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Back to work in the New Year
Things are now back to normal after a nice relaxing, not too busy holiday break. I hope all of you had a nice time and feel refreshed to put the energy in for an interesting and great year! In November last year I had the […]
One small etching
I decided today to forget a little about some deadlines coming up and trying to produce work that can be displayed to a public and sometimes that helps so much in producing something one likes. It is however not easy to separate that feeling from […]
Thinking of Refugees
The continuing and increasing number of people having to leave their homelands and seek refuge somewhere else is very sad. It is in fact impossible to imagine how it feels to have to leave the home, the place, the friends, the life that you have […]
Some more bowerbirds
Bowerbirds are fascinating. I only have to walk for 5 minutes to see at least two bowers in the park, often active with the males displaying. Here in North Queensland we have the Great Bowerbird (species name Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis), which in spite of the exquisite complex behaviour […]
Happy New Year 2015!
Hola! Feliz Año 2015 with lots of health and happiness! Hoping deeply for a wonderful year for all, to find more peace in the world and more contentment. I have a new website and I am still in the process of moving things over. I am […]
Exhibition! (25 August 2014)
Today is a big day…. I am going a bit later to the Perc Tucker Gallery to help mount my exhibition on ‘Birds and Other Creatures’, to be displayed in the showcase. It has been a very intense month, working hard to produce some new […]
What have I been doing? (22 July 2014)
I have been quiet for quite some time. All is good but this is now what I will call “an adjustment period’. After many years of work I have taken the decision to quit my ‘other’ job. In terms of piece of mind it feels […]
Monoprint Workshop with Trent Walter (29 April 2014)
Last weekend I attended a 3 days workshop with Trent Walter. Trent is a master printmaker and artist based in Melbourne, with a rich history of experience working with other artists and on his own. This workshop is part of a series of 4 workshops […]
Print for the Bimblebox Nature Reserve Project (19 March 2014)
I am participating in a very inspiring project where many artists are joining forces together to raise their voice against the proposed plans to build a coal mine that will destroy at least half of the Bimblebox nature Refuge. This place is unique in that […]
Faces in Woodcut (22 May 2013)
I very often show figures in my work and it has been a very interesting and a continuing long process to learn to create them in woodcut. Recently I have been thinking of faces in particular because I am hoping to (one day soon) make an artist […]