Little Cove Beach Noosa Heads Qld Australia pallette Knife painting by Chris Hobel

Little Cove Beach Noosa Heads Qld Australlia Palette Knife Painting by Chris Hobel

8x8" deep sided canvas

This little painting is of a scene around the corner from the previous post looking the opposite way

another very special part of the world where I love to paint and swim

Noosa Main Beach Queensland Australia Palette Knife daily painting by Chris Hobel

Noosa Main Beach Queensland Australia Acrylic Palette Knife Painting by Chris Hobel

8x8"painted on deepsided canvas, ready to hang, 

For Sale

 Painting the Sea with just the palette knife is another challenge. You may recognise the scene from an earlier blog  of Noosa's Main Beach  where I painted a more panoramic view. Love the colours in this one

Sunrise Dunes Oil Painting Sunrise Beach Qld Australia

Sand Dunes Beach Painting 10x14" unframed 

Sunrise Beach Queensland  by Chris Hobel

For  Sale

Some images  are definitely more challenging than others, grassy sand dunes are one of them. Hal Barton is a favourite Noosa Artist or should I say ex Noosa artist who managed to capture them beautifully. This painting is a turning point for me as I feel pretty happy with it. It is oil painted on hardwood and reflects my local beach pretty well. Most of my Paintings are available as a print or greeting card on the Fine Art America Site, (click on the link to the right of your screen) If you dont see it there , contact me and I will list it. I have recently upgraded my site so I will be adding lots more over the coming weeks. Ive also added a face book like icon at the top of the page so please please  like me... so I will keep blogging and showing my paintings, No painting today as we managed to get our boat out on the Noosa  river for a few hours this morning and caught a few nice bream for dinner, it is a lovely sunny warm day without a cloud in the sky.....until tomorrow...

new camera at last, iconic Noosa Print on sale

Ive been hanging out for the arrival of my new digi camera canon powershot  sx210 IS. After selling  some more prints on FAA I decided to upgrade my account  so I could list more photos of a higher quality enabling larger prints to be purchased.  The prints I sold were taken  with my sons  better camera so I thought there was a message there.
Im having a  promotional sale until Saturday of this print above called Noosa Fun
Our long hot summer is still in full force and we noosans really look forward to a cool  breeze, I think we will have to wait a little longer.
I have been painting and will be posting more frequently as the weather cools

back to Colley at Kenilworth by Chris Hobel

I rarely attend workshops but the Whisson family are almost icons in Queensland Painting as most of the family carry on the tradition of Australian Impressionsim. Ive attended Workshops with both Todd and Colley, Eric the dad is a bit more low key, but he certainly inspired his children. I found my children were not that keen to learn from me but have turned out to be very interested in art and do the odd canvas themselves. The  principal of the school purchased my sons painting at the end of year 12 but he is now an electrician.... a safe job but at present he in the remote parts of Cambodia so who knows what the future may bring. Today I didnt fit in any painting as I had to catch dinner, a few bream in the Noosa  River, always an inspiration for another days painting.

Back to the workshop... I enjoyed watching Colleys adept brush strokes.... all very big brush and big shapes until the very end of the painting. A good workshop to do if you want to break free of detail... who doesnt fit into that category