I started painting when I joined the Elgin
Artists in 2012. More than anything I enjoy
the company of my fellow members who all
share an interest in art and the joy of
mucking around with paint and canvas and
paper to see what may emerge. I often find
that when I start a painting it looks pretty
ordinary, bit if I persevere I can usually
resurrect something respectable.
I love the strong colours and the ragged
edges of the Australian outback and bush
and for the last few years my major output
has been painting in Ben Boyd National Park
on the southern coast of NSW. This is
where we camp every summer – with fellow
Elgin Artists, Peter Sanders and Ian
Cunningham.
I don’t seek to depict realism in my painting.
In fact I continually strive to become more
abstraction – but it is difficult to achieve. It is
a battle between the eyes and the mind. I
quite deliberately exaggerate shapes and
colours not so much to change the nature of
what I am painting but to express my feeling
of what I am seeing.
I would love to have met Van Gogh.
Contact details
Email: pdjellie@hotmail.com
Mobile: 0418 105 276