Packing up - Seacliff

Packing up after the race is well-practiced and very efficient. Looks like they are going to make it to the clubhouse just before the storm hits!
Packing up - Seacliff - 10x8" acrylic on canvasboard - $250
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Seacliff yachts

The yachts come in for the day as the weather sets in. Cloud shadows sweep across the sea and beach which make the who scene very interesting.
Seacliff yachts - acrylic on canvasboard - 10x8" - $250
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The road to Seacliff

The road into Seacliff in South Australia is rather steep, but presents an amazing view of the beach and sea.

This day shadows were being cast on the sea and the white sails of racing boats really stood out. Beyond the shadows the sea shone in turquoise.

The road to Seacliff - acrylic on canvasboard - 10x8" - $250

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Yacht on a beach

As the race ended at Seacliff the boats came to shore in an orderly fashion ensuring that there was little mayhem on the beach as sails were unfolded and vessels towed away.
Yacht on a beach - acrylic on canvasboard - 10x8" - $250
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After the race - Seacliff

I just happened to be at the right place at the right time at Seacliff today. It was one of those days were the sun was popping in and out of the clouds which produces a patchwork of shadows across the sea and beach. Boats started to come in after the race and started to pack in for the day on the beach. It was an inviting sight that begged to be painted. This is the first of the series of Seacliff.
After the race - Seacliff - 10x8" - acrylic on canvasboard.
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Yachts and beach

Yachts add so much to a beach scene. The white sales that dazzle in the sunlight contrast with the blue-green of the sea and the blue of the sky.
One of five paintings produced during a demonstration at the Cathedral Art show in Adelaide.
Yachts and beach - acrylic on canvas - 30x14cm
$210 - please email for payment details theartofbarr@iprimus.com.au

Beach reflections

Beachside is full of waders and yachts. Reflections of the people in the wide shallows gives this scene its appeal.
Beach Reflections - 30x14cm - acrylic on canvas, ready to frame.
$210 - please email for payment details theartofbarr@iprimus.com.au

Beach outing

A simple painting depicting an idylic outing at the beach.
Beach outing - 34x14cm acrylic on canvas
Up for auction now

Bay of Beaches

Bay of Beaches - acrylic on canvas - 30x14cm The second in the series of this size painting, it depicts a bay with seemingly unending beaches. There is something cosy about a bay and yet it can have an huge ampitheartre effect especially when there are big skies to be looked at. Objects on the other side of the bay look far away but once you start walking you are there in no time at all! Up for auction now!

Beach views

First in the series of this size painting, it depicts an expansive view of wide shallows and the sea beyond. Beachgoers walk in the shallows and enjoy late afternoon conditions including a magnificent show of clouds on the horizon.

Beach views - acrylic on canvas - 30x14cm

Auction now taking place

Beach wading

Where there's a beach there's waders and dippers.
Beach wading - acrylic on canvas sheet - 36x24cm
SOLD

Waders beach

Even in cool conditions there is the temptation to at least roll up your trackies and get your feet wet.
Waders Beach - 36x24cm canvas sheet - acrylic
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A walk in grey

Grey skies don't put off the die-hards at the beach. There are walks to be walked, talkes to be talked and dogs to be walked!
A walk in grey - acrylic on canvasboard - 20x25cm

Walking the storm

Walking in the shallows is like walking in the sky sometimes. So, walking the shallows in a storm is like being a part of it.
Walking the storm - acrylic on canvas - 20x25cm - $250

Storm on a beach

The third in the series of grey beach paintings features

a threatening  rainstorm on the horizon. The impending storm doesn't put off some avid beachwalkers!
I have used a bold-brush and grey pallet to construct this little painting.
Storm on a beach- acrylic on canvasboard - 25x20cm - $250 free postage in Australia
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Walk on a grey beach

The second in the series of grey beach paintings features a sunspot near the horizon and some beach walkers enjoying the sight.
Walk on a grey beach - acrylic on canvasboard - 25x20cm - $250 free postage in Australia
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Grey beach

The first of a series of grey-day beach paintings.
There is something exhilirating about walking a beach with a threatening sky in the distance. There seems to be an uninterupted connection between the sky, the sea and those who wade the beach. It's as if we can in some way be connected with the storm and yet feel the safety of the distance from it.
Grey beach - acrylic on canvasboard - 20x25cm - $250 - purchase here

Sometimes we don't want a full plunge into the sea and rolling up pants and taking off shoes and socks does the trick. As for dogs, generally they will go in fearless of any thought of the coldness of the water specially if there is a tennis ball to chase!

