My homework assignment for the week: This was the week I was looking forward to most of all. Mark Rothko has been my inspiration since seeing his 'Red on Red' painting at the National Gallery in Australia a decade ago. I still remember my first en...
Read moreBarnett Newman...
My Newman study. (I hadn't learnt the crop or centering program at this point for the upload!) Now that my course with MOMA has finished I have time to share with you the artists we studied and some of what I learned about their techniques and the...
Read moreI am doing a course at MOMA in NY!
Last month I went back to school! Not just any school???.I am studying at MOMA. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City!!! The course is titled ???Materials and Techniques of Post War, New York Abstract Painter???s???. The instructor is Corey d???Augustin...
Read moreOut and about in Dallas!
We have been making the most of our weekend???s to take in some Dallas Art Culture! This weekend we went to ???The Dallas Flea???. A well run flea market, housing designer stalls selling everything from jewellery and designer tee???s to Artist???s showcasin...
Read moreArrived in Dallas!
It has been some weeks since I have written, my apologies. We are finally settled in to our new surrounds and ready to start work again! My art supplies are still in transit from Australia but I have bought a small selection of paints and a couple...
Read moreCollingwood Gallery "The Greed" Group Show
I pleased to announce I am hanging in the "Greed" Group Show: "More, More, More is never enough" @ Collingwood Gallery - 292 Smith Street, Collingwood.Opening night is Sat 25th September. Running for two weeks. I participated in ???Tree???s, Tree???s, T...
Read more"Off the Wall" ArtMelbourne10
There is a section at Art Melbourne 10, devoted to unsigned. unrepresented artists. It is called ???Off The Wall???. The purpose of this memorial award is to provide a showcase for up and coming unsigned artists. There are 10 artists chosen from vario...
Read moreCountdown! 4 weeks to go!
As usual, the lead up to an exhibition has it???s moments of chaos and vulnerability. There are decisions to make regarding which work makes it in to the show, which doesn???t and what is still left to be painted! At this point I am happy with the wor...
Read moreChapel off Chapel dates: "Wavelengths" Exhibition!
I can announce the dates for the exhibition ???Wavelengths???, to be held at Chapel off Chapel in Prahran, Melbourne, now the contracts are signed. Jan Simon and myself are sharing both spaces at the Gallery, to present ???Wavelengths???, paintings we fee...
Read moreMy New Double Length Garage..no kidding!
How about that! My studio space is to grow double in size by September! I am so excited at what that might mean. I envisage racks! Storage and display! Pull out racks would be perfect! Perhaps some mesh fencing on or a rail, each able to slide for...
Read moreExciting News! Exhibition Confirmation!
Artist, Jan Simon and I will be co-exhibiting in December 09 at ???Chapel off Chapel Gallery??? in Prahran, Melbourne! I hadn???t expected a second show this year but it all fell together effortlessly. You know when things are flowing, you should let th...
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