This painting is my first idea for a local art competition. I wanted to combine my skills in watercolour and a more contemporary feel using a larger canvas. The light sketching will be black ink.

I ended up adding the foreground rocks into this painting to break up the murky blue water. It also focusses the eye on the reflections. These were harder because as I mentioned I wanted a cubist feel. I realised that i needed to make on side of the reflection as straight as possible. I am happy with the result.

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Nathaniel Tobias Hiller - Bio, October 2006
Nathaniel Hiller was born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1971 and moved to Melbourne in 2002. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Tasmania and an Associate Diploma of Art (Graphic Design). He works in Melbourne as an Art Director in an advertising agency.

He learnt to draw at a young age under the guidance of his father, Peter, a lecturer in Art Education and accomplished Tasmanian Watercolour artist. As well as other well known watercolour artists he cites french impressionism as one of his early influences.

His works have been inspired by his Tasmanian heritage and love of yachting and the ocean but more recently streetscapes around Melbourne.

Nat has had numerous successful group exhibitions selling out every year in Wrest Point Casinos Optomeyes City Mission Annual Exhibition (1999 - 2005). He has had two joint exhibitions at the Red Chapel Gallery (2000 - 2001) and displayed works in the Strickland Gallery and numerous Salamanca Galleries. Since moving to Melbourne he has had work displayed in Artasis Art Gallery and the Swan Street Gallery in Richmond.

Please contact PH 0407862285 or email info@cre8tvt.com.au

This painting was inspired by the sharp reflections in the first one - a sort of cubist approach which I am quite happy with. I need to clean up the muddy foreground and neaten (as usual) but I am gradually becoming more confident.

white boats

I was inspired by the sharp reflections of my Derwent boat painting and wanted to practice just to see if I could recreate it or whther ir was luck. I am quite happy with this one. I do need a little more contrast and some of the drawing needs to be fixed but it has a really good/eery feeling. The battle now will be to try not to fill in anymore....

Finally... really happy with this one. It has that randomness I have been looking for. A little bit abstract in places. A really good feel. I really think sometimes it comes down to luck.

Another attempt at the Derwant Yachts painting...

Another Derwent jetty painting i did a little while ago. I just added some reds and greens.

Shippies. A pub in Battery Point. This one is getting there. The shadows are still a bit light i think. Need deepening.

bit rich in colour.