Stonehouse Moore - part of our family history

The Stonehouse is situated a few kilometres past Moore in the Brisbane Valley.  My mother's family lived there in the 1920s while my grandfather worked as a timber getter with a bullock wagon.  Mum was one of eight children and walked to school at Moore with her brothers and sisters.  Her youngest sister Lorna was born at Stonehouse.  Unfortunately it has fallen into disrepair and only the back area that was the kitchen remains. 

I went to my studio to do another drawing, and thought this one was more timely.

Go Broncos, and quick recovery Locky!

Cassidy Bros at War - sketches and painting Sept 2011

I'm starting on a new art exhibition and working from photos from World War II.  My father, John Davidson Cassidy, was the oldest of six boys, and five of them went to war.  The youngest boy Gavin, was too young.  Dad was married with two children (I wasn't born until 1944) so did not go over to the UK at the start of World War II like a lot of Australians did, including his brothers Hugh and Jim.  Hugh was in the navy, and Jim in the RAF and both were decorated by the King.  I have started off with a painting of dad with his air crew in New Guinea (he was a Navigator), and since then have worked in my sketch book doing preliminary sketches.

V8s

This is the second year I've drawn the V8s and coloured with Copic pens, not my usual water colours.  I've made them into cards and prints which are for sale at the Gingertown Garage, Ginger Factory, Yandina, Queensland, or directly from me.