Just letting everyone know that I have set up a new website which also includes my new blog set up.

You can come visit me over at robynbauerstudio.com and see what I have been up to. Lots more paintings of Brisbane, its trees, urban landscapes, plus new still life paintings done during Covid.

Robyn Bauer Fig Tree Drawing

One of my new drawings of the magnificent Fig trees found in the suburbs of Brisbane, particularly Paddington, Red Hill and Milton.

Trees of Paddington

I have been really loving drawing more of the local Fig Trees around Paddington, Bardon and Milton. In fact it is becoming almost a Zen meditative experience for me while doing them.

This is Fig Tree Drawing No 2. Just drawn in black and white charcoal on a tinted paper.

This is the third in the series. I do feel I am getting better at them.

Annoyingly I framed this one before taking the final photo. So this is just a progress photo and the finished piece is a bit more "finished".

I do see these as real "portraits" of individual trees. In fact just this morning, I had a couple of ladies in my studio who recognised a particular tree. They knew exactly where it was, knew the exact species and told me that is actually a protected heritage tree. Good to know there is such a thing!