It has been a very busy couple of months! Now the group shows and competitions are over, it is time to get back in the studio! What a joy to be painting again. Interestingly the work is coming through in different series, out of sequence yet again...
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What a lovely suprise! I had sat down with a latte to read through the April edition of the Art Almanac, as I regularily do, and came upon an ad for ???Tree???s Tree???s Tree???s??? Exhibition! Raffaella had used one of my paintings in a collage for the ad!...
Read moreWhat next? Collingwood Gallery!
On reading through the Art Almanac, one of my favorite bi-monthlies, I saw as ad for ???Artists united against the culling of tree???s???. I read on to find Curator, Raffaella Torreson was advertising for a banding together of artists to assist bringing...
Read more2009 Linden Postcard Show
I have always loved the Linden- Centre for Contemporary Arts, in Acland Street, St Kilda. What a beautiful setting for a hub of the Arts! So this year,I entered the Linden Postcard Show. The works all have to measure under 30cm X 30cm and the winn...
Read moreMelbourne "Art for Life" Exhibition
An ad in the local Leader newspaper put forth a call from ???Melbourne Art for Life???, for contributions for a Charity Art Auction to support the victims of the Victorian Bushfires in February. I had been wondering who to contact in regard to such an...
Read moreKingston Art Centre "Art Blitz"
Once again, the annual Art Blitz Competeion is here! It is a competition run by the City of Kingston at the ???Kingston Art Centre??? in Moorabbin. Create an artwork to a theme in 24 hours! It is a lot of fun. The theme is announced on 3RRR radio at 5...
Read morePacking up!
This is an incredible journey! It is full of extremes. The joy of putting this show together and the lessons it has taught me about myself has had me span the spectrum of emotions on a daily basis. It is sad to think it is over but Iam relieved it...
Read more5 Days left of the show!
Again, such interesting times! So full of all that life encompasses. Just when I think the day has revealed all that it can, something else comes into awareness. I realise that with only 5 days left hanging in the Gallery, I have been in a process...
Read moreMy clothes!
I had a moment today, when I went to get ready to go out and paint for the first time in weeks, when I felt a real glow remembering the show was on. A moment when I allowed myself to feel the happiness. I went to reach up, to the peg where my stud...
Read moreChapel Off Chapel show pics
Here are some shots from the opening night at Chapel Off Chapel Gallery???
Read moreThe night!
The family all arrive a half hour before anyone else. It gave us time to get the Cheese platters out on the tables and get the Catalogues in place. My eldest daughter handed out Catalogues at the door. Some guestes arrived early which was nice as ...
Read moreOpening Night Day!
Opening night is here! It is funny, it???s a regular day with school for the girls and work for Aran, while I wait for 6.30pm! There are odd things to do but all the real organising is done. There are a couple of phone calls to return, some emails t...
Read moreThe night before Opening Night!
All that needs to be done for the ???Messages from the Soul??? is done! What an amazing ride so far! I haven???t had a minute spare to get nervous about tomorrow night. How fabulous! It has crept upon me day by day, step by step! Now, here it is! I am v...
Read moreMonday 2nd. Hanging the show!
The day started with a lot of nerves, none of which were due to the work ahead. It was all about my youngest daughters first day at school! Once I got to the Gallery, I was ready to get on with the task at hand. My sister Michelle came to help me ...
Read moreTwo days until we hang the Exhibition!
Goodness me, along with the days of 40 degrees plus, roll along the days closer to hanging the show! I have 6 hours on Monday with the Galleries curator, Craig. This looks to be very exciting! We have spoken already and I look forward to meeting h...
Read more1 Week until Opening!
Wow! What a week! I have done many interesting new things, including stuffing a very large number of envelopes, it has all been good! The local papers advertisments came out today. I picked up a copy at a friends and got a thrill at seeing the det...
Read morePining the act of painting
I am officially pining for paint! I am missing the smell of it, the texture, the visual stimulation, the ???play??? and discovery! It has only been days since i worked on the last two canvas??? from Series 4. I didn???t end up with a resolution and due to...
Read moreLast Dance
Tonight, I had one last dance with 2 paintings in the Natural toning. If I haven???t resolved them tonight, I should leave them. They definitely need the remaining 2 weeks to dry! It is nice to feel the creativite flow with a paint brush again, as t...
Read moreTidy Up - 3 weeks until the Exhibition
The tidy up process is well and truly underway. Last week I brought all of the paintings outside in the sunlight to get a really clean look at what I was working with for the Exhibition. It isn???t often I get to see them all lined up. They are stre...
Read moreAdvert In Print!
I received the mail out for the ???Chapel off Chapel??? -January Dates, in the mail today. I was excited to see they have included one of my paintings and artist statement in an advertisement for the Exhibition in February! It is rewarding to see it i...
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