The nearly dry Eight Mile Creek in the
Leichardt Range near Ravenswood,
North Queensland.
It was
a stinking hot day! My assistant, Rupert
and I left camp and walked creeks and
gorges for an hour or so looking for a
good painting sight. The water we were
carrying was running out.
Rupert was getting thirsty and I had to
find him something to drink other than
my bottle of sports aid stuff. I’d been
through here a month or so before and
there was trapped water everywhere
then but now it had been a long time
since rain and the water seemed to be
all gone.
Eventually we came across a rock pool
that hadn’t evaporated. Rupert was
ecstatic! He swam and played and
generally ran around like a mad thing. I
was tempted to join him but set up and
painted instead. This was a great
subject and I didn’t want to leave the
water pool. The rock formations were
spectacular and it was something like
this I’d been looking for anyway.
Eventually, Rupert got bored with the
water and decided to dig in the shade
beside me and spray sand all over my
painting gear. I cleaned that up. At
some stage the painting fell off the
easel! I managed to catch it but got
covered in paint doing so. I fixed that
up too and clipped the board back on
securely like I should have done to start
with. Things weren’t going easily!
After about an hour I called it quits. It
was just too hot. We were glad to get
back to camp and rest in the shade with
a cold drink! The painting was finished
in the studio later and now it’s a great
little record of an adventurous day for
Rupert and me.
$310AUD
Purchase Information:
FOR SALE: This Original Australian
Landscape Painting by Michael Hodgkins
1 Comment
Joanie Holliday 04 Oct 2016
GORGEOUS. JOANIE