Interesting mark making and areas of softness . I can feel soft green grass under my feet here !
Author: libby62au
Interesting small work 62cm square canvas
This piece tells it’s own story…bit mysterious and intriguing. Sometimes when a painting takes on a life of it’s own, I stand back and wonder how we both got there! Quite a narrative here.

A painting finds a new home.
It’s wonderful when a client contacts you to visit their home and see how happily your work sits in their new environment. This work was purchased during the North Sydney Art Prize 2019 at the coaloader, Waverton.
2 large canvas works
Bold revisited canvasses. I push and pull works all the time until we are both happy.

Fire and Rain
My humble entry to the Wynne Prize, 2019
This piece speaks of the brutal climate in Australia which takes its toll , increasingly.
82×107 on canvas.
Droughtbreaker
A large framed canvas 94x125cm . Mixed media….collage, acrylic and pastel.
I am very pleased to be part of Art Gallery On Darling which is an artists’ run initiative at 307 Darling Street, Balmain. 12 Australian female artists doing their thing….
3 large works on paper
I have slightly reworked these over a period of months until we were in agreement !
Subtle changes have a great impact sometimes and the need to change some small trace or mark doesn’t always come immediately. …. the fun of painting ! I firmly believe our external influences impact us in ways we don’t comprehend but for artists, the manifestation is in their work.


3 large works on paper
Begun in France last September and finally resolved at home. I tend to paint quickly initially with great freedom and then slow down with a deeper conversation necessary between the paper and me!! Sometimes we agree and usually end up friends….Resolving a work is very tricky thing. One should never aim to finish a painting from the outset ….. the joy is in the process! 


Large work on paper with collage
Begun in Villeherviers and finessed at home. Unusual pink flash for me ! I am happy with the freedom and unselfconsciousness of this piece. Sometimes the conversation between brush and paper goes without issue….other times, not .
A valuable lesson I learnt years ago was ‘don’t try to finish a work….do not seek a solution’
Mudgee Road series
4 large works now complete . Browns, greens, greys and ochre reflect the changing landscape between Sydney and beautiful Mudgee. Such a beautiful part of NSW. It would be great if at least 2 of these remain friends forever on a wall somewhere. I often feel my painting form a narrative together. Framed measurement 92x126cm apart from square (94cm square…first work) 


