These Oil and Medium Calligraphic studies were my homework assignment. From the outset it didn???t seem as though there was any way I was going to be able to relate to Guston. On a quick survey of his work I realized he was an artist of continual ch...
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Read moreMark Rothko...one of my favorite artists of all time!
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 moreMoMA Summer Courses...
MoMA have opened registration for their Summer Courses. http://www.moma.org/learn/courses/courses Check out the link for an array of fabulous offerings from MoMA. I can highly recommend the online learning. I had my reservations before commencing ...
Read moreJackson Pollock
Here are my homework pieces for the week: So here was the week I suspect most of us were looking forward to. Every one knows of Jackson Pollock, or 'Jack the Dripper 'as he affectionately became known! The work he made in the last 5 years of his p...
Read moreWillem DeKooning...
Initially, I wasn't going to share my homework assignment for this week, as in truth, I didn't really manage to execute the task properly. The ground and the figure are separate in my work and DeKooning 's figures were very much merged with the gr...
Read moreRobert Ryman...
Above are 4 examples of my homework of the week for Ryman. They are on canvas pad, which I found to be an economical means to multiple experiments. Although most people think of him as an abstract painter, Ryman considers himself to be a Realist p...
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 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 moreMoving to Dallas!
Hi everyone. My apologies for not having written in a while. We are in the midst of major change in our family household and there hasn???t been time to write and sadly no time this month to even paint! It is starting to take it???s toll! I endevour t...
Read moreOpening night - ArtMelb10
What a great night! I am really pleased to have gone. This year it seemed the odds were against me getting there with various family committments arising at the last minute and plans being changed several times. Even as I was leaving, my 6yr old h...
Read moreA busy time!
I have been having fun! I feel afforded an opportunity to play in the studio whilst attending some domestic requirements of late. It is different from the energy that builds when an goal is imminent. I have been able to enjoy planting a winter veg...
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 moreWhy do I do it?
I have been thinking about my art making and why I do it lately. I have entered an exciting art competition and in the process of putting my application together, begun new lines of thought. Making art started with a short course and ran from ther...
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