abstract thought

Bang.
silence.
oh, sorry!
The effects of parenting a 4 year old who is inquisitive, creative, likes food and is independent.  And pursuing a body of work that is more abstract, has been affecting my brain in peculiar ways.
A few minutes of thought progression is interrupted at regular intervals by an accident, the need to assist, clean up [...]

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veg wednesday – caramelised onion risotto

Caramelised onion risotto (serves 4 hungry adults)

Caramelised onions

9 large brown onions sliced into rings
1/4 cup olive oil
big knob of butter
1 bay leaf
1 sprig fresh rosemary
1tsp salt
1 tablespoon sugar

Put oil and butter into large saucepan with onion rings, bay leaf, rosemary and salt.  Don’t be scared of the amount of oil – most of it comes [...]

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Twist

Apologies for the quiet of late.
It’s just that I have gotten myself into a bit of a twist and need to untangle for a bit.

Pre-show nerves, approval of ads and invitations (just over 4 weeks to go).
Wrapping up of the mural for a school.

Painting and composing new paintings in my head, on scraps of paper, [...]

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Diversion

Diversion, oil on canvas, 102cm x 76cm
New one from me.
I’m having fun exploring a bit more detail in the shadows – still working with abstract shapes but putting a bit more detail and patterning in them.
I wonder if this one is a  bit soft?  I was aiming for restful.  I hope it captures a lazy [...]

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veg wednesday – lunchtime

This meal has been officially stamped #1 fave by Mr 8, so I thought I’d better share.
Leek & Potato Soup

2 leeks
approx 4 tablespoons of melted butter
2 litres of stock (chicken or vegetable)
6 large potatoes (diced)
salt and pepper to taste.

Head and tail leeks, then slice them down the entire length and wash to remove [...]

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Fig

Fig, oil on linen, 41cm x 51cm
New one from me.  Painted from a photo taken during the summer while the sky was red from the bushfires.

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Custom

I reckon all of us goes hunting for the perfect jeans.  sometimes we find them and then after a while you get a hole in the knee, or they stretch a bit too much ( I HATE stretch denim with a passion for this reason) and you are back to square one.
I had made it [...]

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shadow hunting

Apologies for the quiet around here.
We are approaching the end of the school holidays and two weeks of flu – which has been nothing terrible but with the current swine flue a risk, we have been lying low in case a reduced immune system invites something worse in.
It has been a retreat of sorts.  Lots [...]

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rollarcoaster

I rode a roller-coaster yesterday.  Of the emotional kind.
Horrible.
The computer has been running so slow.  Freezing, and sluggish.  I know what the problem is.  Too much stuff.  And as I have been shedding stuff lately – going through cupboards, piles, stashes, detritus it seemed the right time to address lady mac as well.
So the portable [...]

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Weekends at the farm

Weekends at the farm, oil on wood, 30×23cm
When I was growing up in Hobart (Tasmania), I was lucky enough to have a couple of friends who lived on farms and travelled in to school each day.  I have wonderful memories of long weekends spent with them, wet grass, animals, horse riding, open fires, running over [...]

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