I am going to make a bit more effort in posting photos of amazing places I have been.
Here are some of a little castle, Castle Coch in Wales.

Holga times again.
I have been out and about with my little toy camera again.

We went wandering along the limestone cliff faces at Southerndown in Wales. It was lovely and sunny, a rear occurrence here! I did think that perhaps I was a bit too ambitious for my own boots, when I found myself walking on uneven ground on a cliff face. But, I didn’t die. I did however, fall over when I got to flat ground.

I went to London for a few exhibitions and a wander around. It was really warm and good weather for taking photos. Catching up with old friends and seeing the exhibition were great. But after that exhibition and parting ways with my friends, I did feel very overwhelmed in London on a Saturday day! I still had four hours until I had to catch a bus back. I thought “I only had a baby six weeks ago, what the hell am I doing!?”
So I marched down to Victoria, exchanged my ticket and then sweet talked a bus driver into letting me onto an earlier ride so I could be with my lovely little family.
I did manage to take a few photos though..

My backyard recently got cleaned up. It’s now double the size of what we were used to. I still hate this house. But I like this picture.

Here is a quick sketch I did of my lovely friend Hilary. Hilary also life modeled for me at my University, but those drawings are unfortunately boxed away somewhere in rural Victoria.. so I cannot share them at this point.
This is taken from a photo taken at a party she had at her house a few years back.. I think it was Russian themed and we hid in her room away from everyone.
Miss you Hilary.
x

Semi Permanent will be in Melbourne on the 17th & 18th of September. It will feature speakers such as Timba Smits, Beastman, Sylvia Ji and more. I am so excited, even though and I very far away from Melbourne and wont be going to this one, but I am excited as there needs to be awesome art events like this!
JEALOUS of all the people I know going.

I did this fellow early this year when I cooped up in my room as it was a very cold winter here in Wales and I wasn’t very well. He made me happy.

This particular little friend I did for Nat Grant. She’s a rather clever lady who likes animals. The squirrel is munching on a part of a glockenspiel. An instrument Nat uses sometimes.

This little fox is apart of a bigger drawing I did late last year for a poem. The other part of the drawing is a bit crappy so I cropped it. This little guy is what started all the little animal drawings I have been doing.

This is from my sketch book, I drew him recently too.

These guys were made very late last year. I thought I’d do a series of animals for my daughter.. Originally I thought I’d do an alphabet of them, but very soon lost inspiration for it.. I’m just drawing a whole lot of animals for her now.. Mostly squirrels and foxes. I am also working on another little project for her which I started the other day, but I wont go on about it here as I am scared I wont do it!!

I did an interview recently and my interest in photography came up, and it really got me thinking about where it all begun, which was at this point. The grey part of my life. At one of the many high schools I went to, Lynall Hall, I got a chance to explore photography. In our art class, we were able to take part in a special project with a photographer.. (I cannot remember her name. I know she did some wonderful photographs of children and often, I was very rude to her. I remember feeling guilty about that but as an arsehole teen, I did very little about it.) We were given Ilford disposable cameras to shoot on. They were a lot of fun, I remember just walking around Melbourne taking so many photographs. It resulted in a group exhibition in St Kilda. I think Fitzroy Street. My first ever exhibition. Crazy! I think I was sixteen.

This photo was taken in Echuca, Victoria. My Mum and I went to stay a few nights as we had some relatives that were in their last days. I don’t remember where my Mum and I were going, but we walked past this burnt down shop front and I remember just taking a quick, seemingly thoughtless snap.
When this came up in the dark room, it just stood out from all the other pictures on the roll of film. I don’t know how I have managed to hang onto this image and loose everything else. But here it is.