Today is probably the first seriously cold day we’ve had this year. This makes me sad, because I will now have to drag out the many, many layers of clothes that form my Winter Studio Wardrobe. As my studio is in a large warehouse space, heaters are a touch ineffectual. So out come the studio [...]
Mean Girls
After all the excitement last week, I’ve jumped straight back into the studio to continue with the small Holiday Attractions paintings I’ve been playing with for the last few months. I’ll be putting them up on this page as they progress, and they’ll be making regular appearances at Platform72. I think that this half-finished painting [...]
Now Showing: The Sulman Prize
It’s been an exciting time around here, what with relatives visiting from overseas and a quick trip to Melbourne and our oven attempting to commit suicide and take the flat with it (foiled by the local fire dept.). And the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes. The last couple of days are a bit of a [...]
Every Dolphin Has Its Day
Yesterday, I got a call I wasn’t expecting. It appears that I am a finalist in the Sulman Prize, and my work will be hanging in the Art Gallery of NSW. I’m still a little stunned by the news, but I think one of the panels of my Sulman-aspiring work adequately expresses my reaction:
Now Showing: Platform72
When Joseph Seagram and Sons commissioned Rothko to produce paintings for the Four Seasons Restaurant in New York, the artist was consumed by conflicting emotions. Reconfiguring his usual format to conform with the restaurant’s design, Rothko laboured for months before travelling to Europe, finding further inspiration for paintings that would “ruin the appetite of every [...]
An Australian Holiday in Pictures
The Sulman Prize Journey: Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Pet, oil on board, nine panels, 25 x 20cm each.
Dear Spambots
If you are going to be clogging up my spam filter, at least put some effort in: Seriously, how many times was that text run through Babelfish? Lift your game, spammers.
Day of the Dolphin
I’ve been able to get into the studio a bit over the last week, so I’m working on my entries for the Wynne and Sulman. This is the first time I’m doing something specific for the Sulman. Last year I thought I’d have a stab at it and entered Alaska is For Dreamers. Unfortunately what [...]
On Patriotic Nostalgia
It’s Australia Day, and despite the torrents of rain that have been an ongoing feature of this summer, I’m going to a barbeque later on today. But before venturing out, I’m patriotically savouring my latest postcard acquisition. It’s a photo album that a nice lady put together in 1955, full of postcards she purchased during [...]
On New Year Resolutions
I normally don’t bother with new year’s resolutions, but this year I decided to make a couple in relation to my art life. Resolution #1 was to spend this year relaxing a little in the studio and playing around with new ideas. Resolution #2 was to tidy up my online presence. I’ve spent most of [...]
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