Xmas part 1

Gladstone Queensland

Xmas part 1 is a write-off for me.

still out-of-sorts.

to cheer myself up I was looking back at my Queensland photos.

I think I'll start a file for my 'Tattslotto-home'

either of these will do....

Agnes Water beach, Queensland.....  and 1770.....

Agnes Water Beach, Qld

lovely Queenslander, lovely Agnes

my absolute favourite dream home....today :)

I'd never leave that verandah

just look at that view

1770....sigh

Ok.... it's working....feeling chipper  !

          Jo  :)


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....under the weather....

'On Patrol'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt

out of sorts

under the weather

below par

feeling awful

sick as a dog

off-form

laid up

out of action

Yep, that's about got it covered I think. 

rotten timing for it.

progress on paintings for my Group Exhibition at Sorrento 

have ground to a halt....

can't be helped...think I'll head back to bed with my lemon-tea and tissues 

and Echinacea and Garlic...

and try again tomorrow :(

'On Patrol'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt

....and a painting from 2011....

...I like the caring look of the little tacker at the back....

'On Patrol'
Jo-Ann Hunt©
'The Child Within-Summer' Series
H112x122cm
H44x48ins
Acrylic on Canvas
2011
sold

.....thank goodness  tomorrow is a new day   :) 

                                             Jo   .

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...a sneak-peek....

...a sneak-peek at  what's on my easel.....

.......nothing is finished yet....but it's all on the way .... fingers crossed.....

work in progress
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

work in progress
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

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'The Tumbleweeds'

'The Tumbleweeds'
Jo-Ann Hunt©
'The Child Within' Series
H122x132cm
H48x52ins
Acrylic on Canvas
sold

Today was a day for gumboots.

as I write, in Melbourne it is 10 degrees....  hail and lashings of rain,

and snow on the mountains.

.....and it's supposed to be summer...well it was two days ago!

trawling through old photos some months back I found this photo.

we were camping on the Murray , a waterskiing trip,

and while the adults were busy unpacking and setting up tents,

this little fellow decided to amuse himself with dads' boots.

caught in the act ....he didn't know whether he was in trouble or not!

this photo was taken so, so long ago , this little chap is probably

a dad himself now.

he inspired two paintings....'The Tumbleweeds'  and 'Wellies and Whitebait'

I wonder what he'd make of my interpretations of his choice of footwear....

he was such an adorable little chap!

'The Tumbleweeds'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

'The Tumbleweeds'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

'The Tumbleweeds'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

......but it's great studio-painting-weather!   Jo :)

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lost amongst the letterboxes.....

36degrees today, and it's only the second day of summer!

this is way too hot for my studio, but it means I can catch up with this blog.

anyone who knows me knows that I can get lost 2km from home.

during my recent trip to Queensland,  I left Agnes Water, some 2 hours south

of Gladstone,  to head back to Gladdie to meet up with my son. the plan

was for lunch and a swim at Tannum Sands, then a short drive

to Gladstone in time to pick him up at the Curtis Island ferry .

I left Agnes Water and couldn't believe the ingenuity and variety

of the letterboxes along the way.

I spent 2 hours happily hurtling along the highway, stopping and u-turning

to snap all these wonders of creativity and design.

it was only when the road became decidedly more like a bush track

than a national highway  that I realised I had turned left, not right,

was heading south not north, and the road signs were giving mileage

to Brisbane, not Rockhampton, and I was on my way back to Melbourne!

so I had to abandon my photo-stops....and my hopes for a leisurely lunch

and swim...and flat-foot it in the opposite direction!

my favourite....it loomed out of the bush like something from 'The Jetsons'...
.but simple, no pretensions, and who cares if it's on an angle!

(all photos taken 31 Aug 2013, somewhere below Agnes Water , Qld!)

serendipitously, his ferry-crossing struck major delays, and it all ended happily. 

but I'd love to get more letterbox photos....I feel a new series brewing!

                               Jo  x

 ps: my 'pier-people' are coming along nicely.....   :)

work in progress
Jo-Ann Hunt©

Brunswick South Arts Festival

'It's My Turn'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

I've been invited to exhibit at the Brunswick South Arts Festival.

...the festival sounds amazing with live music,

an African drumming workshop, Bollywood performance,

vintage clothing, puppet show and a side-show alley.

the inaugural Art Exhibition opens on Friday 29 November 2013

and the Festival promises to be a fantastic family day.

just my style!  looking forward to it!

                                      Jo   x

Brunswick South Arts Festival

29-30 November 2013

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'the castle's queen'

'The Castle's Queen'
Jo-Ann Hunt©
'The Child Within' Series
H122x40cm
H48x16ins
Acrylic on Canvas
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If you need to snatch 5 minutes for a coffee or to finish that book....

what is better than  sand...(yes..even better...dirt)......some water

and assorted containers....

on the deck, at the beach, on a balcony, in a park....it never failed me.

this is an old photo.  we lived overseas for a few years

and spent every August ...the 'Summer School Holidays'... in a Victorian winter.

often we'd strike it lucky...clear skies, still seas, the beach to ourselves.

and sand..... lots of castles and forts made and  holes dug and decorated

in those days.

not a particularly good photo..but I like it ....it takes me back to a time

and place that was unhurried, happy and solid......it was blue tacked

to the wall beside my computer too many years ago .....

I really do need to decorate that room....

the photo will have to come down....

...but not today   :)

                                   Jo .. x


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....where's the sketch? ....

Painting for the summer exhibitions has been preoccupying my time of late.....

                                although I don't seem to be acheiving much! 

                        This is what is on my easel.....

work in progress

            and they have some mates....

work in progress

work in progress

....but I'm having trouble with the legs....

....that's what you get with lack of planning! .... but that's how I like to paint... 

.....see the image in my mind....pick up the brush .... and let fly. 

...now I'm stuck.... serves me right! 

                                                  :)   Jo 

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