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Upcoming Workshops with Mark Waller

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Upcoming workshops & tutorials in your local areas, check here!

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Workshops past. Been & gone. Delve into past notes, info and stories.

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Mark Waller's workshops past - discover what was learned about, talked about, laughed about and consumed with gusto!

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Florida Cracker Cow Hunters

Florida Cracker Cow Hunters

This is a painting of Florida Cracker Cow Hunters. It is based on a pencil drawing done by Frederick Remington in 1895. They rode McClellan saddles

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Living Reef

Living Reef

Just saw the Fishscape painting in this forum, via your newsletter and thought I'd post this one of mine. I was lucky enough to experience a snorkel

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My Fishscape, ( my term) painting of a Parrotfish

Parrotfish painting

I was playing with plastic wrap applied to damp acrylic and after a while I just saw this large fish shape seeming to emerge from the waves. That became

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Wave Crashing

Wave Crashing

I have been in awe of artists (like Mark) who can capture the energy of waves frozen on the canvas. I have been inspired by some oil paintings done by

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Keys Time

“Keys Time”

I now have an empty nest for the first time in 31 years! My Dad was an artist and my Mom is crafty and creative but I never really explored art myself

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Chichester Ranges

Chichester Ranges

Chichester Range in Western Australia. Hope I captured some of the dynamic look (?). A3-size acrylic on canvas pad with palette knife and various approaches.

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Elephant Ears (the plant)

Elephant Ears

I started painting in 2017 after my father passed away. He was a retired art professor and was, still is, my inspiration.

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Tax deduction on artworks for this financial year!

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Take advantage of 100% tax deduction on artworks this financial year up to $150,000

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Caloosahatchee River Ft Myers Florida

Caloosahatchee River

I painted this from a photo I took at Thomas Edison's home in Fort Myers Florida. He chose this area for the fiber he used in making the filament for

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Beachscape from Mark waller‘s Tutorial

Beachscape

I have loved drawing since I was a child, and I used to draw a lot of cartoon characters identically. Then I did a drawing and painting course with acrylic,

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Richmond Bridge

Richmond Bridge

I hope you like this one. I never get tired of the colours. This acrylic (90 x 60 cm) is of the Richmond Bridge on the Coal River, at Richmond, Tasmania.

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