Plate of Cadmium Orange Prawns 2018 | Dion Archibald | Oil on canvas 30x30cm This is probably my favourite painting from 2018. I like the colour orange and I like the taste of prawns. There’s also a slice of orange in the top right of the painting that was actually a slice of lemon. The …
Footpath in Maitland Park Landscape Painting
Footpath in Maitland Park 2018 | Dion Archibald | Oil on canvas 30x30cm Looking at this painting now after a couple of years in storage, it looks like a wild bush scene almost. But it’s actually a very manicured park with green grass, landscaping and a concrete footpath for exercising. I used to walk around …
Bush Walking Landscape Painting
Bush Walking 2018 | Dion Archibald | Oil on canvas 30x30cm I enjoy walking in the Australian bush by myself. This is painted in the same area as the Fallen Branch painting.
Bowl of Chocolate Truffles Still Life Painting
Bowl of Chocolate Truffles 2018 | Dion Archibald | Oil on canvas 30x30cm I made these chocolate truffles myself and I wasn’t impressed with the taste but I thought they looked great so I painted them. I’ve always liked playing with white and the many colours used to represent it. These are white truffles in …
Gold Coast Fog Cityscape Painting
Gold Coast Fog 2018 | Dion Archibald | Oil on canvas 35x28cm Painted from the same location as the previous Gold Coast cityscape painting but the weather has deteriorated. I like seeing the two paintings together like a diptych.
Gold Coast View Cityscape Painting in Australia
Gold Coast View 2018 | Dion Archibald | Oil on canvas 35x28cm View from the Q1 Tower on the Gold Coast in Surfers Paradise, Queensland in Australia. I forget what level I was on but it was up high. It’s not always blue skies and sunshine in Queensland. I also painted this same view of …
Dusk Road Night Time Painting
Dusk Road 2018 | Dion Archibald | Oil on canvas 30x30cm Bend in the road, heading into the Australian bush at dusk. I’ve always intended to do a series of night paintings but am still yet to get around to doing it.
Smiley Cat Portrait Painting
Smiley Cat Portrait 2018 | Dion Archibald | Oil on canvas 30x30cm This did start out as a serious cat portrait commission for my friend but I just couldn’t get a facial likeness. I thought the body of the cat was a pretty good painting but no matter what I did to his face, it …
Pile of Prawns Still Life Painting
Pile of Prawns 2018 | Dion Archibald | Oil on canvas 30x30cm I’ve painted prawns a few times now. Partly because I like cadmium orange, but also because I like eating prawns. I don’t think I’m done with painting nor eating them, they will return to the plate and the easel.
Boat Harbour Seascape Painting
Boat Harbour (NSW, Australia) 2018 | Dion Archibald | Oil on canvas 30x30cm Boat Harbour is a little suburb in the Port Stephens area of New South Wales. It’s a nice place to escape to for a few days.