Artist’s World

I suspect I should not be doing a post right now. I have done a bit much today and there is something that feels like a fist under my ribs. The morning started with a little protest up the street at Budgewoi. I took whatever I had to make a booth and let as many […]

November

Everything seems a bit heavy at the moment. Lots of family members have been given the warning that their time on earth is nearing completion and its bumming me out somewhat. Theo has been told that the triple heart bypass they did on him back in the 1980s left a bit to be desired and […]

Experimental Works

Most of the time any really experimental works I do on canvas are painted over. At the moment most of the larger painting recently finished have several paintings under the top image. The reason is that the experiments are loose and uncontrolled attempts to divine the way mediums work rather than the representation of my […]

Kangaroo (Spirit Dancer)

The final name for this new painting has not been decided but it will be one of those two above. I have written about this elsewhere (here) although I did not cover it with any depth. The surfaces and colors represent ancient cave and rock paintings. There are images from some caves and rock niches […]

Blue Turtles and Mice

For some reason the drawing for the Blue Turtle painting is not happening easily. The initial vision was to create an x-ray style of design inspired by Aboriginal Art. The next idea was a progression of that one. The people who did X-ray and tribal designs across the world drew things they had experienced and […]

Catching up. 15 May 09

Ruth took me over to the big Bunnings Store at Lakehaven. It became impossible to paint or draw with all of the table tops and desks groaning under the weight of things needing a home. Paint tubes, papers, electrical goods, palette knives, books and cameras all over the place. We grabbed two sets of  “Trade […]