Road trips, gardening, exhibitions

Posted by lilymae on December 18, 2016

Oak! These things are EVERYWHERE in our garden.

A beautiful visitor.

Two small drawings by me, hanging next to a painting by Luke Sciberras at Scott Livesey Galleries in Armadale, on view until December 21st

By Kidlet
“I tried to draw you mummy, but it didn’t work”
“Am I angry?”
“No, it just didn’t work”
“I love it, can I keep it?”
“Yeah, but it didn’t work out how I wanted it to”
“That doesn’t matter, because it is AMAZING”

Nadia Toukhsati’s paint palette.

Truck stop views.

Drawing together – “You never draw anything cool mummy” haha. Bless.

A house near the old gas station.

Kitty sums up how we all feel.

Flowers and child

Posted by lilymae on August 25, 2015

The dress is the wrong green, this bothers me immensely. But hey, it’s only the second layer in parts and still the first in others. I think this painting will only need a little bit of work to either be finished or well on it’s way to finished.
I haven’t been able to paint much, or draw much – or do much of much. I am trying to balance things out and be a better mum and be a better person. So much has landed on us, I can’t even be bothered explaining myself to anyone.

My painting still feels rather amateurish to me – which frustrates the heck out of me. But I know I have had moments where I can see where it could go, which is why I still persist with it. There will be a break through. There will be.

I asked my daughter what she would like to do this afternoon – as we have some one on one time, and she said that she would like to paint together. I think I am more excited about this than her.

Manning Art Prize: Naked & Nude exhibition 2015

Posted by lilymae on August 18, 2015

My painting has been shortlisted for the Manning Art Prize: Naked & Nude exhibition 2015.

The full list of artists can be found here: shortlist

It looks like a pretty big show, I look forward to seeing the exhibition. Yay nudes!

Death and still life

Posted by lilymae on July 27, 2015

From the day dear horse was put down – almost a week now – I have been doing little drawings and paintings of objects that are connected to the farm and this sad time in our lives.

It has taken me almost a week to sit down with my daughter and talk to her about the horse. I feel bad that I didn’t talk to her earlier, but I just couldn’t. It was traumatic to see – but we must take comfort in that it was the humane thing to do.