Paintings

by Artist Denis Hare OAM BEM

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Kookaburra
Bush fire survivor and looking over the burnt out forest at sunset.
(Canvas board 50cm x 40cm - 2023 - For sale)

Glossy Black Cockatoo in the Mountains
The glossy black cockatoo is the smallest of Australia’s five species
of black cockatoos. They are found in the Glass House Mountains along with the other species but the glossy is considered vulnerable to extinction.
(Canvas board 50cm x 40cm - 2023 - For sale)

Donkey at Silverton Hotel
Silverton, NSW is in the outback North of Broken Hill. Crazy Pub with donkeys and other wild animals. This is the place were Mad Max was film!
(Canvas board 50cm x 40cm - 2022 - For sale)

Billabong in Kakadu
Billabongs in Kakadu National Park are home to incredible wildlife including Jesus Birds and Croc's!
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2021 - Sharon]

Humpback near the Mountains
Each year the magnificent southern humpback whales migrate to and from Antarctica. As these leviathans of the deep make their way through our warm waters they feed, mate and play in the clean, clear blue sea of Moreton Bay near the Mountains.
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2021 - Private Collection]

Kevvie back!
Satire painting of Kevvie Walters riding the Brisbane Broncos mascot Buck!
[Canvas board 60cm by 50cm - 2021 - Private Collection]

Glasshouse Mountains at Sunset
Looking over the native grass trees near the top of Wild Horse Mountain at a
Glasshouse Mountains red sunset. Sailors delight?
[Canvas board 60cm by 50cm - 2020 - For sale]

Pointillism (Neo-impressionism) of the Glasshouse Mountains
L-R Mt Beewah (556m), Mt Coonowrin (377m) and Mt Ngungun (253m).
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2020 - Sharon]

104 Signal Squadron on Patrol in South Vietnam
"Patrolling out from Nui Dat on an overnight ambush task"
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2020 - For sale]

Details: The Task Force Signal Squadron (104 Sig Sqn) during its deployment in South Vietnam provided communications for the Headquarters of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF). As well as its Signal duties 104 Sig Sqn had a combat role, being a unit from the Royal Australian Corps of Signals (RASigs) an Arms Corps during the Vietnam War. While the unit did many combat activities as part of its communication tasks, it also conducted 1ATF Tactical Area of Responsibility (TAOR) Patrols.

Mountains from One Tree Hill
Glasshouse Mountains late afternoon from Maleny
[60cm x 45cm (Timber) - 2019 - Donated to Glass House Mountians Information Centre
as lucky door prize for 2019 Xmas Function - Winner Bev D)

Camel in the Mountains
The camel is at QCamel Dairy and they do a roaring trade with camel milk
[Canvas 60cm x 45cm (Timber) - 2019 - For sale]

'Grid'
All call 'Grid' as a warning on the track as the Princess (Colleen), Boss Cowboy (Paul) and
the Camp Commandant (Denis) head towards Birdsville for the races in 2017
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2019 - Private Collection]

Old Man Emu
Old Man Emu keeping a lookout over his girls and clicks near Windorah, outback Queensland.
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm x 5cm- 2019 - Donated to 104 Sig Sqn Reunion 2022
Reunion Meet and Greet lucky door prize]

Selfie at Birdsville
Featuring the Princess (Colleen), Boss Cowboy (Paul), Camp Commandant (Denis) and the Horses. We had a great trip to the races in 2017 which included camping on the Diamantina.
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2018 - Private Collection]

Pink Roadhouse at Oodnadatta
The Pink Roadhouse is 200km north east of Coober Pedy on the famous Oodnadatta
Track in the north of South Australia. Provides food, fuel, vehicle supplies and repairs
plus vehicle recovery for track travellers.
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2018 - For sale]

Old Movie Set Church in Lighting Ridge
The Building was constructed for the film set 'The Goddness 1967'. It is set among diggings on the open cut route in Lighting Ridge but has never been used as a Church.
(Canvas 46cm x 91cm x 5cm - 2018 - Private Collection)

Boab Trees in the Kimberley
The Australian Boab Tree (Adansonia gregorii) is related to the Madagascan and African Adansonia species known as baobabs. A mature Boab Tree in the Kimberley area of Western Australian is a sight to behold. A Kimberley Icon!
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2017 - Sold July 2019 via Info Centre]

Camels at the Silverton Hotel
The small village of Silverton is in the far west of NSW, 26km north-west of Broken Hill. Movies that were filmed in the Silverton area include Razorback (film), The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The Flying Doctors, Dirty Deeds and Max Max 2.
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2017 - Private Collection]

Desert Peas
The Sturt’s Desert pea is a well-known Australian native flower that is the state floral emblem for South Australia. Although much admired these plants are notoriously hard to grow outside their natural desert environment
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2016 - Private Collection]

