I have been painting all my life, beginning as a young child playing with paints and crayons drawing my toys and pets. I have always had a love affair with color. Later, as an adult, I painted landscapes and still life, but now my great love is painting beach scenes. Some of my beach paintings are realistic and recognizable paintings of popular New South Wales and Queensland beaches. Favorite beaches are Byron Bay for it's beautiful sweeping bay and white sands and Currumbin Waters on the Gold Coast. There is an area set aside at Currumbin Beach which is dog friendly and I have taken many photos of dogs frolicking in the waves and the sand. Others I paint frequently are Bondi, Manly and Sydney Harbor. I also love to visit beaches on the New South Wales south coast. Jervis Bay for it's pure white sands and emerald green ocean. Broulee, Bate mans Bay and Mollymook are also very beautiful beaches and ideal for families. To give a painting life and interes...