John by Gerhard Ritter

wow, you`d only been painting for such a short time, this is just great!

Stunning lighting and beautifully painted.

You'd been painting for less than a year ..... you realize, of course, that you have to be shot?

Interesting you should say that, Robert. Similar to comments I get at the local Art club on my Wednesday night painting sessions when I usually do one small portrait each week.

I shall be in league with them. Watch your back. I wonder, more seriously (and before I get arrested as a dangerous nutter as opposed to the harmless one I actually am) whether you'd be prepared to start a blog on this site, and tell us a bit about yourself and the art scene in Australia - it seems to me that the future of representational art is alive and well out there, and it would be interesting to contrast a vibrant arts scene with the rather depressed one we seem to have in Britain just now.