Michael Cawdrey Art

Michael Cawdrey Art A page displaying my work, including information about exhibitions where my paintings can be seen.

This one of Adelaide Street is oil on wood panel, 12x18 inches/ 30x45 cm.
25/08/2026

This one of Adelaide Street is oil on wood panel, 12x18 inches/ 30x45 cm.

I'm pleased to say Reflected Light On Adelaide Street, winner of the Stewards Award, has been sold at the Ekka 🙂
17/08/2026

I'm pleased to say Reflected Light On Adelaide Street, winner of the Stewards Award, has been sold at the Ekka 🙂

I received a very nice phone call from the Chief Steward at the Ekka, telling me that although the judges didn't award R...
11/08/2026

I received a very nice phone call from the Chief Steward at the Ekka, telling me that although the judges didn't award Reflected light On Adelaide Street a prize, it has won the Stewards Award :-) as decided by all the volunteer helpers at the show.
I'm delighted to be the recipient of such an award! Thank you everyone.

Ekka

I started this oil a few days ago. I got nothing done yesterday, and was keen to get back to it today.It's 12x16 inches ...
17/07/2026

I started this oil a few days ago. I got nothing done yesterday, and was keen to get back to it today.
It's 12x16 inches / 30x40 cm on shallow-sided wood panel.
As much as I admire gum trees, for me this was about the afternoon light and colour.

Here's the finished oil on wood panel, 16x20 inches.The location is a corner bar in Brisbane.The beautiful woman seen th...
10/07/2026

Here's the finished oil on wood panel, 16x20 inches.
The location is a corner bar in Brisbane.
The beautiful woman seen through the left-hand window could so easily be my wife 🙂
This one is going to the Tower Art Show, Marist College, Ashgrove in September.

The beginnings of a 16x20 inch oil on wood panel.
07/07/2026

The beginnings of a 16x20 inch oil on wood panel.

Thank you, Good Egg Gallery
01/07/2026

Thank you, Good Egg Gallery

For about fifteen years I've had a roll of canvas propped up in a corner. Good quality stuff, too. I purchased it in ant...
01/07/2026

For about fifteen years I've had a roll of canvas propped up in a corner. Good quality stuff, too. I purchased it in anticipation of a time when I would feel industrious enough to stretch some of it.

Recently I threw out some undesirable works, but kept the stretcher frames, and today, for the first time in at least thirty years, I grabbed the pliers and stretched an eighteen by twenty-four. I still think in inches.

In fact, I'm so old-school that I secured it with tacks, not the quick-fix staples that everyone seems to use these days. (Actually, my staple gun has called it quits 🙂)

After that, the canvas was so good and tight you could use it in a marching band.

Although the canvas is already primed, I then gave it the first of two coats of my favourite gesso, that being Matisse. They also call it their Medium #10.

There's something oddly satisfying about stretching and working on your own canvases.
I hope I still feel that way after I've taken some paint to it!

07/05/2026

I've taken a few videos of recent paintings.
First up is April Sunshine on St Paul's Terrace.
Acrylic on canvas 16x32 inches

This is another acrylic. It's 36x12 inches on canvas.Lots of warm and cool to play with in this one. I considered a tig...
04/04/2026

This is another acrylic. It's 36x12 inches on canvas.
Lots of warm and cool to play with in this one. I considered a tighter crop, but I really wanted a lonely scene, and the cool colours contribute to that, I feel. The wider view also places the only car in a larger space.
I could've changed the strange lights on the left to something more conventional in shape, but in the end I painted them as they were. The city can be a pretty weird place, and they're just a part of it 🙂
The composition is somewhat divided into two parts by the Keep Left sign. That was deliberate 🙂

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