TRAVEL AND ART BLOG For those who read my travel and art post a couple of weeks ago called Thailand here we come! this is the continuation of that.  As you may remember we were not very happy with the hotel and after a big of searching on the internet we decided to go and […]

FLOWER PAINTINGS Just got back from our holiday in Thailand, a very memorable trip for lots of reasons, both good and bad!  We did of course see some beautiful flowers and monkeys as you can see in this naive acrylic flower painting as well as many other things.  Pairing this painting with my blog is […]

ARTISTS INSPIRATION As an artist you get inspiration from EVERYWHERE and in my case it really is from everywhere.   The busier the better as what some people have pointed out there seems to be a little of “Where is Wally” about my pictures. This painting of Kings Cross is also a long and skinny […]

TRAVEL AND ART BLOG In this weeks travel and art blog I thought I would share with you an article written by Andrew Fenton for the SA Weekend Magazine which comes out with The Advertiser every Saturday.  His column is called “Wiseguy” and that suits him to a T, as he always has a wiseguys […]

ART, CIRCUS & TRAVEL I have always loved travelling; I think the bug bit me even before I was born.  My grandmother ran away to sea at 15 and then she met my grandfather Anton and they both ran away with the circus.  Here are the art blog about that 20. Antonis Tivoli &  21. […]

THE ART OF THE CRUISE If you have just joined me now you may want to read the travel and art blog “Leaving Sydney Harbor” as this tale is the continuation.   My family and I are now on the Pacific Jewel  a P&O ship sailing from Sydney to New Caledonia and Vanuatu, stopping at Isle […]

THE ART OF GETTING HOME I am back!!  Finally home again after a cruise on the Pacific Jewel to New Caledonia and Vanuatu.  I do apologize for the break in my normal ART blogging and social media routine and thank you for the lovely messages whilst I have been away. THE ART OF TAKING A […]

ART EXHIBITIONS IN JAPAN At this stage I had signed with the Japanese Art gallery and then spent one year painting like crazy. This painting “If I could turn back time” was one of the artworks that the Japanese Gallery wanted to see in real life before we signed the contract and it was sent […]

ART CONTRACT I had been painting for about 5 years when my gallery in Melbourne called me to let me know that a scout for a Japanese gallery had been in to see them and were very interested in showing my artwork in Nagoya. This painting depicts my Qantas flight over to Nagoya in Japan […]

MIDSUMMER PAINTINGS When I wrote this Art Blog my son Kai was working and living in London while on his gap year from uni.  Whilst there he decided to follow his roots and visit my birth country and home for the first 14 years of my life; Sweden. Here is one of my paintings on […]