I am nearing completion of my oil painting of Albergo Doni in Venezia, Italy. I have found the aerial perspective, especially in the brick work a challenge but rewarding. I hope that I have captured the effect that the light has coming between the buildings, which are tall in proportion to the narrow space of the canal. Though this is an area that gondola tours can be experienced I have tried to steer clear of the cliched images, with only a slight suggestion of the appearing gondola in the foreground.

This is my latest completed watercolour. The cattle were roaming just inside the New South Wales border from Queensland. I was fascinated by the skin creases and the colours in the hair on the body and how the colour changed according to the light. Having dark skin with a whitish nose was also an aspect of the cattle that I found interesting. It has taken me some time to complete this painting because I have used many different brush strokes to get the texture of the hairy skin.  The painting size is approximately 90cm on the longest dimension.