more Rottnest art

Someone who's been told he paints like Monet, someone who types like Monet.

Jason Beer is the latest artist to put a Rotto image on eBay: his ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING ONSTRETCHED CANVAS FRE DELIVERY, which shows people on the beach, starts at $95 (or you can Buy It Now for $200).

"I HAVE WON AWARDS FOR MY PAINTINGS AND OFTEN HAVE MY PAINTINGS COMPARED TO THAT OF MONET," Jason says on his listing.

"AT MY LAST SOLO EXHIBITION I WAS TOLD BY A ARTIST,MONET IS MY IDOL YOU PAINT JUST LIKE HIM. WHILE THATS NICE TO HERE I SAY HE JUST HAPPENED TO PAINT THE WAY I DO."

The next eBay listing has Rotto Bloggo stumped, though. Item number 260151802995 is an ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR BY ROBERT RICHMOND CAMPBELL (VERY POPULAR AUSTRALIAN ARTIST,"AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE".

Sounds good. But the seller, Bob Wright, is not the most articulate spruiker.

"THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR BY ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST POPULAR IMPRESSIONIST ARTISTS, ROBERT RICHMOND CAMPBELL,THE WATERCOLOUR WHICH IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND SIGNED AT THE BOTTOM LEFT ALSO COMES WITH A SOFT COVER BOOK ON THE ARTIST WHICH WAS RELEASED IN 1986 BY THE QUEEN VICTORIA MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY IN TASMANIA," says Bob, in bright blue.

After some details about Campbell's employment, Bob gets red: "AUCTION DETAILS:TRAFALGAR SQUARE, OIL CHRISTIES 2000,71X 90, $35,250. SYDNEY HARBOUR,OIL,DEUTCHER-MENZIES SYD, 2004,15.5X 39,$12,925. MIDDAY LIGHT,ROTTNEST, WATERCOLOUR,27 X 39,GREGSON FLANAGAN,1996,$1,870."

What what what? Do these details have anything to do with the image for sale? What is the reason for the tantalising Rottnest mention?

Bob had this, in magenta: "IF YOU HAVE ANY QUERIES PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE THE END OF AUCTION,I AM ONLY TOO WILLING TO HELP IN ANY WAY I CAN,,,,,"

Rotto Bloggo duly emailed Bob with our query but he was somewhat frosty in his reply: "i can see from your pleasant personality that you would be a wonderful person to deal with, i am quite happy for you not to worry about bidding on any of my items,thankyou".

Yikes! We're destined to remain in the dark about Campbell.

* Photo is in the Impressionist mode, by Rotto Bloggo