228 This week on SOCIAL MEDIA in Art
SOCIAL MEDIA This has been a busy week in the art studio as usual, still I try to post at least one post every day on social media to keep my profile up and also to have fun and interact with my lovely friends both from real life and new made in cyberspace! If you […]
226 ART AND IT’S COMING UP CHRISTMAS AGAIN
CHRISTMAS AGAIN It doesn’t take long for the year to roll around and before you know it is Christmas again! This year as we often do we are going to see the spectacle Carols by Candle light in Elder Park, Adelaide. It always inspires the creative process and I am sure many artists feel the same […]
224 LIBRARY ‘ONE CARD’ with artwork in ceramic and mosaic
ONE CARD FOR THE LIBRARY I was really thrilled to be asked if the image of one of my Public Sculptures could be used on the new “One Card” system (interconnecting library card for borrowers). The SA public library “one card” network is connecting the systems of more than 130 public libraries across South Australia […]
195 ART & What makes your blood boil
CERAMIC AND MOSAIC SCULPTURE Today I am going to share with you an article from the Sydney Morning Herald by Andrew Woodhouse, the column in question is called Heckler where readers are invited to send 400 words on what makes their blood boil. I found this article to be very funny and poignant in this […]
179 ART AND CHAINED TO THE RAIL WAY TRACK
PAINTING IN THE STUDIO Oh boy what strange 6 weeks I have just had!! Life happens to you whilst you are busy doing other things as John Lennon said. Normally I sit in my art studio with an amazing view, the house perched up high like an eagles nest, high above a train track and […]
175 THE ART OF HORMONES
THE ART OF HAPPINESS AND HORMONES I have PMT and a Hand Gun, any questions? My girlfriend had that quote on her fridge for many years and it always amused me greatly. Hormones have a lot to answer for don’t they, too much or too little and we all fall apart. Remember the teenage years […]
158. Fifty Shades of Grey in Art
ART & SEX Like millions of women across the globe I have been reading Fifty shades of Grey and just finished the first book in the trilogy (Fifty shades of Darker and Fifty shades of Freed). I had actually had the book in my possession for about 3 months without reading it. The reason was […]
132 Age is just a state of mind in Art
PUBLIC SCULPTURE This artwork “Our Richest Treasures” made from handmade ceramic and mosaic is part of a public sculpture called the Federation Gateway Sculpture at the entrance to Balaklava a town in the Mid North, South Australia and celebrates the senior citizens which are among our richest treasures. Here is some links to more about this Public […]
124 The Pedal Wireless & Public Sculpture
PUBLIC SCULPTURE Alf Traeger, “Wiring the shed to the farm house seemed a natural step to take for an inventive ten year old boy living on a farm opposite the Dalkey cemetery. He never dreamed that these early tinkering would be so vital to a nation. By 1927 Alf Traegar had invented the pedal wireless, […]
121 Volunteers our Backbone – Public Sculpture
PUBLIC SCULPTURE As promised here is a bit more about The Centenary of Federation Gateway sculpture, this time I want to tell you about the wonderful community spirit that helped to make this project possible. You may want to recap to Stories of the Wall, to see main structure of this sculpture, although images of […]