School Blackboard #7
For the latest in the series of School Blackboard chalk drawings I decided to create a piece that was purely abstract. Non representational art isn’t exactly high on the interest list of primary school students, but I wanted to demonstrate to the kids that abstract art can look cool. I went for an angular design that I had come … Continue reading
School Blackboard #6
For the 6th School Blackboard weekly work, I drew a beetle with it’s wings stretched out. The kids seem to like the pictures with animals as the subject. At first I was going to draw a collection of different beetles across the blackboard as if it were a picture of a museum display case. However, I … Continue reading
Record Collection #35
– Cocktail International #2 – In the world of Cocktail International, there are no borders. There is no stopping the sweet music from playing. There is no stopping the drinks from flowing. There is no stopping the cash cow from giving that little bit more milk. It really is quite an achievement to have kept … Continue reading
School Blackboard #5
For School Blackboard number 5, I decided to draw 5 feathers lined up like little students waiting at the canteen. Drawing the lines of the feathers was quite relaxing, repetitive work, but half way through my hand began to feel like it was about to seize up. As this piece needed some fine line work, I brought … Continue reading
School Blackboard #4
The fourth chalk drawing on the School Blackboard was going to be very different to the end product. The initial inspiration was the art nouveau lamp posts that flank the entrances to the Metro train station entrances in Paris. I drew three quick sketches of these, gathered together to resemble a bunch of alien looking flowers. Next I … Continue reading
Record Collection #34
-The Bachelors- In the mid 1950s, this trio of young men banded together to really capture the zeitgeist of the time. Their boldness and urgency pushed the boundaries of modern music to new, exciting places. They called themselves ‘The Harmonichords’ and they played a special niche style of music… “classically styled instrumental harmonica.” In the … Continue reading
School Blackboard #3
For this, the third drawing on the School Blackboard, I did a very simple linear work. I had half the time that I have usually given myself to complete the picture in, so I decided on this drawing using just chalk lines with no shading. As it turns out, the school kids weren’t as interested in running … Continue reading
Miami Street Art
On a recent trip with my family to the USA, we had a brief stay in Miami, Florida. One of the highlights of this city was checking out Wynwood, an area north of Downtown Miami. Led by the recent success of ‘Art Basel’, Miami’s annual art festival, and the ‘Wynwood Walls’ project an influx of art galleries have opened … Continue reading
Wynwood Walls
Art Basel, an art festival held in Miami every December since 2002 has immeasurably contributed to the fabric of modern art in this Florida city. Thanks to a project of this festival, the area of Wynwood has begun a renaissance from a crack ridden, semi-industrial zone to a place where amazing art is splashed across every wall of every building for … Continue reading
School Blackboard #2
For the second drawing I have done at the ‘school blackboard’, I decided to do an Easter Bunny themed work. Seeing as the Easter holidays had just passed and it was the first day back at school for the kids, I thought they might enjoy this. For the Easter Bunny character I used an image from … Continue reading
Record Collection #33
– Cocktail International #1 – It was a time of sophisticated evenings with a few choice acquaintances, sipping on martinis and discussing P G Wodehouse. This series of records by Claudius Alzner just screams product placement. It’s as if a spirits distributor decided to finance an album with their booze featured on the cover in some … Continue reading
Record Collection #32
– Edward Woodward #1 – My first impressions of Edward Woodward (the man with the name that sounds like its echoing back and forth inside a canyon) was on a TV show called ‘The Equalizer’. I watched the British actor in this noir espionage series as a young boy with my parents, often overly aware that I … Continue reading
School Blackboard #1
While waiting to pick up my son from Primary School, there is an long, old blackboard along a wall in the main courtyard. This blackboard is faded, stained and slightly buckled is patches, but it is still begging to be used. So I have begun doing drawings on it every few weeks to add a … Continue reading
Record Collection #31
– Kamahl #1 – Kamahl is an Australian pop-culture icon. Born in Malaysia to Sri Lankan Tamil parents, he began releasing his albums of smooth singing in the 1960s. His music has always been of the ‘easy listening’ variety… tunes to soothe your nanna with… and his dress sense alternating between corduroy flares with giant 70s … Continue reading
Published Books
In 2013 I was happy to have my paintings published in 3 different books. The first was Book One published by Semi-Permanent which was featured in a previous post. Later in the year came 2 more local, limited edition publications showcasing artists from the Illawarra region. Wollongong Creatives In Print ’13 is a book curated and edited by Kate … Continue reading
Ephemeral Art #2
A while ago I went on a family holiday to Port Macquarie on New South Wales’ central coast. It was quite cold and rainy for that time of year, but we did make it down to the beach on a more sunny morning. While the others played around in the rock pools, I started playing … Continue reading
Wonderwalls
– Wonderwalls is a 3 day festival celebrating street art in Wollongong. This is the second year of Wonderwalls, organised by local Simon Grant, held from 8 – 10 November 2013. The festival invites international and Australian artists to paint large scale murals on walls across Wollongong that not only inject a welcome boost of colour throughout the … Continue reading
Papergirl Wollongong
Papergirl Wollongong. My second foray into the international movement of Papergirl. The Illawarra branch of Papergirl have just launched their pop-up galleries of donated artworks all over the Wollongong area. The artworks are spread over many venues to give as many people as possible the chance to preview the Papergirl works before they are to be distributed … Continue reading
IAVAtography
I have three works in an exhibition during November. This group show features photography by IAVA members at its gallery The Hanging Space. It will be an exhibition with quite a varied array of photos, some of the artists involved specialise in photography, others in digital art, while others art practice is primarily painting or … Continue reading
Drawing Progress
This set of three drawings are the last pieces I have completed for my upcoming solo exhibition Formative. They are drawn on card taken from folders that were used to keep patient’s hospital records and they are titled Medical Records. I like the idea of creating a piece of art on something that used to house the entire history of … Continue reading
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