ORIGINAL ARTWORK
Samples of some
Commissions and Sold Artwork.
For information, about any of the sold artwork below, hover over the gallery pictures.
(To view Original Artwork For Sale, please scroll down page.)
Fashoda 1870's Historical building, Deloraine, Tasmania.
Pen & Ink
This was a long project, taking many months. It was painstakingly drawn in half an hour blocks, as there is no room for mistakes with pen work.
5 different pens were used. Each individual brick was stippled with 3 pens.
It is a busy picture so it was a challenge (and took a lot of brain-storming) to achieve all of the different textures and tones without losing the detail.
As with all artwork, this very detailed pen drawing is much better in real life.
Compressed images for the Internet appear blurred and do not do the artwork justice.
Levi
One of four, commissioned, family portrait and figure study artworks.
Levi, (his two brothers and Father.)
Charles
Charcoal & Pastel
Furniture company manufacturer in his first workshop,
commissioned by his son as a family gift.
Kevin, army training
Figure study... Charcoal & Pastel
Height approx 36" (900mm) unframed
Army training
Framed artwork
Jennacubbine Tavern
Commissioned by the owners of Jennacubbine Tavern in 1998.
Jennacubbine detail
Detail of pen & ink drawing.
Fergie
This drawing was commissioned in 1998, by the owner of this cute 'little' pet pig, who grew up to be a very 'big' pig.
But, lucky for Fergie, she had a vegetarian owner and lived a long and happy life!
Papillon
Pastel & Charcoal
Approx 36" unframed
This is one of a set of two large drawings...
The first picture of the set, that was sold from my Art Gallery, was a colourful flowers study.
The second picture, of this butterfly, was then commissioned by my client, to match and compliment the first picture that he purchased of the flowers.
Iris
This was the first picture I sold, many years ago, as a young artist...
I can't find a signature on it so I don't think I even signed it!
The photo is of poor quality as it was taken so long ago
but I decided to put it on my website for nostalgia.
I have drawn and sold many flower and other artworks
but unfortunately I didn't keep a record of them all.
Original Artwork For Sale
Detailed drawings.
Coloured pencil and pen & ink work is very time consuming,
so although some of these pictures are small they are very detailed,
taking many hours/weeks/months of work.
A small artwork can take 20-40 hours, a larger piece 40-100 (or more) hours.
The 'unframed' original artworks which were previously for sale on this site
(including many other unfinished pieces from my studio
which I completed over a period of 4 months)
have now all been beautifully framed...
by Whitelaws Picture Framers, Launceston, Tasmania.
Each frame has been carefully chosen to compliment the artwork.
Photographing framed pictures is problematic, due to the reflections on the glass.
In some cases spotlights were used instead of a camera flash,
so due to the dull lighting the colours are not true to life.
Please refer to the picture below the framed artwork for a better image.
Original artwork needs to be viewed in real life to be really appreciated.
This page is still in progress, pricing/sizes etc.
It is the last of my artwork which is for sale, as I have now retired from drawing.
Some pieces will become part of my collection.
I will continue with my Photography.
Please contact me if you have any questions,
or if you would like to view any of the artwork at my studio.
Beek-Beek Australian Emu
FRAMED
Beek-Beek (Aboriginal word for Emu.)
Medium:
Coloured pencil & Aquarelles
(water colour pencils, used dry.)
Size:
Image 10 1/2" x 14 1/2" (270mm x 370mm)
Framed 18" x 22" (455mm x 560mm)
Price:
$950
Drawn on off-white archival paper.
Framed in a mottled brown frame,
with a Venetian blue 'double' mount.
Please note:
The colours in this picture are incorrect,
the photo is for viewing the frame.
The background of the artwork is almost white,
not cream as appears in this photo.
See true detail of picture below.
Emu close up.
Detail of coloured pencil drawing.
Kissing Fish & Snapper
Kissing Fish, Green discus or Pompadour
FRAMED
Medium:
Aquarelles (water colour pencils, used as a dry medium for more intense colour) & Coloured pencil
Size:
Image 8" x 11 1/2" (200mm x 290mm)
Framed 13 1/2" x 17" (340mm x 430mm)
Price:
$650
Framed 'as above' in a white & blue, white washed frame,
with a turquoise mount.
(In the picture of the framed artwork, the mount appears blue, but it is turquoise.)
Emperor Snapper
FRAMED
Medium:
Aquarelles (water colour pencils, used dry) & Coloured pencil
Size:
Image 8" x 11 1/2" (200mm x 290mm)
Framed 13 1/2" x 17" (340mm x 430mm)
Price:
$650
Framed 'as above' in a white & blue, white washed frame,
with a royal blue mount.
Guppy, Millionsfish.
