Happy New Year! May 2026 be the year that all your dreams come true! And may you be as happy as this fairy penguin is with his fairy cake

Wishing you all the merriest of Merry Christmases and the happiest of Happy New Years!

Wish I could hug Bernie! #auspol

Trying to stay cool on this hot and blustery day by painting a fairy penguin with fairy cake

▫️ Your regular reminder that Sussan Ley is an empty-headed baying gorgon and an inflammatory idiot with the morals and political acumen of groin fungus. ▫️

It is a scorcher here today so where does my cat decide to sit? On me… I am melting… For once I wish she was rolling around in my wet paint

These quirky characters will be making their way on to my website over the weekend. Sign up to my newsletter (link in bio) to find out when.

The only downside to having wings is when you want to dunk your iced vovo in the tea you are holding… and no pockets means you have to store your biccy (bikkie? bickie?) for later in your crest

I am Jupiter

Oh dear, what started as a bit of practice painting quirky characters is getting out of hand… I suddenly want to paint ALL the Australian animals drinking tea now… Still undecided whether they need pretty backgrounds or to just let them be…

Last two pieces of the puzzle… I have four of these Precious Precarious Porcelain paintings heading to a women and birds exhibition at the Mudgee Arts Precinct in December

Work in progress… This is by far my most over the top painting and it isn’t finished yet (although I am running out of room) A pack of pretty pardalotes perched on precariously placed precious porcelain

Details…

Woylies enjoy making doilies

Mood.

And the Birdlife Bird of the Year winner is… Tawny Frogmouth About time in my opinion, although in my portrait of him he looks shocked that she has been chosen… she probably didn’t even write a speech or anything

Would you call this dapper fellow a bush turkey, a scrub turkey or a brush turkey? I always thought they were bush turkeys… Is it a geographical thing like the potato scallop/cake controversy?

muppetized works of art: thread

Given that my little avatar is a spotted pardalote there is only one clear winner in my book! Go the pardalote!

I’ve never painted a Tasmanian devil before so I am having a practice run by painting one drinking tea… Loooong way to go, but it is a fun challenge. Next one I paint will be eating cake but I can’t decide if it is devil’s food cake or angel food cake

Every now and then I paint a character who speaks to me (they all do in their own ways, but some more than others). I know that it will be a challenge to let them go when the time comes… this little unfinished possum is one of those characters

Building up quite a collection of these quirky characters sipping tea… Which is your favourite? And who should I paint next?

Moist owlet. 🪶

Currawong liked his tea strong

Hate speech

Cats being cats throughout history

I have been fussing over this furry flippered fellow for the past few days. Is he finished? I am really not sure 🤔 Maybe he needs a bit more fussing

And so it begins…

Superb!

Happy Wattle Day!

Today’s desk view… A bit chaotic, but at least my supervisor has found herself a little bit of sunshine

An eclectic cast of characters on my desk today…

Sorry it has been a while…there is lots going on and I am a bit all over the place, there are things I *should* be doing but I think today I will ignore all the shoulds and just try to focus on this happy little skippy sipping tea… Not sure if it is earl grey or rooibos in that slightly modified cup

Taking pre orders for my 2026 calendar. If you are thinking you might like a copy of next year’s calendar I am taking pre orders now. I have kept the price the same despite growing costs as I feel we probably need a bit of whimsy at the moment… I know I do… Made in Australia Link in bio

Getting there very slowly

Happy Owl Awareness Day! This is my watercolour painting from 2018 showing a barn owl trying to tempt an antechinus with a piece of cheesecake… I know that I could be tempted with cheesecake so I figured it could work for antechinus too…

Painting details

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Cold and blustery today. Luckily I have a lap limpet to keep me warm.

If you see this, post a vampire!

Today’s work in progress… still a lot of work needs to be done especially on his foot holding the teacup, but I feel it is suitably silly, especially with the “pinky” in the air What have you been working on today?

“Introducing Froger Moore as James Pond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Tea Service” Watercolour on handmade paper Work in progress

Edwina the echidna was already contemplating her second coffee before she had even finished her first… Work in progress

Finishing off some colourful pieces on this cold grey day…

Happy belated World Parrot Day! Can’t believe I am fashionably late to the celebration… as you can probably tell, I am a bit of a parrot fan, all birds really…

Life is short, use the fine China. Happy Friday Bluesky. 🦋

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