31. Men I Salute you & Art (continuing Melbourne tales)
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 […]
30. Moggy Fontain Painting, and the Melbourne trip
MORE PAINTING IDEAS Just a few days after baby boy came home from Europe we all flew over to Melbourne as one of our Godchildren were turning 21, and what a beautiful girl she has grown up to be, well perhaps I should say always was, as she started modelling as a baby and never […]
29. Religious Paintings
PAINTING SUBJECTS As you may have figured out by now, I do like to paint just about everything, any subject matter, most of the time colorful and busy. I am often asked about my religious scenes like the one here, Noahs Ark. Am I religious – well, I do hope there is an afterlife, I have […]
28. ART & Sometimes its just about the little noises you hear
WRITING ART BLOGS As I was writing a art blog about another painting where I depicted us losing our false teeth while we were madly dancing, I was reminded about what happened to a good friend; she unfortunately had to have all her teeth removed at an early age and was made a set of […]
26.Looking for Lochy the painting
ARTISTIC INSPIRATION This painting “Looking for Lochy” was one I decided to do after seeing a doco on TV about a film crew who did just that, looked for Lochy the Lochness Monster in a submarine and I of course saw the whole image in front of me. Although I do know that tropical fish […]
24. Noodles Anyone – painting
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 […]
23. Don’t let your arthritis get in the way & ART
PAINTING ON THE COVER OF THE ADELAIDE REVIEW I was thrilled when I found out that my painting Don’t let Your Arthritis get in the way was going to be on the cover of the Adelaide Review it was printed in conjunction of an art exhibition at the time. Quite amazing to me that one […]
22. Kicking and screaming into the 21st century & Art
ARTISTIC INSPIRATION How fantastic the internet is!!! Oh it’s probably all ho-hum to you lot, but you see I am a real newcomer to this. My Husband/Manager Bryan has been looking after my old art website and anything electronic since forever and I swore black and blue that I was just not INTERESTED and did […]
21. Life in a Circus Tent
This is a continuation of 20. Antonis Tivoli so if you missed it you may want to recap. ARTISTS BACKGROUND When I grew up in Sweden my father worked as a carpenter and my mother stayed mainly at home and both provided a wonderful environment for me and my brother to grow up in. ( I […]
19. All Creatures great and small in ART
SCULPTING IN CLAY I had so much fun designing and creating this work, all the animals are hand made out of clay, set to dry over several weeks on boards on the floor of my studio and then fired bisque. Followed by, in some cases up to five coats of paint, two coats of glazing […]