding experience. I didn't spend much time with the other two exhibitions.</p><p>The visit to the Gallery was a bit of a nostalgic experience as I couldnt help being reiminded as I walked up to it that it was 60 years this year that our ship arrived in Sydney on route to Brisbane and, berthed at Wolloomooloo. As a young boy I walked up the grassy hill above the ship and was thrilled to discover the Art Gallery of NSW! There is a view from a Gallery Window of the area where the ship berthed though it is a little obscured now.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WeqxfLc9hQw/YME78yKq1AI/AAAAAAAAIHk/0ty2VADJ1UMzFCjYeGD1CBmVMTpZcHxBQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20210609_111501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WeqxfLc9hQw/YME78yKq1AI/AAAAAAAAIHk/0ty2VADJ1UMzFCjYeGD1CBmVMTpZcHxBQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210609_111501.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>the Painting of 'The Queen of Sheba to King Solomon' by Edward Poynter made a huge impression on me as the painting that hit you in the eye as you walked in, now in a different location.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsdx9dT3zigi_PtQ4RDPJH2K_tNpILM5M-fYMpjOFbOwM_2VRrNO9tFd_aD1FO0BYXArFTEttfzdAuthfIiKSPzFDGHuv9HywHMR6XUAvA7ORZgZeqPI736_Op9AJUAx3S3Qnfw/s2048/IMG_20210609_125917.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsdx9dT3zigi_PtQ4RDPJH2K_tNpILM5M-fYMpjOFbOwM_2VRrNO9tFd_aD1FO0BYXArFTEttfzdAuthfIiKSPzFDGHuv9HywHMR6XUAvA7ORZgZeqPI736_Op9AJUAx3S3Qnfw/s320/IMG_20210609_125917.jpg" width="320" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and amother painting that sticks in my mind from that visit and is always there to see is the one by James Tissot</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--pIqNICA6qc/YME-Pl5gEoI/AAAAAAAAIH0/alGmmoDbQ_8ks1qQOK4NtJPPSVALzmQ8QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20210609_125930.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--pIqNICA6qc/YME-Pl5gEoI/AAAAAAAAIH0/alGmmoDbQ_8ks1qQOK4NtJPPSVALzmQ8QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210609_125930.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The AGNSW is full of wonderful paintings and a great place to visit!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div>Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738444006083295881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27833349.post-70417833008142224182021-05-30T08:39:00.001+10:002021-05-30T08:39:34.722+10:00Mia<p>We haven't had our regular portrait group at the Hawkesbury Community Arts Workshop for a few months now due to floods and various other happenings, and almost didn't again this month when the sitter that was arranged had to cancel at the last moment, but fortunately for us Mia, who was booked for next month was able to fit in for us.</p><p>I gave her this portrait sketch at the end of the session and wasn't able to get a decent photo of it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rB8fq1-mF_U/YLLCkxorYXI/AAAAAAAAH40/qokCShRZMxUPVlJq7f7ElkpZscMfIZBtACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20210529_124013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1631" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rB8fq1-mF_U/YLLCkxorYXI/AAAAAAAAH40/qokCShRZMxUPVlJq7f7ElkpZscMfIZBtACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20210529_124013.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738444006083295881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27833349.post-72996220727565341532021-05-26T09:30:00.002+10:002021-05-26T09:30:35.044+10:00Portrait Demonstration <p>On Tuesday March 15th I was invited to do a demonstration Portrait painting from life for the Macquarie Towns Arts Society.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qDr86qpjgvk" width="320" youtube-src-id="qDr86qpjgvk"></iframe></div><br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xV6S2CU-EkA/YK2IfzlX-dI/AAAAAAAAHz4/PPMNWLwIY3gmnoB6t2IKahi2DwCgZemsgCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/175549365_3896358097079393_677994089561833151_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<br />Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738444006083295881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27833349.post-76290240740127806142019-12-10T07:59:00.000+11:002019-12-10T07:59:29.848+11:00In Progressstarting another bush scene<br />
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Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738444006083295881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27833349.post-17679421581922541172019-12-02T07:28:00.000+11:002019-12-02T07:28:08.940+11:00WendyOur sitter at the Hawkesbury Community Arts Workshop portrait group was Wendy. As it was the last group for the year we had and extended break so I only painted one sketch this time<br />
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<br />Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738444006083295881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27833349.post-9961043121540127922019-11-26T09:19:00.003+11:002019-11-26T09:19:42.639+11:00Londonderry Trees 2Another painting of the same trees from a slightly different angle, still to be finished.<br />
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<br />Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738444006083295881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27833349.post-83356886562770940762019-11-24T07:03:00.001+11:002019-11-24T07:03:57.017+11:00Albert MoriartyThursday was the funeral for Bert Moriarty, who would have been 99 at the end of this month. Bert lived on Bowen Mountain and was a local character... an artist, a storyteller who spoke his mind, and an engineer who could make things!<br />
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Bert would occasionally drop in to the Piggery when I used to be in there regularly and I painted this portrait of him in early 2012.<br />
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Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738444006083295881noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27833349.post-4673645971746855622019-11-16T21:41:00.001+11:002019-11-16T21:41:48.657+11:00Londonderry TreesI went out the other week and did a little plein air sketch of some trees, and decided to make them into a large painting... still to be finished<br />
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<br />Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04738444006083295881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27833349.post-5209267391274507992019-11-12T11:44:00.002+11:002019-11-13T07:54:59.518+11:00Portrait at Richmond Art SuppliesSaturday was our regular monthly portrait group at Richmond Art Supplies and Melissa was again the model for these two 16 x 12 oil sketches, a 60 (or 80) minute and a 30 minute<br />
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