222 PAINTING STILL LIFE ARTWORKS
Looking At Examples of Beautiful and Modern Still Life Paintings Still life painting is an old type of art that was here even before the development of modern day technological systems such as photography. This is an art that involves drawing an image as it appears in life. It involves several hours of sitting because […]
204 SAATCHI, ART EXHIBITIONS & bathing boxes
PAINTING SAILING BOATS This painting was such a delight for me to paint with the blue, blue sea in front of our house and the sailing boats for inspiration, added to some photographs of the beach area locally and then my imagination did the rest. Obviously it is a really windy day and the title […]
193 NAIVE ARTIST Walther Schaldemose
Another NAIVE ARTIST from Denmark – Walther Schaldemose As I wrote in the art blog 190 Art and CHRISTMAS IN JULY recently I was so happy to receive another 2 parcels from the very generous man behind Galerie Knud Grothe from Copenhagen in Denmark. An art gallery and whose artists I have written about several […]
190 Art and CHRISTMAS IN JULY
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 […]
182 GIVING PAINTINGS AS GIFTS
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 […]
180 ART AND THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS
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 […]
150 ART TRAIL & FATHERS DAY
Happy Fathers Day to my darling Daddy and to all you wonderful fathers out there. I wish you a wonderful day. Father’s day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June in many countries, but it is also celebrated on other days and here in Australia it is on the first Sunday in September. If you […]
147 Art and the Olympics
PAINTING FULL TIME When you are an artist who paints on a full time bases you occasionally feel that “THIS” is the best painting you have ever done and that is how I feel about this acrylic on canvas painting called “London2012”. GICLEE PRINTS It all started in March this year when I was approached […]
146 Sala Artists Play at the Bay
CELEBRATE ARTISTS It is that time of the year again – SALA – when we celebrate the South Australian Living Artists and this year it is for the 15th time. How time flies! This Acrylic on Canvas Naive painting called ” SURFIN ‘N’ SA” is one of 3 artworks in the Sala Exhibition. Sala an […]
145 Art Lovers & Artists Unite
FAVORITE ARTISTS Have you been wondering why your favorite artist, whether it is visual art, singer, band, writer, photographer or whatever page you have already LIKED is not showing up in your HOME page anymore. Well the reason is simple since facebook was listed on the stock exchange and did rather worse than expected they are now […]