227 ART CHOCOLATE and the NEW YEAR
ARTIST DREAMER As another year turns the corner I cannot help but be very thankful for the last one and wishing the New Year will also be kind to us all. The most important thing for me is of course the health and wellbeing of my family and friends but if I could I certainly […]
130 A Love Letter & Art
MY BEST ARTWORK To my gorgeous daughter Hillivi who is beautiful both inside and out, Happy 21st birthday! I cannot understand how the years passed so quickly since the day you were born. We have Doctor Jack to thank for your safe arrival as of course with my track record with pregnancies and Kai’s emergency cesarean things […]
114 Elders Fine Art Gallery.. never give up
GALLERY DIRECTOR This painting “Christmas for the Elders family” was commissioned by Jim Elders from the Elders Fine Art Gallery in Adelaide, South Australia, a man I much admire and without whom I would not be enjoying this wonderful career as an Artist. I have told you how I started painting in How it all […]
90 I Miss New York & Art
THE ART OF NEW YORK I miss New York and our New York friends so much today! Don’t you just love the “Big Apple” the city that literally never sleeps. Streets teaming with people of every race and nationality and shops and food from every culture. Talking about the culture – what about all those […]
80 Cashed up and Arty Farty
ART & FRIENDS Isn’t it interesting how friendships are, how people come and go in your life? Some are there all the way others appear and disappear only to reappear again. Just like I imagine these cats do in my painting “Cats in Case” in a Louis Vuitton bag (which is also available as a limited edition Giclee Print) If […]
58. A Lifetime of Pix – Photography
EXHIBITION OPENING We had a most interesting weekend recently. I had been asked to open an exhibition for my dear friend Ted James who was celebrating 50 years of being behind the lens of his trusted camera. It was held at the Rustons Rose Garden and Convention Centre in Renmark, South Australia. This Artwork Sold […]
37. The Golden Years of Modelling in Art
ART INSPIRATIONS This painting “Happy New Year at Regine’s” was inspired by my mad modelling days, and crazy mad they were too, but sooo much fun. As you can see from this artwork (which sold in Japan) we models know how to kick our heels up and we did! However I have to admit to […]
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 […]
23. Don’t let your arthritis get in the way & ART
PAINTING ON THE COVER OF THE ADELAIDE REVIEW I was thrilled when I found out that my painting Don’t let Your Arthritis get in the way was going to be on the cover of the Adelaide Review it was printed in conjunction of an art exhibition at the time. Quite amazing to me that one […]
16. In a Jam with ART
TEXTURES & COLORS My mother always cooked and really well too, she used to have all sorts of biscuits and cakes and buns waiting for us when we came home from school.She also made jams and so did my mother in law, I was always fascinated by their skills although none of it unfortunately rubbed […]