Beach waders - acrylic on canvas sheet - 36x24cm

SOLD

Cove Beach yachts

Walkers, dogs and  yachts complete the picture at Cove Beach.
Cove Beach Yachts - acrylic on canvas - 24x36cm
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Two on the beach

It was to windy for any plein air paintings on Saturday, so it was time to use some imagination.

A person and their dog is such an everyday scene at the beach.

Two on the beach - acrylic on canvas - 36x24cm

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Beach walkers on the bay

The prospect of such a walk is almost as good as actualy walking it!
Beach walkers on the Bay - Acrylic on canvas - 30x30cm
This paintings is now up for auction with a low start price and no reserve.

SOLD

Late Afternoon - Encounter Bay

Encounter Bay at Victor Harbor is a favourite haunt for many a holiday goer in South Australia. Late afternoon shadows are being chased by beach walkers.
Late Afternoon - Encounter Bay - 6x8" acrylic on canvas

Walk on Beach Bay

Walkers with their dogs in tow, splash along the sparkling shallows of Blue Beach.

This painting has been done with the finest of acrylic paints on canvas sheet. It is ready to frame, in a frame that will suit your walls and will last for generations. 35x25cm

This painting is up for Auction with a very low starting price and no reserve!

SOLD

Walkers on Blue Beach - 35x25cm on acrylic on canvas sheet - ready for framing under glass - will be posted rolled up in post tube.`

Walkers on Blue Beach

Walkers with their dogs in tow, splash along the sparkling shallows of Blue Beach.

This painting has been done with the finest of acrylic paints on canvas sheet. It is ready to frame, in a frame that will suit your walls and will last for generations. 35x25cm

This painting is up for Auction with a very low starting price and no reserve!

SOLD

Walkers on Blue Beach - 35x25cm on acrylic on canvas sheet - ready for framing under glass - will be posted rolled up in post tube.`

Green clock - Brunswick Street

This green clock caught my eye while walking about on Brunswick St. A landmark of sorts I suppose.

Green Clock - Brunswick St.  20x15cm acrylic on canvas.

$150 emal for purchase details - free delivery in Australia

Comes with a signed, handwritten artist's note about the painting - if you wish to give the painting as a gift I will address the note to the recipient to make the gift extra special.

Coffee - Brunswick Street

It's not hard to find a place for a cup of coffee on Brunswick Street!

Coffee -Brunswick Street - Acrylic on canvas board - 15x20cm
$150 emal for purchase details - free delivery in Australia

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Top end of Brunswick Street Melbourne

They call Adelaide the city of churches, but there are more church steeples in Melbourne than you can poke a candlestick at! There are parts of Melbourne that you would not be suprised to see the gas street lights being lit for the night. Brunswick Street is one of those places. It has an alluring mixture of up-to-the-minute fashion and an oldness that would have you expecting Oliver Twist to come dashing out of a shop front.

Top end of Brunswick Street - Acrylic on canvas board - 15x20cm
$150 emal for purchase details - free delivery in Australia

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Rain, Brunswick Street Melbourne

Brunswick Street has a lovely old-world charm about it that is echoed throughout Melbourne and its suburbs. A revisited painting from a series last year.

Rain, Brunswick Street - acrylic on canvas panel 15x20cm (6"x8") $150 free postage in Australia.

 

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Afternoon tea - Chapel Street, Melbourne

Melbourne Miniatures

This is the start of a series of small Melbourne paintings I did last year after a visit there. I have revisited the painting and added more colour and now offer them up for sale.

There's never a shortage of outdoor sitting places and people to use them on Chapel St!

Afternoon tea - Chapel St. - acrylic on canvas panel 15x20cm (6"x8") $150 free postage in Australia.

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Walk at Encounter Bay

When the tides are right you can walk from the township of Victor Harbor all the way to the Bluff on Encounter Bay.

