Money

I found this fascinating table via a forum that is absorbing me a bit lately (the forum that is – not the table).
I don’t know whether to be encouraged or frightened by it.
Artist’s incomes
It is astonishing to me that a ‘professional’ artist/crafter/actor/composer should have a reasonable expectation of making so little money.  Sure there must [...]

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more time, more space

Shadow dancers – work in progress.

Wave riders – work in progress.
A busy weekend.  More social, more laughing, more tidying, more watering of plants still deciding whether to stay or go (please stay).
Today I stole almost a whole day painting.  I didn’t mean it to happen, but husband promised to cook lunch, children were occupied, washing [...]

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In my studio

Shadow dancers – work in progress (underpainting)

Wave riders, work in progress (underpainting).
The end of week one of the school holidays, and something magic has been happening around here…
Peace.
Quiet playing – together, my two.
I keep waiting for some explosive outbreak or discontent to arise, but you know (touch wood) there has been nothing too demanding and [...]

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Birdmann

There is nothing quite like sitting 1 metre away from a very tall man and trying to fit his entire dramatic frame onto a very small piece of paper.

And this is nothing like it.

And this is nothing like it.

And there were several of these……
We sketched The Birdmann last night at Dr Sketchy, and though it [...]

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Drink me

Drink me.  50cm x 50cm. Oil on linen, 2008
New work from me.
I can’t ever quite seem to get Alice in Wonderland out of my head.  It is such a wonderful story on so many levels and draws parallels to life and our experiences as we move through it in so many ways.  I’m sure I [...]

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Sky watching

Study for after the storm, by Jim Thalassoudis, oil on linen, 30 x 30 cm .
Isn’t that lovely.
Last week, mid gardening marathon I was lucky enough to sneak out and see Jim’s new exhibition open at Charles Nodrum Gallery.

Damn it was beautiful.
Jim is one of those painters who manage to capture the ephemeral so perfectly, [...]

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Bloomin’

Excuse the absence.
I have been labouring in the garden – under the instruction of my green-thumbed mother and her hard-working spouse.  I have been weeding, and trimming and absorbing instructions.  I have been educated in plant choices and thrilled to see expanses of dirt emerge.  I have ripped out things that were struggling and piled [...]

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Results…and the guilt trip

One of the things my husband liked about me was that my flat was immaculate.
Har de har har.
It was.
The kitchen had a black and white checkerboard floor that required cleaning every week at the very least or it would look like it hadn’t been washed in years.
And I didn’t have much stuff.
And I worked a [...]

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The Birdcage

First attempt at T-shirt modification Alabama Chanin style.

A curiously addictive project, and I’ll definitely be doing more.  The addition of extra fabric makes the fabric behave in a peculiarly flattering way.  There is a slight increase in weight without bulk that stops the fabric from clinging too much.  I have never been able to carry [...]

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And what she says goes.

And what she says goes. 36cm x 26cm,  oil on linen, 2008.

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