'brothers'....

'Brothers'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

ok...finished one of them!.... it's now off to Manyung Gallery for the Easter exhibition  in Sorrento...
....wish I was going to the beach with them!

'Brothers'
 Jo-Ann Hunt ©
'The Child Within' series
H122x92cm
H48x36ins
Acrylic on Canvas
xxxx

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...and now there are six....

work in progress...slow progress

On my easel.....six kids.....this is the most kids I've ever painted 

in the one space.

it's a bit like having six kids in the kitchen....something is bound to happen!

and there are now six times the chances of me messing up!

I'm already struggling ! 

feel like I'm wrestling with the paint.... a bit like this lovely kitch carving

 on the Rye Foreshore...how many kids would have run their hands 

over its woody, knubbly  tentacles over the years. 

I love it...makes me smile!

Rye Octopus Sculpture
'Octopus Garden'  2003
 Angela Polglaze

carved from a tree trunk with chainsaws
love the orange crab ! 

for more info on Angela...(that's not her!)sculptor and power-carver...
angela-polglaze .com

Update: ... I knew these little people would give me strife.... 

the 2 on the left and the little guy all changed!


                       Jo   :)

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...Sunny Season in Sorrento ...an exhibition

Manyung Gallery, Sorrento

Manyung Gallery, Sorrento

A couple of pics from my Exhibition.

unfortunately I'm still  a tad under the weather  and didn't get down to see it,

so  this is all I have.

I believe one painting is off to Germany, another to Queensland

and one to Tassie.   Fantastic !!

if you've bought one of my paintings, email me a photo of it on your wall...

 I always  love to see where they end up!

                         Jo  :)

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'Coast and Country'

all dry, wrapped and ready for a new home

Brochures done, paintings wrapped and waiting for the courier.

now that's a happy sight!

'Sunny Season in Sorrento' opens on Saturday 11 Jan 2014

at Manyung Gallery, 113A Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento, Victoria

but I've noticed one painting may have sold already and it's still in my hall!

'Coast and Country' features trees that were inspired by the pines

at Sorrento and Torquay, and so many other seaside villages

and beauty-spots around our coast.

Many of these beaches are my absolute, all-time favourites....

there's something historical and gentile and 'forever' about these places...

....don't you just love a beach that comes with ready-made shade?

'Coast and Country'
Jo-Ann Hunt©
'The Child Within' Series
H122x90cm
H47x35ins
Acrylic on Canvas
xxxx

'Coast and Country'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

'Coast and Country'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt ©

'It's a Wrap'

We had a place at Sorrento and everyday we'd take the kids to the beach.

We bought a few large black plastic rubbish bins,

and we'd half-fill these with cold water in the morning.....

and leave them smack in the middle of the yard...in the full sun.

We'd leave the hose out in the sun too.... snaking over the hot grass.

Then off we'd go to the beach for the day.

When we returned, instead of a shower, we'd put the kids

in  the rubbish bins!

The water was hot by now....warmed by the sun.

They loved it....squealing with delight they'd sink down up to their necks.....

Sand off! Job done!

then we'd bundle them all into towels, and take them inside for tea.

'It's a Wrap'
Jo-Ann Hunt©
'The Child Within-Summer' Series
H92x122cm
H36x48ins
Acrylic on Canvas
sold

'It's a Wrap'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt ©

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bad luck.....

Surf's Up
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt

I love watching kids, I love being with kids.
I love their energy, their optimism.

I love the awkward years, the gangly years.....the years between five and twelve.....when they outgrow everything.....even it seems their own bodies.

when they're all elbows and knees.....and clutsy!

I love clutsy, clumsy kids!

and those kids that are so full on into everything, they can't wait for their brains to catch up with their bodies.

and those kids that just go about their business, lost in their own thoughts, planning, fiddling, creating, messing.

Surf's Up
Jo-Ann Hunt©
'The Child Within - Summer' Series
H112x102cm
H44x40ins
Acrylic on Canvas
2010
sold

         

  'We've had bad luck with our kids....

                                                           they're all grown up.'          

                                                                                                   

                                                                                        Christopher Morley

               me too Christopher!  ditto!


                                                                                        Jo  x


                                                                                                












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off up another rabbit hole!

Sometimes I feel like a rabbit racing up one hole, only to realize that I really want to go in a different direction.....
so I start tunnelling towards a new idea , only to find that once I'm halfway there, it's not quite right and I change direction again.


eventually, most times, I end up somewhere....
though not where I expected!


there's nothing like a surprize destination in life....
it's times like these I say "thankyou God, that I'm not stuck in any other job somewhere else!


there's a lot to be said for waking up, and never knowing whether you'll be happy with your day , or champing at the bit, ready to race
up another hole tomorrow!

Monday's Captain
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt

sometimes a new direction shows a lot of potential....

Monday's Captain
Jo-Ann Hunt
'The Child Within' Series
H122x41cm
H48x16ins
Acrylic on Canvas
2010
Sorrento SLSC cap colours
sold

what do you think?

                                                 Jo  x                                          

(copied from notes in my workbook...31-07-10)

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Grab the Sunglasses

Sorrento, Victoria

Another glorious autumn day in Melbourne.

just right for a trip to the beach.

there was a time when this meant grab the sunglasses, the sunscreen , and a towel.







'Mates'
Jo-Ann Hunt
 'Small Works ....Summer' Series
H30x30cm
H12x12ins
Acrylic on Canvas
2011
sold

 

not any more!

Jo x

U-Boats and Beaches

Sorrento, Victoria
late Spring 2010

Some months back I took a day-trip to Sorrento, a favourite haunt just one hours drive from home. the day was remarkable for two things.




Remarkable Fact no 1 ....


 
I saw a submarine in the bay. excitedly I pointed this out to some elderly ( or middle-aged, or mature, or fully-grown, or ripened...whatever you fancy is politically correct) tourists happily snapping photos of the pier, the sand, the trees, everything but this torpedo shape slicing quietly through the water.

'jah, ooh-boat, oooh-boat' he said in his heavy russian/germanic accent, looking at me , puzzled.

obviously submarines in his part of the world are an everyday occurrence.........first time I've ever seen one in Port Phillip! 

Remarkable Fact no 2....

photographed with friends, same day,  at the beach, this shot has become the catalyst for a whole new series of paintings ....my 'Small Works' ....which I hope to spotlight on ths blog.

it was such a perfect day....

she just didn't want to go home.....

'Mummy, Wait'
Jo-Ann Hunt
'Small Works ... Summer' Series
H30x30cm
H12x12ins
Acrylic on Canvas
xxxx

and neither did her brother..... 



'Let's Go'
Jo-Ann Hunt
'Small Works ...Summer' Series
H25x30cm
H10x12ins
Acrylic on Canvas
xxxx



and to tell you the obvious....neither did I !

Jo xx