Walk on Encounter Bay - 5x7" - 12.7x17.8cm acrylic on canvas panel (unframed)

Available for purchase now $113 - Free postage in Australia

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Beach for dogs

Have you ever noticed how dogs just love the beach - most of the time much more than their owners seem to! Even in the winter months dogs don't seem to mind the cold water and will plough into the waves after a tennis ball just for the enjoyment of it. Personally, I love the reflections of dogs and their owners in the shallows.

This painting is up for Auction with a very low starting price and no reserve!

SOLD

Beach for dogs - 44x30cm on acrylic on canvas sheet - ready for framing under glass - will be posted rolled up in post tube.`

Walkers - Encounter Bay

There never seems to be any shortage of people walking the beach at Encounter Bay with such a grand view of the Bluff to look at!

Walkers Encounter Bay - acrylic on canvas panel - 20x25cm

Available for purchase now $250 - Free postage in Australia

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Comes with a signed, handwritten artist's note about the painting - if you wish to give the painting as a gift I will address the note to the recipient to make the gift extra special.

Blue Shallow Beach

I love to experiment with clouds and reflections in a beachscape. The clouds are brushed in freely with no regard for the small brush - this keeps them 'cloud-like' and uncontrived. The beach and sea are painted the same way. It takes a lot of practice (hundreds of paintings) to be confident in painting this way. Finally the figures are painted in with a small brush - this needs the utmost confidence for them to look right with the rest of the painting.

This painting is up for Auction with a very low starting price and no reserve!

SOLD

Blue Shallows Beach - 42x30cm on acrylic on canvas sheet - ready for framing under glass - will be posted rolled up in post tube.`

Late - Henley Beach

It was very late on a Winter's afternoon when I took photographs of Henley Beach from the Grange jetty. Quite a number of beach walkers were braving the elements!

Late - Henley Beach - acrylic on canvas panel - 20x25cm

Available for purchase now $250 - Free postage in Australia

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Comes with a signed, handwritten artist's note about the painting - if you wish to give the painting as a gift I will address the note to the recipient to make the gift extra special.

Yachts in a storm

Many a moody sky has framed a race day at Largs Bay in South Australia.

Yachts in a storm - 5x7" - 12.7x17.8cm acrylic on canvas panel (unframed)

Available for purchase now $113 - Free postage in Australia

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View from the beach - Encounter Bay

This was painted Plein Air from the Bluff-end of Encounter Bay on a cold winter morning. Small fishing boats quietly made their way out to favourite fishing spots as I painted my favourite location.

View from the beach - Encounter Bay - 20x25cm acrylic on canvasboard.

Available for purchase now $250 - Free postage in Australia

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Comes with a signed, handwritten artist's note about the painting - if you wish to give the painting as a gift I will address the note to the recipient to make the gift extra special.

Granite Island from the Bluff

 

It was a cold winter morning when I painted this little piece and it is one of my favourites. The sun was low and facing me, that in turn produces its own colours in a landscape. The subdued colours have given this  painting a good representation of the atmosphere of the day.

Granite Island from the Bluff - acrylic on canvas panel 12x17cm - ready to frame

 -Available for purchase now $113 - Free postage in Australia-

The race - Goolwa

It was late in the afternoon when these little vessels started to race at Goolwa.

This little things bobbed and darted around the river like wasps. It was very cold while paintiung this and promised myself some gloves and a scarf and maybe a hat for painting outdoors in the winter!

The race - Goolwa - 20x25cm acrylic on canvasboard.

Available for purchase now $250 - Free postage in Australia

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Comes with a signed, handwritten artist's note about the painting - if you wish to give the painting as a gift I will address the note to the recipient to make the gift extra special.

Seal Island Victor Harbor

When I painted this a couple of months ago, it was cold, windy and I was wearing my plein air gloves - ones with no fingertips on them - they are great! This was painted from the Bluff area looking behind Granite Island.

I loved the clouds on this day. Winter clouds have a feel that is rarely seen in the warmer months, they are cold and often very dramtic - clouds you just have to watch!

Seal Island - Victor Harbor - 20x25cm acrylic on canvasboard.

Available for purchase now $250 - Free postage in Australia

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South Head - Sydney

A beautiful familiar sight from the Manly Ferry on Sydney Harbour.

