Coiled

I knew it made no sense in the shop. But when one is wandering the aisles of a vintage Japanese textile and furniture warehouse and discovers a giant ball there is an irresistible pull. Isn’t there?
Or is it just me.
It is large – has about a 25cm diameter, is made of a flat [...]

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Quietly

Quietly – oil on linen, 2008.

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clothed

She is growing so fast. So fast, so suddenly that I can’t seem to keep up with her. I bought tops a month back and she has shot through them already – exposing a midriff in our cold winter is no fun, and bad parenting I suspect, so a few new tops are [...]

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pressed

I had an email from a collector who told me her beautiful apartment was to be featured in the September issue of this magazine.

And there I am, by happy coincidence hanging next to my friend Daniel on page 101!
The apartment is beautiful, and must be a joy to live in….

Yay!

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Contented us

Contented us.  46cm x 46cm, oil on linen.
When I was a child, my grandparents lived next door to a couple of old ladies called “pilly’ and ‘bakie”. I’ll never know if that was their real names or not, but they had lived there together in that house for EVER. We used to trot in and [...]

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The trick is

The trick is…. (oil on linen) 2008
Painting in earnest this week and trying to avoid distractions…. Difficult with a head full of ideas and a light heart.  Wish me luck.

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between jobs

15 years ago I had left an awful job.
Truly awful.
The kind of experience that leaves you doubting your own self-worth and place in the universe.  I spent a bit of time at home – wondering what I should do next, and hoping it would be something spectacular (within a year it was).
While plotting, I [...]

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Inside-out. Self-portrait Wednesday

Caught in the middle of inside-and out.  Feeling like I’m not quite resolved yet.  It’s a peculiarly exposed and uncomfortable feeling, and if I could I’d retreat to a small place and just rest for a little bit
There are ideas swimming around my head.  There are skills I would like to master.  There is not [...]

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Box

Don’t you just love it when the box arrives.
That box that has come over the sea, that was anticipated, planned, saved for.  That moment when the doorbell rings and there is a delivery.  That moment when you open the box to see what you only saw on screen, and you flick through and your heart [...]

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emerge

I love my city.
As a resident there is always something going on that you can choose to get involved in – or not.  It’s a great place to relax, people-watch, get cultural, or chill out.  I love it.
This weekend I got into it.

Shopping, and meeting the long admired Alison, Di and Carson, and the lovely [...]

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