Why & How I Painted “Bopper” Every commissioned portrait carries a story, but “Bopper” was something special. When I was approached to paint him, I immediately felt the emotional weight behind the request. This wasn’t just a portrait of a beloved pet — it was a tribute, a way of honouring a companion who had […]
There’s a quiet kind of magic that lives in remote places—where the land stretches wide, the sky opens up, and silence becomes a companion. Secret Valley was born from that feeling. Painted in acrylic on canvas, this piece reflects my fascination with the tension between solitude and exploration, and the way nature holds space for
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There’s a moment in every journey when the landscape speaks louder than words. For me, that moment came while driving through Lawgi Dawes—a quiet pocket of Queensland where time seems to linger. Amid the rolling hills and open fields stood a small, weathered house. Its faded walls and rusted roof told stories of resilience, solitude,
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There’s a kind of silence in nature that speaks louder than words — a hush that settles over the forest just before dawn, or the rhythmic murmur of water cascading over stone. Whispering Falls was born from that silence. This acrylic landscape painting is one of my most meditative works. It began not with a
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During my travels through the Australian countryside, I met a bull who left a lasting impression on me. His name wasn’t written on a tag or etched into a paddock gate — but in my mind, he became Keith. He was old, weathered, and slow-moving, yet he stood tall with a quiet command over his
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Creating art is a deeply personal and meaningful experience. Each painting holds a story, a piece of the artist’s heart and soul. Here’s why I felt compelled to create this particular painting. In this blog post, I’ll take you through the steps of how I created my latest painting, from inspiration to the final masterpiece.
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A full moon has always been mystifying to me. I have noticed during the presence of a full moon; people’s behaviors change and the environment change. It seems that during the full moon, People are either more amorous or aggressive. Also during a full moon, we seem to have higher high tides. It’s like the
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The image depicted in ‘Pleasures’ (2020) can evoke a variety of emotions in a viewer. Most of those emotions relate to being disrespectful to God or their religious beliefs. Why? One reason could be the sexual connotation of the image itself, a naked woman receiving oral pleasure OR is it the fact that the naked
Baxy71Art Who is your audience? Who is my audience? This question was posed to me recently and probably has been posed to many aspiring artists, when they begin their art journey or developing their art style. What do they mean by audience? Why is this question important to an aspiring artist? To me audience implies
First Painting Let the Art Journey Begin In 2020, I moved into this unit which had a large blank wall that faces the entrance door. It was screaming out for a large piece of artwork to adorn it. In the past, I would have bought a picture to hang there. But this time I felt
