I received the mail out for the ???Chapel off Chapel??? -January Dates, in the mail today. I was excited to see they have included one of my paintings and artist statement in an advertisement for the Exhibition in February! It is rewarding to see it i...
Read more"Messages From The Soul" - Upcoming exhibition
Here are the details for my upcoming show "Messages From the Soul". "Painting is my spiritual practice. It is when I am most connected to my inner world." I have titled the paintings as Messages because that is what they are to me.My painting prac...
Read moreThe Darker Forces
A week of Dark tones???.Sepia, Burnt Umber, Olive Green again as I finish the ???Trees of Brazil???. The canvas begs each application for deeper,, darker, denser color. I have found it to be ???murky??? territory. Although the paint application has been ene...
Read moreOlive Green and Sepia
Tonight I watched as Olive green merged with Sepia.Mixing on my Palette with a large brush, I watched a marriage in the making before my eyes.Glimpsing each individual color as they blended and swirled, twisting in togetherness, tumbling as they j...
Read more"Trees of Brazil" Series.
I am finishing off 4 paintings from ???The Tree???s in Brazil ??? Series. They are autumnal in color range. I get a soothing feeling while I work with the palette of these paintings! There are ???Mixed Titanium White???s??? made with ???Sienna or Umber ??? highli...
Read moreRed and Blue
Wow! I have been working with ???Red and Blue??? for a couple of weeks now. As I looked at the Tryptich nearly completed, in daylight hours yesterday I realized how much the colors had moved me. It has been a very passion fuelled journey. They are suc...
Read moreUltramarine Blue
Tonight, I covered 5 panels with Ultramarine Blue. Not all over, but in various places over two sets. A diptych and a triptych. I love that type of work. I can spread the feeling over 5 canvas??? in one sitting and have totally different effects fro...
Read moreIn the Studio
Tonight I painted four canvas??? with a base coat of Titanium White and Burnt Umber. It is the beginning of a Diptych in the ???Trees of Brazil??? Series. This series has really been a freeing up of technique for me. I have let paintings complete at ear...
Read moreSepia
Last night???s painting session was productive, not in volume as much as, reaching an understanding of darkness through the use of Sepia. Such an appealing color, reminiscent of the past and yet calling forth companion colors to the now.I found usin...
Read moreImage for Chapel off Chapel Gallery mail out
Message No. 3. This is the image chosen for the invite for my upcoming "Messages from the Soul" Exhibition - Feb 09.
Read morePreparation for "Messages from the Soul"
There are so many things to prepare for an exhibition that are not painting related. It has been a real eye opener for me. I have had to access parts of my brain I have not had to use often in the last 5 years of being ???stay at home??? mum! It has b...
Read moreThe thrill and the fear of begining a new work!
I have been enjoying marvelling at 3 canvas??? primed ready to go, for the last two weeks. I find there is something so exciting about looking at a white canvas. It is so full of promise! It was time to get started though. There is nothing quite as ...
Read moreHans Heysen exhibition is touring
In the Flinders - Far North 1951 Looking through Art Guide, the invaluable bi-monthly, I noticed the 'Hans Heysen' exhibition is touring. It is at the Art Gallery of South Australia (14Nov-8Feb 09) at present but I shall catch it in 2009/10. One o...
Read moreKindergarten Annual Art Show
Today I am choosing 3 paintings to take into my daughter's Kindergarten for their annual Art Show tomorrow night. They have kindly invited me to show some of my work alongside of the childrens to add another dimension to what they have been doing ...
Read morePainting in the daylight
I was lucky to get some daylight hours in the studio today. Most often i work at night after the family meal has been had and the kids are in bed! It is very different working with daylight, as appossed to my two, 100 watt (energy saving) globes! ...
Read moreSitting for a portrait
deb - girl with long neck. I am pleased to share that friend and fellow artist Jamie Daddo, got a two page write up in the Weekend Section of the Herald Sun newspaper today promoting his most recent Exhibition! His show titled "This is it!" is cur...
Read moreWelcome!
I have set up this blog as a means to share the process of my art making. My paintings shall be posted shortly and categories of posts sorted out for easier reading. I would also like to use this page to promote other artists work, exhibitions and...
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