78 A Cup of Tea and a Lie Down & Art
GREENHILL ART GALLERY This acrylic painting on canvas called “Teaotalers Club”, is one of two paintings that I have just finished and delivered to Greenhill Galleries here in Adelaide. TEA POT ART SHOW The show was called “The great Teapot Show” and the brief to participating artists said the aim was to create a varied […]
67. One Amazing Woman & Art
PUBLIC SCULPTURE This artwork “Community Spirit” made from handmade ceramic and mosaic is part of a public sculpture called the Federation Gateway Sculpture at the entrance to Balaklava a town in the Mid North, South Australia, here is a link if you want to take a look 109 Stories behind the Wall. However this […]
59. Art & Hairy legs and Stuff
ARTIST INSPIRATIONS Wow what a week, I guess I better start to get used to this with Christmas coming up and all the extra functions and shopping and socializing that leads too. It has already started, as Monday night hubby suggests we should go to the movies. This is rather an unusual thing for him […]
50. Not a trout pout in sight in Art
ARTIST & MODEL Wow had an awesome night and got to bed at 3.30 am a little worse for wear! So today I have to use my face as the canvas and paint on a pretty face not in my normal naive art style though! Last night was the Model Reunion for one of the […]
46. Artistic Learner Drivers
ARTISTIC INSPIRATION This Artwork is called “Shop till you drop” but it should probably be named according to how we felt at the time lol but that would have to include some not so lady like words – you see if you look closely in the orange car on the left you will see us. […]
36. How it all began in Art
WHY I STARTED PAINTING Dancing asparagus I hear you say, mmm…well moi have always been a little bit crazy and that probably is and asset when you are an artist! Lol Anyway this painting was the first one that I actually painted, on canvas that is. MURAL ON THE NURSERY WALL You see I was […]
30. Moggy Fontain Painting, and the Melbourne trip
MORE PAINTING IDEAS Just a few days after baby boy came home from Europe we all flew over to Melbourne as one of our Godchildren were turning 21, and what a beautiful girl she has grown up to be, well perhaps I should say always was, as she started modelling as a baby and never […]
21. Life in a Circus Tent
This is a continuation of 20. Antonis Tivoli so if you missed it you may want to recap. ARTISTS BACKGROUND When I grew up in Sweden my father worked as a carpenter and my mother stayed mainly at home and both provided a wonderful environment for me and my brother to grow up in. ( I […]
20. Antonis Tivoli Art
SCULPTOR TED JONSSON This painting “Antonis Tivoli” is one I painted for my father SCULPTOR Ted Jonsson and depicts him and his family, my grandparents. They spent nearly all their lives travelling around Sweden and nearby countries with their side shows and entertainments which also had a dance venue with a live band. CIRCUS LIFE […]
19. All Creatures great and small in ART
SCULPTING IN CLAY I had so much fun designing and creating this work, all the animals are hand made out of clay, set to dry over several weeks on boards on the floor of my studio and then fired bisque. Followed by, in some cases up to five coats of paint, two coats of glazing […]