Frank has been puzzling jigsaws for more than 20 years. It is an engrossing and beautiful hobby, sometimes frustrating but always rewarding. When he started we had little knowledge of puzzles and no idea he would become hooked on them, and this is easy to see in earlier work. The quality of the board, colour definition and general fit of the pieces is poor. As he moved to better quality puzzles the satisfaction in the completed work was much greater and they are worth framing and showing. There is a good deal of variance in his work, which can be seen by the following pictures.

WILLIAM VAN HAECHT (1593-1635) Part of the collection of Cornelius Van Der Greest Held in The Hague in Holland A EDUCA PUZZLE 8000 PIECES This beautiful work was completed in the year 2000 over nine months,and was a pleasure to complete. The 3D effect of the picture is quite stunning, giving the feeling that it would be easy to walk through to the back room where there are many more beautiful pictures!

THE THREE PEAKS OF MOUNT SUDTIROL, ITALY .. 2,998m in the Sudtirol .. . A RAVENSBERGER PUZZLE .. 5000 PIECES .. This puzzle came with all 5000 pieces in one bag. A real challenge it was the largest work Frank had attempted. It took twelve months to complete. The first task was a massive sorting of pieces into colours and obvious features - there were not many of the later. After a couple of false starts he started constructing the hut and then moved across the picture, then up and down.

BAKED BEANS ... 1000 PIECES .. A gift from a loving son! Perhaps trying to bamboozle his dad? .. A real mind-bender but completed none the less. Thanks John! ... We are unsure now which company was respnsible for this puzzle, there are, however similar puzzles still available. One we have in our shop in Gosford, NSW is double sided - the other side is Brussel Sprouts. .. Check what is available in the Challenge section.

BLUE POLES .. JACKSON POLLACK .. 1952 .. NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA .. 1000 PIECES .. 400mm x 920mm .. Enamel and Aluminum paint with glass on Canvas. The original was purchased by the National Gallery for $1.3m in 1973, a record price for a piece of modern work at the time, for which the then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam received much criticism. This is the most difficult puzzle Frank has ever done and took five months to complete in 2002.

Grand-Father Clock .. 3D Wrebbit puzzle .. 719 pieces .. width 47.6 cm .. length 26.7cm .. height 175.7cm .. This model is based on the clocks crafted in London, England, in 1889. Their classic construction featured a water-etched dial bearing Roman numerals, as well as a glass door and a lovely brass pendulum. ... The pieces of this puzzle are quite large, backed by thick foam to provide an authentic look to the clock. Thus the puzzle is quite heavy and difficult to maintain over a long period. ... There are three cardboard support pieces inside the puzzle to help support it, keep it upright.

Jigsaw puzzle 1000 pieces ... PENGUINS ON THE BEACH AT NUGGETS AND THE REMAINS OF THE GRATIUDE c. 1913 FRANK HURLEY.. For the australian Antarctic expedition 1911-13 .. Collection National Gallery of Australia .. Hurley was official photographer on a number of Antarctic expeditions Hurley's Antarctic images are an eloquent record of the beauty of the Antarctic landscape, of penguins, seals and other animals, and of the living conditions of expeditioners.

NOTRE DAME ...PARIS ROSE WINDOW .. Jigsaw puzzle ...1000 pieces ... This beautiful puzzle was put back in the box 3 times before Frank finally completed it about 1993 /4. Although not large it was a great challenge. ... Notre Dame de Paris, is a Gothic cathedral in Paris, France, with its main entrance to the west. ...

ROSES ARE RED A BEPUZZLED PUZZLE 750 PIECES PLUS 5 EXTRA While not as difficult as we anticipated this puzzle did cause some spirited discussions. The five extra pieces are unknown of course, and one piece we had tagged as an extra all the way through turned out to be the last piece put in the puzzle. In the absence of a border we started doing each set of flowers and then gradually joined them up. What did make it difficult was an inadequate picture to work from, ( deliberate) and some repeated features which extended over the edge of the box and usually that is not part of the completed frame. In this case it was, so perhaps IMPOSSIBLE is correct.

COBBLESTONE BRIDGE THOMAS KINKADE Jigsaw puzzle 300 large pieces Kinkade emphasizes simple pleasures and inspirational messages through his paintings. ..... It is said that Kinkade paints with light which plays a central role in his impressionist paintings shining through the trees, reflected in the clear water of a brook or peeping from the windows of a solitary house out into the dark night. This jigsaw is from the INSPIRATION series

NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE GERMANY .. RAVENSBURGER PUZZLE .. 3000 PIECES .. A favourite tourist stop near Munich, Germany, Neuschwanstein Castle is 3306feet above sea level, nestled in the Alps of Southern Bavaria. . Built in the style of the late Romanesque period of the early 13th century, it is considered to be a monument to the King's insanity. Because of it's fanciful look Walt Disney used it as his inspiration for Cinderella's Castle in Disneyland. It is also where the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was filmed.

One thousand minature pieces makes one small puzzle!