Mt Beerwah "The Storm Splitter"
The old timers arround the Glass House Mountains beleive Mt Beerwah splits the storms coming into the area from the South West. Maybe they are right!
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2016 - For sale]

Abandoned Homestead at Strzelecki Creek

Strzelecki Track goes from Innamincka to Arkaroola, a distance of about 428 km. This old homestead with it's dunny built from 44 gallon drums was established early last century some kilometres from the Strzelecki Creek in north-east South Australia. This is normally dry but flows once every 25 years or so, breaking its banks to spread many kilometres wide. As this homestead found out. The new homestead is about 90km from here.
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2016 - For sale]

Outback Queensland Pub
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2016 - Ray and Yvonne]

Glass House Mountains from Mary Cairncross Park (Maleny)
(Canvas Board 92cm x 61cm - 2016 - Private Collection)

Glass House Mountains as viewed from Pumicestone Passage
(80cm x 60cm - 2015 - Donated to Glass House Mountians Information Centre
as lucky door prize for 2015 Xmas Function - Winner Yvonne F)

Lighting Ridge
(Canvas board 92cm x 61cm - 2015 - Private Collection)

Steam Train in the Glasshouse Mountains
Train Engine (Queensland C17 class locomotive) with Mt Tibrogargan (364m) in the background.
(76cm x 51cm - 2015 - Donated to Glasshouse Country RSL for Xmas Raffle)

Nathan in Afghanistan
Nathan standing in front of a RAAF Heron remotely piloted aircraft at Kandahar.
(Canvas 76cm x 51cm x 5cm - 2014 - Nathan's bar)

Details: Nathan was involved with the Heron medium altitude, long endurance, remotely piloted aircraft has as part of SIGINT, to gather intelligence in real time, to support and enhance force protection. Other aircraft in the picture are Chinook CH-47 (left), Apache AH-64 (Right) and Blackhawk UH-60 (Left of the Apache).

The Face of Brocalpin on Mt Tibrogargan
L-R Mt Coonowrin (377m) and Mt Tibrogargan (364m).
Brocalpin, so the aboriginal legend says, was the "Turrawan" (the great man),
who lived in the mountains.- peering out to sea.
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2014 - Ivon N)

Mosaic Glasshouse Mountains
L-R Mt Beewah (556m), Mt Coonowrin (377m) and Mt Ngungun (253m).
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2014 - Private Collection)

Bay of Fires
The Bay of Fires are on Tasmania's East Coast
(Canvas 120cm x 60cm x 5cm - 2013 - Private Collection)

Devils Marbles
The Devils Marble's are located south of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory.
They are known as Karlu Karlu in all four local Aboriginal languages
(Canvas 120cm x 60cm x 5cm - 2013 - Private Collection)

Sea Birds
Sea birds and a wild sea
(Canvas 76cm x 51cm - 2013 - Private Collection)

Paul and the GTS Monaro at Birdsville
Paul has been working on his old Monaro for many years and the painting is a gee up of him, the Monaro with its personalised plates, at the Birdsville Pub
[Canvas 60cm x 51cm x 5cm - 2012 - Paul]

Art Gallery at Silverton
The Art Gallery at Silverton, NSW with Sturt Desert Peas and the Old VW Beetles
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2012 - Bev D]

Sunset at Kez and Jonesy
Overlooking Lake Hume in the Valley
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2012 - Mark and Peta]

Wood Ducks at the Tocumwal Rail Bridge
Bridge is over the Murray River and being Spring, the river is starting to run as the snow melts in the Snowy Mountains . Tocumwal is a world renown gliding centre.
[Canvas 70cm x 50cm - 2012 - Alf and Lyn]

Signals at Fire Support Patrol Base Coral
"Largest Battle by Australians in the Vietnam War - May/June 1968"
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2012 - Private Collection]

Details: Painting Left 104 Sig Sqn SIGCEN (Signal Centre) bunker that has the Telegraph Circuits and the Switchboard “Ebony Forward”. The Terminal Telegraph Shelter AN/MGC-17 is buried in the bunker with the encryption equipment still installed but the teleprinters are dismounted on tables in the bunker. In the bunker are the operators manning the equipment and technicians to keep the equipment running. Its a very hot work area. SDS (Signals Delivery Service) operates from the bunker to all the other units at the Fire Support Patrol Base (FSPB). Behind the bunker is the 11 x 11 tent housing the 104 Sig Sqn COMMS CON (Communication Control) , with overhead protection in the tent. The antennas in the bunker area are RC-292 for the VHF Command and other Radio Nets. Painting Centre The 104 Sig Sqn Signalman is manning one of the fighting pit with a M60 machine gun and has a K Phone connected back to COMMS CON. He may have just completed a 12 hour shift manning either communication equipment, running line or sandbagging the communication faculties or line runs. After his turn on the gun he has to do more work on his own underground sleeping bay and get some sleep before his next 12 hour shift in a few hours. Painting Right Radio Terminal AN/MRC-69, with its Mk5 Truck from 110 Sig Sqn, providing the multi-channel voice links back to Nui Dat. It’s “Pan Cake” antenna was used as an aiming point by the enemy to direct mortar and rocket fire into the Signal and HQ areas. The Shelter has sandbags over the air vents to stop light at night.

