Opposable

Hi all, this is the one I was working on through a lot of January. Meant to post earlier but things just got too hot to work. I called it Opposable due to the thumb being highlighted. Can't say that I mean much by my titles..usually just what occurs to me at the time.

HOT!!!!

HOT!, Damn Hot!! as Robyn Williams said in 'Good Morning Vietnam". Pah, he didn't know the half of it. It's been over 40 C every day this week. That's in the shade. Adelaide's hottest day for 70 years...and we have a few. So not much actual art being done as the studio is, almost literally, an oven. It has steel roller doors that face the arvo heat so it just turns nasty in there. Still, I have attended a meeting re funding for lessons next financial year. This went well so cheers to Phil of Arts Access. I have completed a larger canvas since the last post and will post an image very soon. I'm pleased with it and look forward to feedback.

Happy New Year

I can't believe I've let it slip till 14th to Post this year. It's getting hot now in Adelaide and the studio isn't air-conned so it's been a struggle. However, I've completed a few pieces and spent a whole lot of time varnishing...which really stinks in the heat. I've sent in paperwork for one show this year and done the two pieces for it:Sideways and Tumbler (see above). You can probably work out which is which for yourself.

Photos of work that feature faces/torso/hands that I've posted previously are part of another show for The Adelaide Fringe. There are two more above (top two) and should be six in total. Hope that you had a good Xmas and are enjoying the New Year even if you're not a warm as I am.

Happy New Year

All the best to everyone for 2009. I'm hoping for a couple of shows and a couple of sales too. Here's a few more pics.

Why the camera broke..

These were two of the pics I took before dropping the camera. A self portrait and one of an old convict in chains. I like to think of him as Bondage Smurf.

Camera Probs

I'm in the process of fixing the camera as I went and dropped the bugger. Probably just need a bit of tape on it. There's no wieght in it except the battery so it landed on the battery corner. Now the little hinge thing is all snapped. I've done a few "heads" this week and want to put them on the site. I've been busy elsewhere in getting applications for a show next year done. Had to burn photo's, write an artist biography, write artist statement etc. Sure I'll get used to it. I also get other paperwork for a more iminent show (next March) so need to crack on with it.

Thought that I was due for another posting. Spent the morning in the Adelaide Hills again. This time climbing Anstey hill and the tracks around it. The first 30 mins was tough but easy afterwards. A warm day but clear views over to the coast and Gulf St. Vincent looking over the city. The highlight of the walk was spotting an echidna whilst we walked down the part called Torture Track. These aren't seen too often in the wild and it was close to the track. I got a couple of photos of it but didn't want to get too close and scare the prickly little bugger. after this there was the ruins of an old nursery. The family who ran it in the 1890's had 17 children....not much to do in the evenings I guess. The 14th died when running in the kitchen and she fell into a pot of boiling water. Yikes!

I spent the arvo at an art fair in Port Adelaide. Not bad but quite a few "crafts' and T-shirts type of stalls rather than actual art.