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[crocoite]

Azurite on malachite pseudomorphing cuprite, Mineral Hill, New South Wales. Watercolour on paper.

[crocoite]

If anyone in Tucson wants to see some of my artwork "in the flesh" so to speak, I will be there from the 4th to the 16th, and will have a number of pieces with me. I am booked into the Hotel Tucson City Center - aka the Inn Suites - and I think suite number 721. If you can't find me, check with Adam Wright (Adelaide Mining Co), Jordi (you know where he is!), John Cornish, or Dehne McLaughlin. One of them will see me from time to time! Or else leave a message with reception.

Looking forward to catching up with old friends, and making some new!

[crocoite]

Topaz, Dassu, Gilgit, Pakistan. Based on a Saphira Minerals specimen, Rudolph Watzl photograph. Used with permission. Watercolour on black card. Hard going painting tonight in the heat. We had another 39 degrees C today.

[crocoite]

Fluorite, Rogerley Mine. Watercolour. Based on a Matthew Webb specimen, painted with permission.

[crocoite]

Elbaite, Tourmaline Queen Mine, California. Watercolour on black foam core board. Painted from a photo taken at the 2011 Tucson Show.

[Don Lum]

Beautiful watercolor, Steve.

Don

[crocoite]

Thanks Don

[crocoite]

Red Spinel, Mogok, Burma. Watercolour on paper.

[crocoite]

Something very different. When I was at Tucson, I met Adam Ramseyer, a very creative jeweller, in the Mighty Gem and Mineral Co room at the Pueblo. Adam owns Ramstar Designs and had one of his latest creations on display, the Star Defender. It includes a tanzanite cut by well-known facetor John Dyer, tourmaline, and other gems. I agreed to give this a go and here is the result...

[crocoite]

Painting finished last night. Calcite, El Potosí Mine, Francisco Portillo, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Albert and Suzanne Liebetrau specimen. Watercolour on black foam core board.

[Gerhard Niklasch]

Amazing, Steve.

Sure beats my dilettantish attempts at photography, not to mention what I'd be able to draw…

Cheers, Gerhard

[Don Lum]

[crocoite]

Thanks Gerhard and Don!

Here's another that I actually completed a week or so ago...

Zoned fluorite, Cantera Llamas, Duyos, Asturias, Spain. Based on a Jordi Fabre specimen. Watercolour on black foam core board.

[crocoite]

And this one finished last night. Zoned fluorite on celestine, El Tule, Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico. Based on a Wendel Minerals specimen. Watercolour on black foam core board.

[crocoite]

Elbaite and kunzite, Laghman, Nooristan, Afghanistan. A lovely Rocksaholics LLC specimen. Watercolour on black foam core board.