POLITICS AUSTRALIAN STYLE! PRIME MINISTERS OF AUSTRALIA SPOONER Blue Opal Puzzle Special Edition 1000 PIECES A witty satire by Australia's greatest caricaturist John Spooner. .. . In this puzzle no two pieces are alike. 'Will Dyson was, in the past, Australia's most gifted political draughtsman, Spooner is his successor. Yet his manner is much more opulent; he has invented a style one might call romantic grotesquerie, a style eminently suited to his sitters.' Barry Humphries.

SPACIOUS SKIES A SUNSOUT JIGSAW PUZZLE .. BY Larry Martin 1500 pieces .Unique and Varied Size: 83.3 x 61cm The Bald Eagle The world's 59 species of eagles are found on every continent except Antarctica. The Bald Eagle is the U.S.A's National Symbol and is seen to represent that country's freedoms, spirit and pursuit of excellence. It is found only in all states of the U.S.A except Hawaii. ... THIS JIGSAW PUZZLE IS STILL AVAILABLE ...

TEDDY AND HIS TOY BOX A RAVENSBURGER JIGSAW PUZZLE 1000 pieces ... This delightful Jigsaw Puzzle has gone to Queensland to our newest granddaughter Charlotte Louise. Teddy bear collectors are known as arctophiles from the Greek words 'arcto' (bear) and 'philos' (lover). The world's first Teddy Bear Museum was set up in Petersfield, Hampshire, England, in 1984.

SHAPED JIGSAW PUZZLE 1000 PIECES "Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia." -Krutch ... .. 'There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.' -Albert Schweitzer

THE BOMBARDMENT OF ALGIERS George Chambers 1803 - 1840 RAVENSBURGER PUZZLE 3000 PIECES A recording of the 17th Century sea battle off the coast of Algiers. ...One of our Favourite jigsaws. The Bombardment of Algiers (August 27, 1816) was an attempt by Britain to end the slavery practices of the Dey of Algiers. An Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of Admiral Lord Exmouth bombarded ships and the harbour defences of Algiers.

LAS MENINAS - THE MAIDS OF HONOUR Diego Velazquez .. MUSEO DEL PRADO .. An EDUCA SALLENT PUZZLE 1000 PIECES .. This painting was named 'The Family of Phillip IV' by Velazquez although it is better known as Les Meninas (The Maids of Honour) given it in 1843 in the Prado Museum Catalogue. Les Meninas was the term used in the Palace for the women who accompanied the Princesses. The Sevillian artist was named painter of the Chamber by King Phillip the IV in 1623 and lived in lodgings in the palace from 1651. ..

THE PIONEER ..1904 .. Fredrick McCubbin .. 1855-1917 AUSTRALIA .. oil on canvas (triptych) .. .. Collection: National Gallery of Victoria .. Felton Bequest 1906 .. A BLUE OPAL JIGSAW PUZZLE .. Special Edition Gallery Collection 1500 pieces .. Made in Australia .. This triptych is considered one of the masterpieces of Australian art, and was the largest and most ambitious of Frederick McCubbin's pioneering history works. It was produced only three years after Federation.

THE WORLD'S MOST DIFFICULT 3D JIGSAW PUZZLE A PARADOX PUZZLE by J.B. SMYTH MEN AND THE CLOCKS AND COGS THREE LAYERS CLEAR PLASTIC 150 PIECES PER LAYER Sandwiched between glass, there are three layers of very thin plastic, each layer had to be completed first then you decide which is which before placing on top of each other to form the picture. Each layer must be absolutely correct in order for the next layer to sit correctlyand for the picture to be seen. We have several of these jigsaw puzzles in our collection but have only opened and completed one.

THE TITANIC A BLUE OPAL JIGSAW PUZZLE Photomosaic Jigsaw Puzzle By Robert Silvers 1000 pieces Thousands of miniature photographs combine to make one awesome portrait. Mosaics were used across the ancient world for domestic interior decoration. Splendid mosaic floors distinguished luxurious Roman villas across north Africa. In Rome, Nero and his architects used mosaics to cover the surfaces of walls and ceilings in the Domus Aurea, built AD 64. ... ... The most well known mosaics were produced during the Byzantine Empite (4th to the 6th century) in Ravenna, Italy.

The REGATTA BEATING TO WINDWARD R.A. 1828 .. . Oil on canvas .. Joseph Mallord William TURNER 1775- 1851 .. EAST COWES CASTLE, THE SEAT OF J.NASH, ESQ.; .. JIGSAW PUZZLE 1500 PIECES From the National Gallery of Australia 1996 ... We brought this puzzle during the Turner exhibition in 1996. .. Frederick McCubbin wrote of Turner's work, ...'divine like pearls, dreams of colour, no theatrical effects, but mist and cloud, sea and land, drenched, as they actually are, in light.' Turner died in 1851 leaving Britain hundreds of paintings, and thousands of drawings and watercolours.

MICHAELANGLO THE CREATION OF ADAM A RAVENSBURGER Jigsaw puzzle 12,000 PIECES Commenced in October 2005 we anticipate it will take some three years to complete. The puzzle came in three bags of 4,000 so they have been layered on top of one another as each section is completed. At present there are some 2,000 approx. blue pieces to be joined /placed/sorted/whatever to finish this great work.

JIGSAW PUZZLE 1000 PIECES BLUE OPAL PUZZLE PHIP LIK SYDNEY'S FAMOUS HARBOUR hosting the annual FERRY BOAT RACE.