WhatTheBlueNoteWroteOnBrickMountain
WhenIcameupwiththetitleitwasinstantlyappealing,appearingtomeastowhatcould bethetitleofanunknownPenguin’sClassicnovelfromthe1920’ssittingatthedusty backshelfoftheBuderimRareBookshopsituatedjustupthehillfromwhereIlive& paint.
Thestory,althoughundiscoveredbymany,containsoutburstsofblindfreedom contrastingtothestructuralboundariesbuiltbybricksattheotherend,shapingan atmosphereofpoemsintheformofboldtactility.
Avisualtravelbookaccommodatinghouses,signs,statues,gardens,sounds,scents,swans, shadowsandhalf-pence.
WhereverIgo,aloneornot,Iwillsitanddrawandgathermysurroundings,collecting everythingIfeelandmarkingitintotheblankpage, reallandscapesreimagined.
NatureistheonlyreasonIcanpaint,itisthesubject. Collectingsmallpartsofnature andplacingthemtogetheronasurface,iswhythepaintingsappearthewaytheydo. Poet’sarecollectors,observersandpourersoftheworld &I’mapoetofpaint.
Mitchell Cheesman 2026
Ravi Coltrane At The Blue Note
Oil, Wax & Graphite on Canvas Diptych 180cm x 280cm ON HOLD
Goodbye Table With Venus Fly Trap & Victorian Tree Stump Oil & Wax on Canvas
180cm x 160cm
$11,000
Restaurant Hubert In The Quiet Hours With One Loud Laugh Oil on Canvas
180cm x 140cm
$9,900
Windy Lunch Time In Launceston (With No Lunch)
Oil & Wax on Canvas
122cm x 122cm SOLD
Tall - Short, Pick Me With Hood On & Earphones In Oil, Wax & Canvas Collage on Cotton 122cm x 122cm
SOLD
Count The Cobbles When Checked In Salamanca Oil & Wax on Cotton
122cm x 122cm
$8,800
The Stairs Down The Hill Oil on Canvas
120cm x 100cm
$6,600
Cat Church, Meet You There
Oil on Canvas 120cm x 100cm SOLD
Twisted Stump & Still Life
Oil on Canvas Mounted on Cotton 102cm x 76cm SOLD
Swans Dancing Under Lampshade Oil on Cotton
102cm x 76cm
$4,400
Sculpture Builds Itself (Venus) Oil & Wax on Canvas 102cm x 76cm SOLD
The Restitched Rug With Red Tongue Fly Trap’s Oil on Canvas 102cm x 76cm
SOLD
Feel Hot, Feel Cold Half Dream About Anything & Everything (The Hotel Windsor)
Oil & Wax on Cotton
102cm x 76cm
SOLD
The Oily Tubes & The Chicken Oil on Canvas
76cm x 61cm
$2,750
Large Berry Palette Oil on Canvas 76cm x 61cm SOLD
Handmade Italian Terracotta Florentine Oil & Wax on Canvas 76cm x 61cm SOLD
Blue Japanese Ceramic Tower Oil, Wax & Canvas Collage on Cotton 76cm x 61cm SOLD
Best Of Old & New (Small House In Hobart) Oil on Canvas 76cm x 61cm
SOLD
A Section Of Light Amongst The Cardboard Boxes (Bouquet With Painting List)
Oil on Canvas
76cm x 61cm
SOLD
White Rose Bush In Carlton North Oil on Canvas 61cm x 51cm SOLD
The Bricks To The Half (Hobart Tasmania)
Oil & Gesso on Canvas
61cm x 51cm
SOLD
What Is Weaved Oil on Canvas 61cm x 51cm SOLD
Traditional Still Life 2 (Colourised) Oil on Canvas 52cm x 40cm SOLD
The Slope Side Of The Sheep Hill (Blue Pot Sunflowers) Oil on Linen
61cm x 46cm
SOLD
Traditional Still Life With Venus Fly Trap (Study)
Oil & Wax on Linen
50cm x 40cm SOLD