Morris Pineapple Farm, Glass House Mountains
Mt Cooee (Left) and Mt Tibrogargan (Right)
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2011 - Daniel and Cassie]

Storm moving in over the Mountains into Pumicestone Passage
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2011- Private Collection]

Redcliffe Jetty
[Canvas 100cm x 80cm - 2011 - Private Collection]

The Mountains from Pumicestone Passage Marine Park
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2011 - Private Collection]

Jim Jim Falls (Kakadu National Park)
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2011 - Sharon]

Old churches at Silverton, NSW (near Broken Hill)
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2011 - Sarah]

Old car and hut in Silverton, NSW (near Broken Hill)
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2010 - For sale $100]

Windmill in the Outback
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2010 - Privite Collection]

Jabiru looking over the Ubirr wetlands at sunset (Kakadu National Park)
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2010 - For sale $100]

Goanna at Uluru (Ayers Rock)
[Canvas60cm x 50cm - 2010 - Private Collection]

Yellow Tailed Cockatoo feeding in the Mountains
The "eerie" wailing calls of the Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos in the Glass House Mountains is a sign rain is on the way!
[60cm x 50cm - 2010 - For sale $100]

Glass House Mountains from Wild House Mountain with a red sunset.
The blackboys are back lighted on Wild Horse.
L-R Mt Tibberoowuccum, Mt Tibrogargan, Mt Coogee, Mt Beerwah,
Mt Coonowrin and Mt Ngungun
[Timber 25cm x 20cm - 2010 - Caravan]

Old Tobacco farm on Crittenden Road, Glass House Mountains.
Painting view is from the track to the East, accessed from Johnson Road.
Tobacco is still grown in the Glass House Mountain area.
L-R Mt Tibrogargan and Mt Coogee with the old Tobacco drying shed in the centre.
[Canvas board 30cm x 24cm - 2010 - Private Collection]

Glass House Mountains from Wild Horse with a storm front moving
in across the mountains from the West.
L-R Mt Tibberoowuccum, Mt Tibrogargan, Mt Coogee, Mt Beerwah,
Mt Coonowrin and Mt Ngungun
[Canvas board 30cm x 24cm - 2010 - Tyler]

Jabiru in Kakadu.
The Jabiru is the only stork found in Australia. With black and white body plumage, glossy dark green and purple neck and massive black bill, it is easily identified from all other Australian birds. This magnificent bird is feeding in the wetlands of Kakadu National Park, NT.
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2010 - Nathan and April]

Three panel painting of the Glass House Mountains at sunset
(mid winter) as viewed from Wild Horse Mountain.
Left Panel: Mt Tibberoowuccum, Mt Tibrogargan
Centre Panel: Mt Coogee, Mt Beerwah
Right Panel: Mt Coonowrin,Mt Ngungun
[3 Sections each 30cm x 30cm x 5cm - 2009 - Sold Dec 2013 via Info Centre]

Bankfoot House and the Kookaburra.
Bankfoot House enjoys a picturesque location alongside the Old Gympie Road in Queensland’s Glass House Mountains. Established in 1868 as a roadside accommodation house, dinner stage and change of horses, for the coaches of Cobb & Co on the new road from Brisbane to the Gympie gold rush. It is the oldest surviving building in the Glass House Mountains.
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2009 - Sharon]

Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos in the Mountains
The "eerie" wailing calls of the YellowTailed Black Cockatoos
are in the Glass House Mountains. Rain is on the way!
[Canvas 80cm x 40cm - 2009 - Paul]

Bren Gun Carriers in PNG
Bren Gun Carriers from the 2/1st Infantry Battalion working with the 16th Infantry Brigade Carrier Company doing coastal patrols east of Port Moresby in late 1942. Carrier "Margaret Ann"
is in the lead.
[Canvas 40cm x 40cm - 2009 - Mark and Peta]

Left - Mum's Orchard. Flowers in May, each year.
Right - Painting reworked in 2011
[Canvas 50cm x 60cm x 5cm - 2009 - Private Collection]

Left - Magnolias
Right - Painting reworked in 2011
[Canvas 50 x 60cm x 5cm - 2009 - Private Collection]

Pineapples in the Glass House Mountains
L-R Mt Beerwah, Mt Coonowrin and Mt Ngungun
[Canvas 60cm x 50cm - 2009 - Bob and Mary]

Glass House Mountains from Wild Horse Mountain
L-R Mt Tibberoowuccum, Mt Tibrogargan Mt Coogee, Mt Beerwah
Mt Coonowrin and Mt Ngungun
[Canvas 60cm x 30cm - 2008 - Private Collection]

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