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ROEY'S 2017 Exhibition
'Here, Now, On Star Hill'
Glen Rock Gallery, Esk, August


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Esk, Queensland
August, 2016

When I was asked to give a title to my exhibition I was stumped. It is such an eclectic offering and I don’t do ‘themes’. On reflection I realised that every one of the pictures is drawn from my own life: people and animals I have known and loved; places I have lived; and activities I have enjoyed and shared throughout my life, all leading up to ‘Star Hill’.

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Czardas
(oil; 355x510mm)
The violinist is the father of my good friend, Jean­ette Jamieson. During WWII his music helped him to escape from occupied Poland to join the Free Polish Army in Britain. It’s a great story. You’ll have to ask Jeanette...
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The Blues
   
(oil; 330x380mm)
Jim in a pensive mood.


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Guitar al Fresco
(oil; 370x440mm)
After years as a professional book illustrator I found it difficult not to ‘draw’ with my brush. To break myself of the habit, I painted this picture as an experiment, using only a knife - no brushwork at all. It did the trick.


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Grace in the Afternoon
(acrylic; 930x930mm)
This is my lovely grey mare, Grace. Sadly I lost her last November but I’d like to think she still haunts that slope, gazing out over the Kilcoy hills.


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Lorikeet in a Coral Tree
(oil; 310x310mm)
The lorikeets love feasting on the seed pods of our batwing coral tree.


Wallaby Dawn
(oil; 310x310mm)
We often see wallabies drift­ing through the morning mist on our lawn. It’s one of the rewards of rising early

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Pale-headed Rosellas
(oil; 310x310mm)
I photographed this pair in the bare branches of a liquidambar in our garden with winter hills be­hind.

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Sky Riders
(oil; 1000x1000mm)
I spent quite a long time on this wedge-tail, count­ing feathers and trying to get all the details right, but there was still something missing. Three brush strokes and the work of a moment fixed it. Spot the second eagle.

Naomi (oil; 420x500mm)
When my friend Wendy visited us in Scotts­dale I took the opportunity of having her pose for a couple of paintings. This one came out looking rather Biblical, so I called her ‘Naomi’.

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These two little pastels were done in Yowie Park, Kilcoy.

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Leaning Giant
(pastel; 380x330mm)


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The Pond
(pastel; 330x380mm)

RF24: Winter Evening, Mt. Kilcoy
(pastel; 470x400mm)
Another pastel painting. The evening was as cold as it looks. I was happy to do this one from inside the dining-room window. This is our view north, with Mt. Kilcoy on our left and the Conondale Ranges in the distance.

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Twelve Hands
(oil;1200x900mm)