It rained a lot today, my little girl and I painted in the shed.
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Kidlet and art making
Benalla Nude Prize
I’ve had a piece exhibited at the Benalla Gallery for the Benalla nude prize – my work was highly commended.
Here is some press from the Benalla Nude exhibition:
Border Mail
The Guardian
The Sydney Morning Herald
New painting
I just finished a new painting – 33 weeks. This painting is oil on board, I did it very differently to how I have previously painted and enjoyed it immensely.
I’ve posted some of the developmental sketches and the beginnings of this painting: here.
What is different about this is it is from life and from memory. I did a sitting with the model and developed most of this painting with the sketches and my memory from that sitting. I took some photos for a buffer – but I in no way relied on the photographs like I have in previous works.
Women on Bed – New Drawing
My final drawing for 2013
Women on Bed, 77 x 57 cm
The Dance Triptych – New Drawings
Drawings & sketches from books
Drawing and painting – 33 weeks
Recently I purchased what I refer to as ‘proper paints’ – they are amazing. ( David Hockney uses them, I was told by the lovely man in the art store.) So this was a good opportunity to try them out. I was in my painting shed for hours just blissing out on both of these amazing new experiences!
Go Figure, article by Ashley Crawford
This article written by Ashley Crawford was in the Financial Review on Thursday the 11th of July. It mentions Juan Ford, Sam Leach and Del Kathryn Barton.
It has quotes from each artist that will be exhibiting in PERSONAE – enjoy!
Drawing our vintage camera collection
I’ve taken to drawing our cameras over the last fortnight – it’s good for my brain and nice to be doing something a little more freehand.
We have quite an large collection and I’m also making plans to draw and paint other objects I admire around our house. There’s the bulky type writer I recently bought – ugly but functional – the vintage kitchen cabinet I snatched up from Gumtree, then random pieces of crockery and tea cups. You get the idea. Lots of things.
I want to draw all the things.