Upcoming exhibition

I'm exhibiting in a group exhibiton on the 18th November "ONE NIGHT ONLY" in the Goodtime Studios
Basement 746 Swanston Street Carlton
Melbourne, Australia
The theme is "Clandestine" and is intended for fun and the love of art. My pieces are portraits of my children, a subject I love and enjoy painting.
Thanks Bec for including me!

I am also intending to be park of the Brooklyn Sketchbook Exhibition... just finalising a couple of friends and then we should be up and running...

Life is too short to be complacent.

Vienna Exhibition

We made it! Granted it was on the last day, but we got there... to the Vienna Exhibition at the NGV. The amazing clean colours and design these fella's used are inspiring.

Toile-de-jour designs

Here are 3 of my designs from CAD class; the Toile-de-jour, an ogee, and diamond based design.

The inspiration is the poem:

"What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice and all things nice,
That's what little girls are made of.

What are little boys made of?
Slugs and snails and puppy dogs tails,
That's what little boys are made of."

...but I know there's more to both!

What's up pussy cat?

Well... I have been busy, not slack! I have just completed my toile-de-jour project for TAFE, and am pleased with it. It went in different direction to what I originally intended, and there are a couple of goals I had set for myself to achieve in it that I didn't reach, but I intend to work on it a bit more in my own time.

I also have made the 3 Billy goats Gruff for kinder, and my daughter made the Troll... I forgot to get photos but I'll have to take some 'in-situ' and then post them up.

Bec has invited me to join a group exhibition in November, so I've been planning what I'm going to do for that one... pretty excited actually!

I'm still working on some door stops and fairy dresses for the school fete...

I hope to post some other images soon!

Experimental

My current studies in textile design and production has fed my love of experimenting... I have tried a free-form type of weaving where you use pins and cardboard. You make a shape by sticking pins into the board and weave to create the shape. I tried a teddy-bear... here is the finished piece backed with a piece of my 'Tractors' fabric I have designed and printed.

Good Oldies...

Here are some other pictures...

This is one of my eldest son, the final version of my shining knight....

This is my beautiful fariy...

...and this is an ink and charcoal sketch of Baby P.

"I had a dream"

I actually woke up feeling awake the other morning, and it was due to a dream. (and the fact that I had an early night and the kids slept all night...) The resounding voice in my head posed this question to me..."What are you, the dash or the space?" Initially I thought Wha'? but then I was blown away by it. In a dashed line there are two marks, a visible mark and the invisible one... the space in between.

I leave you with this to ponder too... Are you the dash or the space?

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