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I recently purchased this old photograph, which was part of a deceased estate from Winchelsea in Victoria. Does anyone know who she was? The photograph is pasted onto cardboard and backed by a page from The Argus, Melbourne newspaper. Unfortunately the date is missing but it looks like the photo was probably taken in the1940s. There is a soft albumin coating on the photo as was done back then to protect the thin paper photograph. Contact me if you know who she was. She may be a relative.
Acrylic painting on 16 x 20 inch stretched canvas completed today.
This is a photo I took on Australia Day in 2015. I was about to take a photo of this mother holding her son in Swanston Street, Melbourne when he accidentally hit her in the throat. She droped him down to the ground. In that second I photographed the pain on her face and the anguish on his as he clung to her.
Yesterday I began a painting that will be another version of an A4 oil pastel drawing that I did a few years back. Here's the drawing. I will post the painting when it's complete.
In memory of my long time friend Brecon Charles Walsh who passed away late last year. Photo I took of him at Federation Square in 2010.
I wanted to share with you this amazing photograph of a Robber Fly captured by my son Erin Powell © early January 2026. Even though they are indigenous to Australia I had never seen or heard of this kind of fly before. It's just magnificent - the photo and the fly.
Here is my first drawing for 2026. It is pencil on A3, 300 gsm Arches Aquarelle paper. I hope you enjoy seeing this and wish all my followers a wonderful new year.
Altered version of this drawing:
'Verifying you're human'
Acrylic paint on 16 x 20 inch stretched canvas, painted two days ago.
