Coastline

Coastline, 2014, 61 x 76cm, oil on linen, 
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park 

$1800

Beyond the breakers
above the sand

Resting
reclining
hips and arms
cheeks in hands

Waiting
(eons)
to speak
to smile
and to laugh

Behind the dunes

Behind the dunes, 2014, 61 x 76cm, oil on linen, 
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park 

$2000

After the big climb
up the cliff,
now the fun,
the ease of the run,
the slide down the soft,
still cool sand of the dune
to the keep

Gaining the headland

Gaining the headland, 2014, 41 x 91cm, oil on linen, 
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park 

sold

The sea, alive, hungry,
nibbles at the shore,
at the body of land
that bears the steel hull

of the old landing craft

A still moat above,

a breeze ruffled surface,

a bridge across,

to the sand castle

First light warms the cliff,

the keep's ramparts,

slips through the arrow slit

and over the hills beyond

A boy with an idea,

his courageous dog,

ready to head inland

Over the lone pine

Over the lone pine, 2014, 100 x 150cm, oil on linen, 
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park 

$3000

The new day
sun warms
breeze lifts
breakers cheer below

The forest ambles down
to beach, glade, cliff's edge
growing up, through and over
last tracings of past hostility

The boy charges the heights
energy bursting
leaping lightly
over the top

Bright idea

Bright idea, 2014, 100 x 150cm, oil on linen, 
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park 

$3000

Solo d-day
for the bare-foot boy.

Cold steel chilly, then
wet clammy sand
squeezes between toes.

Run, slide and flatten
against the wall of the crater,
safe.

Muster the courage
for the heroic rush.
The grenade,
light into the dark.

Approaching the calm shore

Approaching the calm shore, 2014, 45 x 100cm, oil on linen, 
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park 

$1800

Waves gently run onto the sand
salt and murmur on the breeze

The craft carries the boy
towards the shore,
that boundary,
that line that runs
between the states of matter

Air
water
and earth

Approaching the shore

Approaching the shore, 2014, 41 x 51cm, oil on linen, 
exhibited as part of Dawn Landing at Streamer design & communication, Albert Park 

Sold

The thrum thrum of the engine
the thump thump of the blunt bow in the swell

The warmth of the first rays on their backs
and the salty scent of the sea in their nostrils

The boy and his dog strain forward 
to the nearing sand
and the soft green hills beyond