Built from stone found nearby, this abandoned house tells a story of trial and submission. Small farms eventually were absorbed into bigger ones.
80cm x 103cm inc. frame
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Category Archives: Australia
Peterborough Grazing Property – The Old House
In a late spring morning the sun was just coming up, throwing shadows across the lawn by this old house.
50cm x 60cm inc. frame
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Lill’s House
This is the house once occupied by Lill, who worked with her late husband on this grazing property near Peterborough, South Australia. Nowadays it’s a storage-place for farm equipment, still remarkable for the way it’s grown out of the earth. Its stones, the lime and sand in the mortar, and probably even the roof timbers all came from less than a mile away. It was only the nails and the galvanized iron for the roof that had to be bought.
50cm x 61cm
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Peterborough Property
This is the largest watercolour I’ve done so far, at slightly more than 160 cms. long and 84cms. high. It’s a view of a sheep grazing property a few kilometres North-East of Peterborough, South Australia, showing the typical red soil and dry grass of the area. I love this countryside, and so it was a pleasure to paint.
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Cavanagh Ruin
An abandoned farmhouse at Cavanagh, a dry place of very low rainfall north-east of Peterborough, South Australia, suitable only for grazing. There’s nothing left of Cavanagh but the name and a few derelicts like this one. I painted this one in the studio from a series of photographs, using a good deal of artistic licence.
Size, framed, about 96cm x 76cm.
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Station Road, Belalie North
A road that was once busy with traffic, but since the line was diverted and the station closed in 1970, it’s hardly used at all, like the old shop by the bend in the road.
Painted in the studio from an earlier sketch done on site.
105cm x 81cm inc. frame
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The Bank, Jamestown S.A.
One of several superb bank buildings in this very pleasant mid-North town, displaying the solidity and dependability that attracts customers still.
Painted mostly on site and refined in the studio.
Approximate size inc. frame, 46cms x 57cms.
Old Shed Cavanagh 1
The same derelict shed as in “Old Shed at Cavanagh 2”, but from a different angle. Harry, friend of a friend, took us here after a barbecue one day, to show us the old house that’s just to the left of this picture.
Painted in the studio from a photograph taken by me.
Approximate size framed, 46cms x 57cms.
Abandoned House, Cavanagh
This house, well-built but now unused since the farm was absorbed into a larger property, was built probably in the early 1900’s. Sadly, the current owners see no benefit in doing any maintenance. It’s become a store-house for bits of greasy old machinery and accumulated rubbish. The next strong wind will probably see the verandah roof on the ground.
Painted in the studio from a photograph taken by me.
Image size 26 x 39
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Woodhouse Gum
This massive old fellow stands near “Woodhouse”, the Scouts’ property near Stirling, and I’m sure it predates European settlement.
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