199 ARTnBED AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF: The Duvet
ARTnBED AND NAIVE ART I just stumbled on an interesting fact as I was writing another art blog about my art being on duvet and quilts featuring the rather new crisp looking white Hindley Street set. I was amazed that it seems to be a Swedish invention: my home country and here is a great […]
142 ARTENSION LE MAGAZINE
LIFE AS AN ARTIST The life as an artist always has it’s ups and downs. Luckily I have been very blessed and mostly experience the former but had my fair share of downs too during the twenty something years I have been painting. This painting which was featured in ARTension magazine is called The Two […]
119 Redback and the Cure & Art
FAMILY JEWELS AND ART The day before Australia day, hubby comes in from the backyard and says “I think I just got bitten by a Redback, something crawled up my shorts and a minute later I saw the spider crawl away” With hubbys track record lately I was starting to fear for the “Family Jewels” […]
115 New Years Eve & Painting
PAINTING OF NEW YEARS EVE So here it comes again, New Years Eve 2011, seems only yesterday that we were ushering in 2000 never mind the 10 in between. How does that happen? Where did all that time go, you tell me because I haven’t got a clue! This acrylic on board painting “Happy New […]
74.Pop-Eye II & Art
ART & THE POP-EYE This painting is of Popeye which is an iconic Adelaide institution, it is privately owned and the first ferry was launched in 1935 and took you between Elder Park and Adelaide Zoo. The first two boats in service carried 20 passengers each and the three next Popeyes made seated up to […]
70. Condo’s of Katherine, Ants & Art
ART AND LIFE As previously said I started painting when I was pregnant with my first baby and the very day my son Kai turned one years old we set off travelling by car to Katherine in the Northern Territory. We had his birthday party on the Sunday before and then said our goodbyes as my husband […]
25. Shake Rattle and Roll & Art & Music
ARTISTIC INSPIRATION This painting is of my brother Matt’s band Clowns of Decadence, they all came from the Northern suburbs of Adelaide South Australia and the music grew out of the punk genre and they became a very well known pub band during the early 80’s and 90’s touring around Australia and also New Zealand. […]
2. SWEDISH EASTER & Art
ART FROM SWEDEN TO AUSTRALIA We Swedes are weird, you know in a nice way, and it wasn’t until we immigrated to Australia that I realized that fact. Well if you don’t believe me take a look at the painting below. That’s an Easter painting that I was commissioned to do by my American gallery a few […]
Welcome to Marie Jonsson-Harrison’s Blog
Dear everyone who comes here to have a look. My new website is currently undergoing reconstruction as the old one crashed. Please bear with me for just a little while more. As soon as this site is completed I intend to start blogging on a regular basis. Obviously lots about art, but also other issues […]