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 […]

GICLEE PRINT Look out the Outsiders Art Festival which opens next week in Adelaide.  This is an annual event organized by Stefan Maguran, who calls himself an underemployed artist and Project Manager. This Giclee print “Expose yourself to Art” is one of my pieces which is included in this show.  The original artwork was done […]

ART AND MOTHERS IN LAW There is always a joke or two about the mother-in-law, isn’t there?  Here is one to get us started; “I haven’t spoken to my mother-in-law for eighteen months.  I don’t like to interrupt her”  or how about ;  “ Honolulu, well it’s got everything: sand for the children, sun for […]

GREENHILL ART GALLERY This acrylic painting on canvas called “Teaotalers Club”, is one of two paintings that I have just finished and delivered to Greenhill Galleries here in Adelaide. TEA POT ART SHOW The show was called “The great Teapot Show” and the brief to participating artists said the aim was to create a varied […]

PUBLIC SCULPTURE This water feature sculpture is one I was commissioned to do for the Balaklava Library (mid-north in South Australia), a few years ago.   I had of course lots of fun designing this sculpture and as I love both the water and books, so it was no stretch.   It is made from hebel and handmade […]

PAINTINGS IN ART COMPETITIONS I have just returned home after delivering my new entry an artwork into this year’s “On, Under and By the Sea” Postcards Exhibition at the Bay, Glenelg, which will be held during the Adelaide Fringe in the 175th anniversary year since European settlement in South Australia.  The title to this art […]

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 […]

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 […]

This tale begins with art blog 30. Moggy Fontain Painting, and the Melbourne trip so if you fancy read that first. ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS We stayed in a Hotel overlooking Albert Park and its Lake, not far from where me and Bryan used to live when I first went to Melbourne to model long before I […]

COUNTRY ARTS I had so much fun painting this painting “Noodles Anyone” which depicts Francis and Putu , a couple who run this fantastic restaurant in the small mid north town of Burra called White Cedars Indonesian  Cafe and Gallery. ART & BALI It is the last place on earth that you would expect to […]