Medium:
Aquarelles (used dry) & Coloured pencil
Size:
Image 8" x 11 1/2"
(200mm x 290mm)
Framed 15" x 18"
(380mm x 460mm)
Price:
$675
Framed in a mottled gold frame, with black & cream 'double' mount.
(The colours in this photo are much brighter than in real life, refer to image below.)
Guppy, Millionsfish.
Seahorses
Medium:
Pastel & Charcoal
Size:
Image 12" x 14 1/2" (300mm x 370mm)
Framed 18 1/2" 22" (470mm x 550mm)
Price:
$975
Framed in an Italian Bellini, green & gold mottled frame, with black mount.
(Background is a cream colour, not yellow.
Please refer to true colour below.)
Seahorses
Medium:
Pastel & Charcoal
Size:
Image
12" x 19 1/2"
(300mm x 500mm)
Framed
21 1/2" x 29"
(735mm x 545mm)
Price:
$1200
Framed in a white & blue, white washed, frame, with a burnt orange and black 'double' mount.
Platypus
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Asio Otus Owl
Medium:
Aquarelles (used dry) & Coloured pencil
Size:
5 1/2" x 5 1/2" (140mm x 140mm)
Price:
$
Removed from stock to be framed.
Australian Koala
Medium:
Aquarelles (used dry) & Coloured pencil
Size:
8" x 12" (200mm x 300mm)
Price:
Removed from stock to be framed.
Australian Kangaroo, Loving Doe & her Joey
Medium:
Pastel & Charcoal
Size:
Image 19 1/2" x 27 1/2" (490mm x 695mm)
Framed 39" x 31 1/2" (800mm x 1 metre)
Price:
Not for Sale
Artists collection
Drawn on dark beige,
archival paper.
Framed in a classic, Australian timber frame, with natural knots in the wood and a
burnt orange and cream 'double' mount.
Please note; colours vary on different monitors. The lovely colours in this artwork need to be seen in real life!!!
It is one of my personal favourites!
Australian Budgies & Cockatiel
UNFRAMED
Medium:
Pastel & Charcoal
Size:
14" x 15"
(340mm x 370mm)
Price:
$395
(Removed from stock
to be framed.)
Little (Fairy) Penguins, female Penguin Island, Western Australia.
Young Ms 'Sassy' is moulting!
Medium:
Pastel & Charcoal
Size:
13 1/2" x 10"
Drawn as a diptych with the artwork below.
Great for a child's room, vets etc.
Little (Fairy) Penguins, male
UNFRAMED
Medium:
Pastel & Charcoal
Size:
13 1/2" x 10"
Radical Ruminant, Sheep with an attitude
UNFRAMED
Medium:
Pastel & Charcoal
Size:
20" x 13 1/2" (500mm x 348mm)
Price:
$500
Pioneer Wagon
FRAMED
Medium:
Pen & ink
Size:
Image 11 1/2" x 15 1/2" (290mm x 390mm)
Framed 23" x 19" (580mm x 480mm)
Price:
$850
Framed in an Oak, grey & black stained frame, with a dark grey and black 'double' mount.
See close up sample of artwork below.
Wagon close up
Wagon close up
1915 S Type Marshall portable Steam Engine
Medium:
Pen & Ink
with Cross-hatching & Stippling.
Size:
Image: 13 1/2" x 17"
(340mm x 430mm)
Framed: 22" x 25 1/2"
(560mm x 650mm)
Price:
$950
(Value $1200)
Framed in an Oak, grey & black stained frame, with a flecked light grey & black 'double' mount.
1953 FJ Holden sedan
FRAMED
Medium:
Pastel & Charcoal
Size:
Image 13 1/2" x 19 1/2"
(340mm x 490mm)
Framed 21" x 27"
(540mm x 680mm)
Price:
$895
(Value $1250)
Framed in a brushed silver, wooden frame, with black mount.
The two FJ Holden drawings were created in 2003 to commemorate 50 years (at that time) since this classic car was produced.
The originals have never been framed or on display, I have kept them well protected while I relocated and this artwork is now framed and for sale.
Medium:
Aquarelles (watercolour pencils used dry), Coloured Pencil and Pen & Ink.
Size:
Image 13 1/2" x 19 1/2"
(340mm x 490mm)
Framed 21" x 27"
(540mm x 680mm)
Price:
SOLD
Framed in a brushed silver, wooden frame, with black mount.
(Frame in the photo looks copper but is silver.)
See colour and detail of artwork below.
1953 FJ Holden panel van
Mining in Australia
Earth movers, Caterpillar Roche dump trucks, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
UNFRAMED
Medium:
Aquarelles, (water colour pencils used dry to obtain rich colours), Coloured pencil and Pen & Ink.
Size:
18 1/2" x 24 1/2" (470mm x 620mm)
This measurement includes a white edge of a couple of inches to give the picture some space around it and to allow room for framing.
