Feeling nostalgic, I spent a lot of yesterday looking through old classwork and illustrations… these little dogs were for a hypothetical SPCA website (for which my ‘research’ included spending time with these pups, taking reference pictures!)
"The justification of art is the internal combustion it ignites in the hearts of men and not its shallow, externalized, public manifestations. The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but is, rather, the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity."
Glenn Gould
![Self Portrait ~ Oil on panel, 2012
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This painting was part of my application to the Florence Academy of Art, which I am pleased to say I will be attending as a student from October the 1st, 2012!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_manuznJ3PG1qboqs3o1_500.jpg)
Protea laurifolia ~ Charcoal & graphite
![Study of quinces on a branch ~ Oil on Board (2012)
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(detail)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4zwoaWUqo1qboqs3o1_r1_500.jpg)
Olea europaea ’Leccino’ ~ Watercolour
Aloe ciliaris ~ Watercolour
Found this in my dad’s garden, now it lives with me!
Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) ~ Watercolour
Kinda happy with this, though I want to do many more while these are still flowering.
A Cape Wagtail ~ Watercolour
Painted for my mum’s birthday, from a photograph she took.
Basil leaf studies / cherry tomatoes ~ from Moleskine
White still life exercise ~ Oil on board (2011)
A painting from last year
