Posted in journey, kids, tagged journey, knowledge on October 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have lost a day. My free day. My painting day.
To a migraine. Bugger.
Not that there wasn’t some painting done – there was, it’s just that the sweeping progress that I usually make on a day like this was more tentative. Finishing and glazing and composing images more than laying down and adding depth.
I have [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My very dear friend has just had twins! And I couldn’t be more excited.
Off to the hospital today to have a cuddle and deliver gifts of my own and generally smile, smile smile.
Welcome to the word little ones. Can’t wait to see you grow and bloom and grow into ladies.
Posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I was extraordinarily fortunate on Sunday.
So fortunate it’s hard to find the words for it. So:
Blah blah, community, blah blah, parents, blah blah, celebrity, blah, blah, Australian Icon, blah blah photos, blah blah, lucky, LUCKY, blah blah generosity of spirit and OH MY GOD.
Curiosity piqued?
Yes, that is MR Daddy Cool – Ross Wilson. OMG.
Our [...]
Posted in domestic, self-portrait, tagged quilt, shoes, shopping on October 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today I went out (again) to look for shoes.
It;s been going on all week.
Tell, me people. why is it so hard to find a pair of shoes that are pretty, without being whoreish to wear out for the evening?
I found heels. Hundreds of them that were just too high for more than an hour of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged care, paint, small works on October 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Paint is paint.
And it isn’t.
Paint transforms, wraps, changes our perceptions and covers what lies beneath.
I love the way paint peels and reveals the objects beneath. I love the way an old tin, once painted, now battered speaks of its life and the stages of it. I love the feeling of age, of love, of transformation.
It’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Obi belt, and skirt sewn yesterday in my clean and tidy house.
And I cleaned up and put things away immediately on finishing.
I share my house with 2 whirlwinds who are as creative and easily distracted as I am. For years now, we have been chaotically and cheerfully ricocheting around our walls dealing with the muddle [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This object is so beautiful to me.
I mitre-cut the corners of the supports. I trimmed the ply. I mixed the filler to even off the tiny gaps. I clamped the corners. I sanded the finished piece lovingly.
Next will be the priming, the preparation for a painting, and the work itself.
It is small – postcard sized, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am travelling, still. There have been shows to prepapre for – been and gone, paintings sold. Hurrah. And plans for my April show are still in motion.
There is an opening tonight at Mont Albert. See here.
And it is all good fun, but I do just need a break, a little one, and some new [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I don’t go shopping much these days. It’s the combination of children and busyness, plus a reduced income that means splurges are more often directed to the necessary that a ‘let me see’ kind of jaunt.
Sometimes I’ll wander around the internet, then feel guilty for spending, and not go to the shops.
So I don’t feel [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is primarily a blog about my own personal struggle with striking a happy balance between artistic ambitions and family bliss.
It’s not kinky.
Sometimes I talk about craft things. And I get very excited about quite nerdy things that I don’t really expect anyone else to relate to. But they must ‘out’.
I get crushes and inspired [...]
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