Price:
$1950
Drawn, signed & dated in 2004...this artwork has never been on display, framed, or for sale since completion.
It has been safely stored away, in my draughtsman's drawers in a folder, with acid free tissue.
Please note; The original artwork is lighter & has more subtle colours than the image shown here.
The colour is changed when uploaded for the Internet and for prints.
Drawn on premium quality paper, which is an off-white colour.
See close up sample below.
Caterpillar close up
Detail of Aquarelle, Coloured pencil and Pen & ink drawing.
Excavator & Caterpillar
Medium:
Pen & Ink and Graphite.
Size:
14 1/2" x 22 1/2"
(375mm x 565mm)
Including some extra white space surrounding it, to allow for framing.
Price:
$1600
Drawn on premium quality paper which is an off-white colour.
See close up sample below.
Excavator & Caterpillar close up.
Detail of pen & graphite drawing.
Gold Mining in Australia Drill Rig
Medium:
Pastel & Charcoal
Pastel & Charcoal (mixed media) is a rough, crumbly, freer medium and so this original picture is quite different from the detailed Pen & Pencil Mining pictures above. It is also a very large artwork.
Size:
Image 33" x 23 1/2"
(830mm x 590mm)
Framed 45" x 34"
(1014mm x 870mm)
or
(1 metre 14cm x 87cm)
Price:
$2300 ONO
Framed with a curved, black & antique gold frame, with a light grey & black 'double' mount.
This picture was one of 60,
chosen from 140 International entries,
by 'The Perth Mint' (Western Australia) for their exhibition
'The Perth Mint Centenary Art Prize'.
Western Australian Historical Building
Toodyay Memorial Hall 1910
FRAMED
Medium:
Pen & Ink
Pen drawing with cross-hatching. Beautifully framed to compliment the artwork and ornate building.
This is the third picture, from a set of three pen drawings, that I created of historical buildings in Toodyay. The other two were purchased by the Shire of Toodyay and a local Hotel proprietor.
Size:
Image 11 1/2" x 19" (292mm x 418mm)
Framed 19" x 24" (485mm x 608mm)
Price:
$1200 ONO
Please view detail of drawing below.
Toodyay Memorial Hall detail
Sample
Detail of Pen & Ink artwork with cross-hatching.
Toodyay Memorial Hall frame
Sample
Detail of frame
1936 (Dodge) Fargo
FRAMED
Medium:
Pastel & Charcoal
The size of this picture is HUGE, for a Pastel painting/drawing of an Automotive artwork.
This is one of my last, large artworks, that I have for sale.
Most of my other large pieces have been sold, or are a part of my collection, as I don't create artwork of this size any more.
The frame is magnificent (see detail of frame below), it is a heavy frame made with hardwood and has a 'double' mount...
it would suit a Boardroom, large Office or Country Home. It is very impressive because of its size and is best viewed in real life.
Size:
Image 22" x 29 1/2" (560mm x 750mm)
Framed 34" x 41" (860mm x 1003mm)
Price:
$2300
1936 Fargo close up
Sample
Detail of pastel painting
1936 Fargo & 1936 Fargo in barn frame.
Detail of frame
1936 (Dodge) Fargo in barn
This 'Fargo in barn' is framed in the same frame as the 'Fargo in the field' above but instead of a double mount it has 'quadruple' mounts.
Medium:
Pastel & Charcoal
Size:
Image
21" x 29"
Framed
h34" x w41"
d1 3/4"
(880mm x 1060mm x 50mm)
Price:
$2990
Over 100 hours work, taking over a month to complete!
(I have lost track of the extra time spent on this picture!)
Top of the range frame...
the frame for this original artwork is rare,
most modern frames are lightweight but this frame is a solid, heavy, hardwood...
framed to compliment a classic picture.
Artists choice...
a personal favourite!
Meandering Blackwood
Bridgetown, Western Australia
Medium:
Pastel & Charcoal
Size:
Image
20" x 25 1/2 "
(500mm x 650mm)
Framed
28 1/2 x 34"
(720mm x 860 mm)
Price:
$1995
(Value $2300)
1940 Ford pick up truck
Medium:
Pen & Ink
with stippling & cross-hatching.
Size:
14" x 20"
(340mm x 510mm)
Price:
$
(Removed from stock to be framed.)
Unfinished at this stage.
This shows the original size of the drawing, (measurements above) including the white space surrounding it.
The road, as above, was drawn in later.
This image was taken with a camera, the above image is the professional scan..for prints.
1928 Ford super charged Hot Rod
Medium:
Pen & Ink
with stippling.
Size:
15" x 20" (380mm x 510mm)
Price:
$1050
Very detailed artwork, has to be seen in real life to appreciate the fine detail, especially in the engine and wheels.
