Sailing on the Swan

For sale – $250 | 20 × 20 inches | Oil on canvas | Completed April 2025

I went to a short Learn to Paint Abstract course to keep a friend company, and I started this painting there.

As you can see, it isn’t particularly abstract! Perhaps I’m just too much of a realist.

I took it back to my regular teacher, who told me we’d have to work on it to make it properly impressionistic. 😊 Two lessons later, it was finished.

I called it Sailing on the Swan. I used the Perth city skyline as the backdrop, with its reflections across the water, and added a couple of sailboats for interest.

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