The You Yangs is a series of granite ridges 319 m above above the flat low lying
Werribee Plain. It is a very inspirational area for artists to visit and paint.

Living at Newport all my life I have frequented this area since I was a young boy with my parents, and for many years as a painter. I have always been interested by the way the granite tors expose themselves from the hard dry vegetation.

Fred Williams is known for his paintings of the You Yangs which I was fortunate enough to see at the Geelong Gallery. Very interesting the way he expressed the harshness of the landscape.

This is a selection of my paintings I have put together from my latest visits to the area.

Banner Image: An afternoon walk, oil by Ray Hewitt