sunday afternoon

We went to the beach this morning and swam, and built sandcastles until it got too hot and the grapes ran out. Came home, brushed the sand off, got into clean clothes, and right now, we’re watching Noddy (little one on her favourite chair – thumb in mouth as usual), while Daddy cooks everybody’s [...]

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Illustration Friday – Gravity

Here’s my contribution to www.illustrationfriday.com. This week the theme is ‘gravity’.

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Irresistible

I have a real love affair with wood. if something is beautiful and it’s made out of wood I really can’t help myself. I still dream of a beautiful platypus curled into itself – carved out of the most sumptuous fragrant huon pine – it’s grain so fine and tightly packed, and the [...]

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It’s all white

Took up a suggestion by Lauren to try a painting in mainly whites and light colours. It’s actualky a really soothing way to work. It’s making me a bit more relaxed – which is making me work more slowly. Good? Bad? Dunno…. It’s nice at any rate.
Two beginnings, both going along [...]

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Self-Portrait Wednesday

There’s only so much you can do from memory.
Yesterday, while looking through my reference photograph stash, I couldn’t find what I was looking for – photos of couples and groups. I’m going to have to start taking my camera out and snapping people that I see. Family and friends tend to [...]

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Against the wall

New painting: Against the wall.
It’s actually a good title for my day so far as well. 7.30 – get breakfast, make lunches, hurry everyone up, 8.15 – clean up breakfast, hurry everyone up, screw eyes and hang wire on painting, buff last coat of wax off. 8.30 – lightening fast shower and dress. [...]

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struggle, struggle, struggle, thump.

I’m going a bit spare at the moment.
I need to swap a work over at Tusk Gallery, and would like to do it tomorrow. The work is complete and drying outside as we speak. Hurrah! This afternoon I’ll gloss the frame and wax the rest, so hopefully tomorrow I can drop it [...]

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IllustrationFriday – Crash

after sam crashed into steve, they never saw things they same way again………

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Oasis

As we all rush around taking care of business; cleaning, fixing, preparing, creating, living, it’s good to have some time to breathe and just be.
One of the best places to do this in Melbourne is the Botanical Gardens. Such a beautiful and serence place to be. One of the nicest people to do [...]

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Hidden Secrets

Have you ever seen anything more delicious.
Three metres of Linen, off the roll, purchased this morning in anticipation of stretching my own canvas and filling it with my own dreams.
I love that I can hold something like that in my arms and not know what might be on it in a week’s time. Ah [...]

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