163. ART & NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
THE ART OF TIME So another year is just about to have passed us by and a new one is on it’s way. How did it all happen so fast, where did the year go? There never seem to be enough days of the week or hours in a day does it? So much to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
141 ART NAIVE FESTIVAL 2012 Katowice Poland
NAIF ART Even during this economic downturn in Europe the members of Fivan, Szyb Gallery and Jacques Dubois particularly, has manage to pull off the impossible – another successful Naive Art Festival in Katowice, Poland. As this exhibition is continuing into August I sincerely hope that you will try to some and see it. This […]
140 ART n BED
PAINTING ON BEDDING Finally I can share with you my exciting news; my artwork is now available in a bedding range with ARTnBed which launched in New York this week and available throughout the USA. ART FOUND ON THE WEB It all started in October 2011 when I was approached by Mr Lior Rapaport an […]
127 Easter and Animated Paintings
ARTIST WEBSITE So it’s the week of Easter and this year my Easter surprise was that my website crashed for 4 days!! Apologies are in order to those of you who tried to unsuccessfully access it, nice to know that it was due to a lot of traffic, so thank you. EASTER AND ANIMATION Anyway […]
125 Gallery M and Salt
ART GALLERY SHOW This was from an art exhibition opening at Gallery M here is South Australia called The Demise or Otherwise of South Australia’s Gulfs, curated by Save Our Gulf Coalition. Over ninety artists had been invited to take part and a number of them are high profile. The diversity is enormous and with […]
117 Henri Rousseau Naive Artist
NAIF PAINTING Ever since I started painting I have been a big fan of Henri Rousseau’s work. My father said that the art I was producing had something in common with the naifs and bought me a couple of art books; one on Grandma Moses and the other on Henri Rousseau. HERO ARTIST So Henri […]
111. Indie music, Art and Paintings with James Abberley I’ll be a Bird
ART AND MUSIC So let me introduce you to a fabulous emerging artist in the Indie genre, a bit folksy and rootsy with a dash of blues, his name is James Abberley and he reminds me very much of John Butler from The John Butler Trio. He was born the same year as my daughter […]