120 Art & Tasmania and the Tassie Devils
TASMANIA, ART AND TRAVEL My son Kai and his lovely girlfriend Samantha has just left on a week’s holiday to Tasmania, which is an Island approximately 240 km from the mainland separated by Bass Strait. They will visit Hobart, Launceston and Cradle Mountain among others, and that reminds me of a family holiday that we took a […]
113 Art & Swedish Traditions, Another weird one
ART AND AUSTRALIA One thing I really miss about living in Australia is the Sankta Lucia tradition, and yes I know some of you are going – What’s that? This acrylic painting should help to paint the picture for you. (Although something awful must have happened to the girl on the very right of the […]
104 Art & Terry Tomcat and the Plains Producer
THE ART OF A NEWSPAPER MAN I know some people think that all that matters happens in the big smoke, but as someone who has lived in the country for over 20 years I can assure you that is not the case. Take the local newspaper for instance The Plains Producer situated in Balaklava which has […]
103 Everyone wants a bargain & Art
THE ART OF THE BARGAIN Scoopon, Cudo, Our Deal and Catch of the Day are all the rage here in Australia – and what exactly are they one might ask? Well it works something like this. These website offer an item or a service at a special price, often more than 50% discount and if […]
99 Cash Strapped & Artistic
CAT PAINTINGS These three kittens in their designer bag surely are not Cash Strapped as the title of this acrylic painting says, however if you are anything like me you probably have been at some stage of your lives. Even though at the time we certainly do not appreciate being poor, it does however in […]
60. Animations in the Burbs
ART OF NEIGHBORS So here we are, living in the ‘Burbs’, remarkably it is not as difficult a situation as I thought to get used to, although I do miss having my art studio detached from the house. One of the things I was most worried about was to have neighbors. When you have been living […]
56. ART & I DOOOOOOOOOO
ARTISTIC WEDDINGS There are weddings and then there are good weddings and I went to one of the Great ones just recently, and no not conducted by a magpie like in my naive painting here! Now I may be biased as this was my darling nephew (who is just the coolest guitar playing guy […]