The Working Boat. Shorncliffe. Qld

I use to live not far from where the trawlers use to tie up. I would go for a walk around their talking to the owners of the boat. There were heaps of subjects to paint as their was something happening all the time. On this day it was late in the afternoon and the orange glow of the sun setting caught my eye. The blue and orange were great together. This was painted in oils on canvas on mdf board. This would lift any room it was hung in with the love colours.

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Barry Back was born in Brewarrina NSW in 1959. He was introduced to art from an early age painting his first landscape at fourteen. His paintings have been influenced by the "Heidelberg School of painting" Australian Impressionist masters such as Arthur Streeton, Tom Roberts and Elioth Gruner. Also more modern day painters like American artists Scott L Christensen and Richard Schmid. Barry now resides on the Sunshine Coast Qld. Barry paints mainly from life known as En Plein Air outdoors in the fresh air. Barry also teaches workshops around Qld and NSW demonstrating his knowledge he has learnt outside. Barry has had several successful solo exhibitions and group shows and is represented in private collections in Australia and overseas including Japan, USA, New Zealand and Ireland.