ARTISTIC SURPRISE Yep it is Christmas here again this week.  Not only do we have winter in South Australia at the moment when the temperature’s been down to 3 degrees Celsius some nights, but it has also been pressie time again, as I just received some more paintings, wow lucky me, really lucky me! THE […]

THE ART OF KISSING RICHARD BRANSON I have long been a fan of Richard Branson, I mean what is there not to like?  He is handsome, rich, and successful, cares about the environment and his family, extremely cool and seems like a genuinely nice guy.  That idea was strengthen in the late 90’s when I […]

ART ON BEDS I am so happy to finally be able to announce that my 3rd set of duvet (quilt covers) for ARTnBED is finally on the market.  It is called Pottering at the Port and the original painting was bought by the Country Arts Trust of South Australia at an exhibition a while back.  […]

ART IN KINGS CROSS A couple of weeks ago I posted the art blog 185 PAINTING KINGS CROSS, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA and featured the first half of my acrylic on board painting of Kings Cross.  This time here is the second panel of that painting and as you can see the night life in this street […]

PAINTING ANIMALS As you can see by my art I am clearly an animal lover and have shared my life with many gorgeous creatures over the years.  I always love painting them too.  This acrylic on board artwork is from the vet’s waiting room and of course I had so much fun painting it too.  […]

ARTISTS INSPIRATION As an artist you get inspiration from EVERYWHERE and in my case it really is from everywhere.   The busier the better as what some people have pointed out there seems to be a little of “Where is Wally” about my pictures. This painting of Kings Cross is also a long and skinny […]

ART IN POLAND As the date is drawing closer the organizers for this year’s Naive Art Festival in Katowice Poland are busy as bees setting up the new exhibition which opens to the public at the SZYB WILSON Gallery on the 15th June and runs until the 18th August 2013. It is again pulled together […]

ARTISTIC EXPRESSION One thing I am absolutely sure about and that is that everybody are artistic in their own way and the key to that sentence is “in their own way”.  Too much emphasis is put I think on what art is and what has merit and what doesn’t. Cooking, baking and cake decorating for […]

NAIVE ART BOOK So as some of you may already know that read my artblog last week 180 ART AND THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS that I was just given a wonderful Danish Naive artbook called “Naivister i Danmark” written by Ole Lindboe and also incredibly 3 original paintings.  These amazing gifts were sent by the […]

ART GALLERY KNUD GROTHE Some days you are just so glad to be alive and overwhelmed by the random kindness act of strangers that you are totally lost for words.  I had one of those days yesterday and it revolves around a Danish man Knud Grothe who owns and runs one of the finest galleries […]