Training by the Sea by Sue Hill. Sue was inspired to paint βTraining in the Seaβ after a few challenging commissions to paint racehorses. It is a whimsical fantasy painting by Sue for her own enjoyment. She enjoys the freshness of the sea and here has created a surrealistic scene of a steam train emerging from a tunnel, the tracks of which are draped over a horseβs back. A boy stands on top of the kneeling form of a girl who is peering into the submerged manhole amongst a bed of coral and where the tracks supposedly lead the train underground. A boy and a girl swim towards the tracks. Under water all is calm. On the horizon clouds have formed from the steam of the train.
This imaginative acrylic painting is colourful and decorative. Sue has sealed the painting with matt medium varnish. It is signed on the back and is wired ready to hang. The edges of the painting are painted black.
Training in the Sea
Ready to hang
Artwork Details
- Medium
- Acrylic, Ready to hang
- Dimensions
- 30in (W) x 36in (H) x 1.6in (D)
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Artwork Description
Artist Bio
Sue was brought up in Central Africa and spent her formative years moving from one small mining town to another with her family. Both parents were creative and her mother was a botanical artist. Sue was encouraged to amuse herself with few material possessions. She developed a deep love of nature and the surrounding bush with its diversity of flora and fauna.
Many years later Sue emigrated to Perth with her young family and as soon as her children were established at primary school, she began to attend part time art classes at TAFE and the Claremont College of Art.
A decade later and following another shift, this time to Adelaide, she became a volunteer art guide at the South Australia Art Gallery, which reinforced her love of history and art.
In the past decade, and following a further move to Brisbane, Sue has intermittedly attended short courses in various mediums of art and has attended Don Waters weekly demonstration sessions at Beenleigh.
Sue mainly works in acrylics but dabbles in oils and mixed media. She is Brisbane-based and a member of RQAS. Her paintings are based in reality but she likes to look for the humour in everyday life.