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 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 moreStudio complete!
Ready to start painting! Finally, after 10 weeks, our shipment arrived and although I was excited to see furniture and personal effects I had missed on a daily basis, I got a serious lump in my through when the first boxes of canvas??? were unpacked...
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 morePainting again!
I have managed to have a couple of nights in the studio in the past two weeks! It is so good to have wet brushes again! I have just been playing with nothing specific in mind, no plan. It is invigorating on so many levels that I have resolved not ...
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 moreLetting go...
It has been some months since I have tended my blog. I couldn???t have known what was ahead of me with our family moving to live in Dallas, Texas. Our lives turned temporarily upside down and most definately inside out! There has been a massive cull...
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 moreStudio News for September!
I sit here in the studio amongst a sea of color. Yet again, new colors have emerged and reflect the changes in my personal life. The color is vibrant! Energetic and lively movement forms the basis of a series related to the previous; ???Wavelength??? ...
Read more15th September...how time flies!
It is all systems go here at present. We moved and are now unpacked and mostly organised to function. The studio is set up in it???s basic form and I look forward to spreading out as we sort through various boxes still in the shed. There will be an ...
Read moreDiscovering the past, in moving forward...
I???m packing! The house, the garden, the shed and the Studio. Layers upon layers of life! Sorting through it, culling, sharing, keeping???. remembering! So many idea???s gone by that have been somewhat awoken. I hope to use my new space in a new way wi...
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 moreA new Triptych in Orange, Yellow and Red!
The energy has been flowing at high levels the past two weeks. We have found our new home and move in 6 weeks time. I have the next four weeks to paint and pack the move. I need at least two weeks for the paintings to dry enough to transport safel...
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...
Read moreShed a little tear
It???s funny, I haven???t got emotional yet about moving, (maybe there has been too much to do), but in the shed late yesterday afternoon, as the sun was going down, I stood there, in silence, looked around and took it all in. I teared up. I realised ...
Read moreAll is well in the world of painting!
A triptych has been born in pastel hues of Cerulean Blue, Magenta, Sapphire, French Ultra Marine and Flinders Red Violet. They have been my solace and fuel throughout a busy week in which our family found out the house we have been renting, has be...
Read moreJune '09 Update...
My apologies to those of you whom have been following my posts. I recieved your messages and have had to think about why I am blogging. Esentially it is to record and share. A diary that is public. I had some issue working out just how much does o...
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