*A dancing girl at an open air free show common in NE Thailand.*

The singers male and female are huge stars and sing in the beautiful traditional style.  I will see if I can get a video clip to add to this.  There are distinct roles; a handsome lead male singer; a beautiful female lead; a man dressed up in sequins in a traditional style; a man dressed as a woman like a pantomime lady.  

In between songs they perform sketches which are very funny, even to me despite my not understanding a word.  There are lots of double meanings and sexual innuendo which the audience loves.

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This is a painting of the Pilbara region of Western Australia in oil on canvas 30 by 61 cms.  It will be in my solo exhibition at Element's Art Gallery in Dalkeith WA.

At first you think the night is silent, then as your eyes gradually begin to see and darks shapes turn into deep reds you begin to hear. The moon is a cold white but somehow the trees in front of you are gold and the scratching scrabbling sounds begin, punctuated by shrieks and distant moans. You are not alone, but the endless life and death dramas of small creatures will not harm you. You are safe here in the Pilbara, enjoy the colours, the presence of the rocks and the sound of the night.

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*'Abundance' by Jeremy Holton*
100 by 120 cms oil on canvas
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'Deep Blue Day' 91 by 120 cms Oil on Canvas by Jeremy Holton http://www.jeremyholton.com

A friend of mine used to say that the sky is much bigger in Perth, and so it is. With our dry climate the stars are closer as well. Most of all its the Swan River that makes Perth the wonderful city it is. I have so many memories; of wading chest high at night trawling for prawns phosphorescence glittering in the clear water, of Saturday afternoon dingy racing, SCUBA training at Blackwall Reach, drunken noisy boat parties, wind surfing......Above all its Blue, the sky is Blue, the river is Blue, the whole world is BLUE.

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*Death of a flower* 57 by 57 cms oil pastel on paper

*Death of a flower*
57 by 57 cms oil pastel on paper

The Waratah Art Gallery asked me to paint a Waratah flower for their inaugural exhibition. I painted one Waratah with the exuberance of youth and one with the rich colours and subtleties of death and decay. Unfortunately the Waratah Art Gallery itself died in infancy to be re-born as Challen & Rafferty Gallery.  Which died in its turn as all galleries do. This painting reminds us that there is beauty as well as inevitability in death.

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'Bondi' 57 by 76 cms gouache on paper by Jeremy Holton

'Bondi'  57 by 76 cms gouache on paper by Jeremy Holton

I did this sketch several years ago in Sydney and discovered it again quite recently in one of my folios. I liked the freedom and movement in the work with the sense of space, of sky and the sea against the rocks so I had it framed.

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Moon Rising over th Mitchell Falls in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia

'Moon rising over the Mitchell Falls' oil on canvas 100 by 111 cms 

by Jeremy Holton 

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Its 2 to 3 days driver from Perth to the Kimberley in the remote North of Western Australia. Another day or two along the Gibb River Road and then the track to the Mitchell Plateau. The roads are impassable in the Wet so its best to go soon after when the gorges are all flowing and hope that you don’t get blocked by a river crossing. The Mitchell Falls is worth it. This is early evening in the Dry when the falls are not in full spate but its still magnificent. I went for a walk from our camp site and left it too late to return. It was dark and I knew I had to cross a creek but couldn't find the path. In the end I took a guess as to where the camp was and waded across the stream in the dark (no crocs in that section I hoped) and luckily my sense of direction was OK as I scrambled into the camp as my friends were beginning to get worried. Nothing for several hundred kms cliffs and gorges not a good place to get lost in the dark.

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'Fabulous flowers'  56 by 76 cms oil on paper by Jeremy Holton
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The terrace pergola and the river at Mekong House our painting holidays guest house in NE Thailand.  This  was taken in January by November the terrace will be complete.
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'On our way' 100 by 120 cms oil on canvas

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'Undergrowth' 120 by 120 cms oil on canvas by Jeremy Holton 

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'Echoes of the day' 60 by 90cms by Jeremy Holton

I call the track that runs from the Great Northern Highway down to the Gibb River Road past Tunnel Creek "Limestone Road" as there are fossil Devonian coral reefs all the way. This creates a wonderful landscape of rounded reefs caves, boabs and palms. There are crevices, hidden valleys and caves in which animals hide in the heat of the day, so too do the ghosts which wait for dusk, oozing from cracks and floating down the track seeking stragglers from the day.

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'Red Ship' 120x100 cms oil on canvas

The power of naivety and ships in the harbour. This painting was influenced by one of my favourite artists John Perceval http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perceval

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'The flower arranger'  76 by 56 cms oil on paper

From the "Fat Lady' series  a whimsical commentary on relations between the sexes with ambiguous undercurrents. She has a caring love hate relationship with her little men. Here they are her flowers carefully tended and greatly loved but some have wilted away

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'A place without time' oil on canvas 61x41 cms $1950 

As the Toodyay Road winds its way down the escarpment into the coastal plains, on the left there is a hidden valley where huge boulders and trees have an uncanny presence.  It is a place to stop and to listen to the silence.

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'Red roses for a blue lady' oil on paper 76x57 cms
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Moonlight oil on canvas 100 x 120 cms by Jeremy Holton A moonlit view of the Darling Ranges escarpment.

This is the second in a series of paintings of moonlit views of the Darling Ranges escarpment. If you have been there you will recognise the winding tracks, rounded granite boulders, sparse straggly trees and armies of black tree grasses, burnt by fire and marching with their spears raised in silent salute. Waiting for the night when they will be free to roam again across this wild and beautiful place. Beware for there are things here that you do not understand

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'Tower of light' 122x41 cms oil on canvas by Jeremy Holton.  This is a view of the University of Western Australia from the Swan River with the tower of Winthrop Hall.  $3000 #painting #landscape #perth #australia.
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This is a work in progress and I would greatly appreciate any advice on how I can improve it. Its oil on canvas 102 x 76 cms

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"Fantastic colour" Oil on canvas 120 by 120 cms by Jeremy Holton
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