tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885803560747547484.post6171377886811325697..comments2023-09-01T02:48:51.149-07:00Comments on Wendy Barrett's Paintings and Writings: Day 29 - Gottagotorotto!Wendy Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05809722045189710005noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885803560747547484.post-5388146674153282082013-10-30T17:30:16.593-07:002013-10-30T17:30:16.593-07:00Hi Catharine, I'm not sure if this is the Euca...Hi Catharine, I'm not sure if this is the Eucalyptus Caesia - ornamental weeping gum - silver princess. It is one of the more showy varieties of the Eucalyptus family anyway. There is a vast variety of flowering eucalyptus trees over here and they are all beautiful and come in many different colours.Wendy Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809722045189710005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885803560747547484.post-66039033773172296222013-10-30T07:54:46.836-07:002013-10-30T07:54:46.836-07:00That wildflower is amazing!! What is the name for ...That wildflower is amazing!! What is the name for it?Catharina Engberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954431421201427239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885803560747547484.post-27960617277308877802013-10-01T21:51:17.305-07:002013-10-01T21:51:17.305-07:00Thanks so much Celia. I hope you do get to visit s...Thanks so much Celia. I hope you do get to visit some day! Australia does have a very unique kind of vegetation. It has had to adapt to very dry and arid conditions in some parts which has led to some rather interesting floral inventions! Wendy Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809722045189710005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885803560747547484.post-56761639186069075042013-10-01T21:48:18.301-07:002013-10-01T21:48:18.301-07:00Thanks Jane! I really appreciate your lovely comme...Thanks Jane! I really appreciate your lovely comments. I remember seeing some photos of your own garden you posted a while back and I was in awe at what an amazing gardener you are. Is garden design something you do for a living as well as paint?Wendy Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809722045189710005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885803560747547484.post-26798652083063077102013-10-01T21:40:31.275-07:002013-10-01T21:40:31.275-07:00Thank you so much for visiting Suzanne and for you...Thank you so much for visiting Suzanne and for your lovely comments!Wendy Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809722045189710005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885803560747547484.post-14833021848307657242013-10-01T21:39:57.166-07:002013-10-01T21:39:57.166-07:00Thanks so much Hilje! I was very pleased with the ...Thanks so much Hilje! I was very pleased with the colours in the ocean with this one. <br />I thought it might be a good time to think about Christmas themes so that I have a picture that I can use for my Christmas cards this year. I had intended to try for an Australian theme though, so I will try to come up with some ideas along those lines. Wendy Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809722045189710005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885803560747547484.post-71186156159877385642013-10-01T21:36:03.585-07:002013-10-01T21:36:03.585-07:00Hi Michael, thanks for your very kind comments and...Hi Michael, thanks for your very kind comments and observations. I'm pleased that you thought Gottagotorotto looked luminous like an oil painting. I used the paint quite thickly and I didn't use any medium - just straight out of the tube. The figures on the rock are fishing while gazing out to sea.<br />To "go like the clappers" means to go very fast. I looked it up as I hadn't known it wasn't a phrase used everywhere. One source said it is an English expression from WW2. The clappers were some sort of bells apparently. Good guess though that it might have been referring to waves. Maybe we can start our own expression "Go like the breakers!"<br />You and your wife would love Australia I'm sure - you'd think it was "out of sight!" I might include an ad for visiting Western Australia in a future post!<br />Thanks again for your wild enthusiasm Michael my art cobber!Wendy Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809722045189710005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885803560747547484.post-54831671489855232952013-10-01T19:07:20.376-07:002013-10-01T19:07:20.376-07:00Thanks so much Nancy. I was particularly pleased w...Thanks so much Nancy. I was particularly pleased with the rocks as they had become a thorn in my side.Wendy Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809722045189710005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885803560747547484.post-26739337000548748202013-09-30T04:33:13.265-07:002013-09-30T04:33:13.265-07:00Hi Wendy, I love the painterly, loose beach painti...Hi Wendy, I love the painterly, loose beach painting!! The couple sitting on the rocks is a great detail. Gorgeous impressionistic style! I love the finishing touches on your Christmas ornament painting too! Thanks for sharing all the beauty of your area, I didn't imagine Australia to have such rare plants. It makes me want to visit it even more!! Celia Blancohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07669218214678136163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885803560747547484.post-68856839943922459812013-09-29T23:01:35.509-07:002013-09-29T23:01:35.509-07:00Such wonderful colorful flowering , being a garden...Such wonderful colorful flowering , being a garden designer and very passionate about nature I could only wish to go and visit the area ! Love your painting, the color of the water and the waves are really beautiful and the rocks are perfect !Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06592451071109351862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885803560747547484.post-39029464962776437202013-09-29T22:01:56.137-07:002013-09-29T22:01:56.137-07:00What a beautiful blog. Love your work...Very nice...What a beautiful blog. Love your work...Very nice.suzannepaintshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784251112574065627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885803560747547484.post-91897715703912066512013-09-29T14:49:47.582-07:002013-09-29T14:49:47.582-07:00Love both paintings, Wendy! The colors and the lo...Love both paintings, Wendy! The colors and the loose style of the first one are beautiful. The second one brings me already in a Christmas mood, a very funny idea to paint these ornaments! Great photo's from Kings Park, hope you and your parents had a lovely time. Good luck with the latest painting of the challenge! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885803560747547484.post-14887895504128396262013-09-29T08:08:10.065-07:002013-09-29T08:08:10.065-07:00Okay Wendy, now we have to book a cruise to Austra...Okay Wendy, now we have to book a cruise to Australia! I did not know that Western Australia was a hotspot for biodiversity! Great photos! Love the colorful foliage! Some of the flowers look like they are not of this world! So very unusual for a New England USA guy! Beautiful and so very interesting!<br />So now back to your wonderful art! But wait, what are "clappers?" I will <br />google in a minute but still I want you to tell me! Are they "waves?"<br />Love "Gottogotorotto!" Great title and painting! Very successful and loose! Love the colors, the shapes, so spontaneous, beautiful! Of course I love the waves! But the rocks are "out of sight!" (Oops a very old hippy expression from the US?) You wrote it was acrylic! It looks so much like oil! Very luminous! I love the thick paint! Great texture! <br />(Also love the two small figures gazing out to the so amazing sea!)<br />Cobber, Mate, Buddy, Friend, Australian Wannabe, Citizen Of The World,<br />Michael<br />art by Michael Perchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767323223269323935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2885803560747547484.post-19383424699435554062013-09-29T06:52:45.494-07:002013-09-29T06:52:45.494-07:00I love today's painting and the way you sugges...I love today's painting and the way you suggested the rocks is perfect. Nancy Goldmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08957674798737272474noreply@blogger.com