Going for free

I like free.
I like freedom.  Having no place terribly important to be, having less things (a revelation), having air, having time.
We’re back after a glorious 9 days in Port Douglas enjoying the sunshine, the clean air, the good food, the lack of stuff, and a transformational book (which is unfinished – but is working wonders [...]

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Go Sid

So I went to see my old mate Sid the other day.
Did I mention I am in love with Sidney Nolan?
There are only a few artists I have ever been completely in love with.  Mostly I appreciate. I admire technique, colour, composition, patience and stamina, but few bowl me over and leave me swooning like [...]

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big decisions

So today is Zara’s last day at creche…
I’ve felt this coming for quite a while now, and been fighting with myself.  I do believe the carers when they say she stops crying minutes after I leave.  I do believe that she benefits from the social interaction and being able to get messy with paint and [...]

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wrap up and carry on

Work in progress
As a contemporary artist – with a strong, personal style, life can be difficult.  I do seem to have my own voice – which is an enormous blessing, but can be troublesome too.
It can be awkward finding one’s own place – if you know what I mean, and although I am fortunate enough [...]

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On the weekend…

Mummy – she says.
That looks like you (pointing to a picture of Humpty Dumpty).
Oh? I say – trying to remain serene.  You mean the way he is smiling?
No – she replies.  The big and round and round.
Ah.
Mummy – he says.
Daddy’s hair looks much blacker in this photo – was this taken on your honeymoon?
Yes [...]

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girly

Because she is a girl who likes to carry things around. She should have a ‘kangaroo skirt’.
Inspired by this.

And because she is a girl who likes to get into everything she must have a denim skirt.

Back view – the front is unembellished.

And because we like the metamorphosis thing in our house – she [...]

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Adventures in being

Button – hiding – discovered. Enjoyed for the redness and mystery of what it came from and how it got there… I’m certain it must have come in under a shoe. It’s been there, quietly for a week. I havn’t touched it. I find it delightful;.
It’s a quiet revolution going on [...]

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