South Head - Sydney - acrylic on canvas panel 12x17cm - ready to frame

 -Available for purchase now $113 - Free postage in Australia

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Encounter Bay Victor Harbor

A walk toward the top end of Encounter Bay will have us looking at Wright Island and the the landmark Bluff. It's great walking country specially in the cooler weather.

Encounter Bay - Victor Harbor - acrylic on linen panel - 15x20cm

Available for purchase now $150 Payment details here - Free postage in Australia
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Slice of cockle beach 2

A while ago I had a studio clean-up that entailed throwing away what I considered despensible and slicing up some larger pieces which in themselves made better paintings than the original-sized ones.

This is slice is up for auction with a low start price. It was originally a very large piece that focused on the view toward Middleton from Goolwa. It was a grey misty day but was alive with cocklers with a focus on these two in particular.

It's a lovely moody piece that will frame up beautifully under glass and matting.

A Slice of cockle beach II - acrylic on canvas sheet - 28x35cm

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Comes with a signed, handwritten artist's note about the painting - if you wish to give the painting as a gift I will address the note to the recipient to make the gift extra special.

A slice of cockle beach

A while ago I had a studio clean-up that entailed throwing away what I considered despensible and slicing up some larger pieces which in themselves made better paintings than the original-sized ones.

This is slice is up for auction with a low start price. It was originally a very large piece that focused on the view toward Middleton from Goolwa. It was a grey misty day but was alive with cocklers.

It's a lovely moody piece that will frame up beautifully under glass and matting.

A Slice of cockle beach - acrylic on canvas sheet - 48x20cm

SOLD

Comes with a signed, handwritten artist's note about the painting - if you wish to give the painting as a gift I will address the note to the recipient to make the gift extra special.

A slice of beach

Another slice of painting, this time of the beach with lots of activity including yachts.

A while ago I had a studio clean-up that entailed throwing away what I considered despensible and slicing up some larger pieces which in themselves made better paintings than the original-sized ones.

This is the second these slices I am offering for sale.
It's a lovely moody piece that will frame up beautifully under glass and matting.

A Slice of Beach - acrylic on canvas sheet - 60x23cm

SOLD

Comes with a signed, handwritten artist's note about the painting - if you wish to give the painting as a gift I will address the note to the recipient to make the gift extra special.

A slice of rain

This does look like a slice of a painting - actually, it is! A while ago I had a studio clean-up that entailed throwing away what I considered despensible and slicing up some larger pieces which in themselves made better paintings than the original-sized ones.

This is the first these slices I am offering for sale.
This slice of rain features Grenfell St, in Adelaide at hometime. It's a lovely moody piece that will frame up beautifully under glass and matting.

A Slice of Rain - acrylic on canvas sheet - 48x14cm

$335 - click for payment options

Comes with a signed, handwritten artist's note about the painting - if you wish to give the painting as a gift I will address the note to the recipient to make the gift extra special.

Yachts on a beach

Sand, sky, clouds, yachts and the picture is complete with a walker and dog making their way along the beach.

Yachts on a beach - 40x20cm on acrylic on canvas - ready for framing under glass - will be posted rolled up in post tube. There is sufficient canvas on the edges for your framer to stretch or glue to board and frame without glass too.

SOLD

Lighthouse Point

The scene is entirely ficticious as are most of my auction pieces but there are hints of real places in the painting. There is a feeling of safety with the lighthouse standing aloft at the end of the esplanade. Beachwalkers and their dogs enjoy the sorroundings and the comfort of the place as they trawl along the shore.

Lighthouse Point - 40x20cm on acrylic on canvas - ready for framing under glass - will be posted rolled up in post tube. There is sufficient canvas on the edges for your framer to stretch or glue to board and frame without glass too.
SOLD

Views of Granite Island

Anyone who is familiar with Victor Harbor knows all about Granite Island. You can walk across the long footbridge or pay for a ride on one of the horse-drawn vehicles that plods their way across to the island. To have been to Victor almost always means you've been over to the Island. This view is from Encounter Bay, from where I painted this work in Plein Air and finished off in the studio.

Victor Harbor is one of the world's best kept secrets!

Views of Granite Island - 40x30cm acrylic on canvas board.

$600 - Click here for purchase details