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 […]
206 The Art of CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT
CERAMIC & MOSAIC Carols by Candlelight is such a lovely Australian Christmas tradition. Last week my art blog and painting featured the acrylic painting of Swedish Lucia which was used for Project mapping on the Swedish Embassy in Poland see this story 205 Projection Mapping & Art in Animation This week however the artwork is […]
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 […]
180 BODY ART AND EMMA HACK
ART, MODELS AND BEAUTY Body art is something I have always been fascinated with, I guess it comes from my background as a model and later opening a beauty salon where we also did all sorts of makeup and body art. PAINTED FACE This image was painted by my father artist and sculptor Ted Jonsson […]
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 […]
153 The Art of Saturday Night
THE ART OF HAPPINESS My husband and I have always had a happiness trick that we have used throughout the years and that is to play Saturday night! The art of happiness, what is that I hear you ask – well it goes something like this; You know when you have those days or weeks […]