The thing with feathers…

The thing with feathers…

Today I developed another small painting. Adding layers and depthI tend to use a double thick canvas and the painting always wraps around the sides. I like the idea that you cannot see the full work unless you see it in the real world. She is another of the BSG small...
Live for a moment…

Live for a moment…

This is a piece I have been developing. She has slowly come to life. She is another piece for the BSG small works exhibition. These are the progression photos for today. I added detail to the face, used transfers, glazes and dots and line work to bring her to life....
The thing with feathers…

Circle stories

Last week I was lucky enough to be at a conference in Darwin and I did a pre-conference workshop with the talented author  Nadia Wheatley . If you know ” My Place” you have a sense of her awareness of the importance of place. To my surprise and joy I ended...

Small works…listen…

I am working on 5 small works for the Brunswick Street Gallery Small works exhibition which opens on the 8th of August so if you live in Melbourne have a look. It is always a great  show and there is lots of art things happening at that time.he art fair us in town on...

Through the layers

Some days the act of painting is a push and pull where you feel like you are carving through in order to draw out something not yet definable. Today was one of those days as I worked on 2 small canvases. This is where I left them and will hopefully complete them...