9 x 5 exhibition art works

9 x 5 exhibition art works

I  have been working on 2 small pieces for the 9 x 5 exhibition to be held at the Walker Street Gallery in Dandenong in Melbourne. I ended up developing 2 young girls and had fun enjoyed playing with the colours and layers in these small mixed media acrylic collage...
Be brave…imagine

Be brave…imagine

Sometimes when you approach a work and starts to take shape but it is not quite there, you have to take a leap into the unknown to create something fresh.  My w ork is intuitive and I listen for inspiration. As I look back at her starting point and the caption, I...
Dreams…through the layers…

Dreams…through the layers…

Building layers is what gives my work it’s complexity. I want to explore all the levels needed to take my work to the space where it finally feels complete. So this is  ‘Dreams’ it started as a colour background exploration where I kept adding until...
Be brave…imagine

Exhibitions, organisation and life

I have been sick all week with a deep chest infection so getting up to deliver my art work to the next exhibition opportunity. I have 2 large pieces and 5 A3 works on paper at 314 Church st at the Contemporary Artists Society of Victoria (CAS). So nice to get them...
9 x 5 exhibition art works

Second opening…what an great show.

I went to  Brunswick St Gallery for the second opening(a bit like “second breakfast ” I guess …if you get the reference ). I didn’t feel like the crowds that I knew I would get last Saturday night so I skipped that but the second event was a...

So many starting points…

There are so many starting points and I am surrounded by ideas. I use watercolour paper as a pallet  to create a starting point. So much easier once the page is no longer white. I add random scraps of collage from the studio or an accession all stencil , until an...