I am going to be a bit of a tease here and I am not necessarily going to post everything here or on my website. So you will have to come to see them 😉 I am very excited about working larger scale again. I am drawing at a mile a minute in my visual diary and am picking canvasses to fit the pieces perfectly.
Art’s elders still drawing life from a pad | The Arts | The Australian: DOYENS of Australian art Charles Blackman and Judy Cassab might be a ripe old age – with two OBEs, an AO and two Archibald prizes between them – but they still get a thrill sitting down with sketch pads, pencils and a nude model…. Many people see life drawing as something to do as a student, purely a learning exercise, but it’s great to hear that even the best artists still use and enjoy life drawing. I’d pay to be in on one of those sessions!
You know how I said I wasn’t going to do another show until i had build a bigger body of work?… Sometimes, when fate bashes down your door you just have to grab it with both hands.Northcote in September is home to the High Vibes Festival…. High St Northcote is also home to Vanguard Gallery, Who contacted me the other day to see if I was able to do a show from the 19th of September through to the 7th of October.
I have taken charge of it, and I think it has lent power and understanding in my dealings so far…. I will be writing the next two posts very soon. Thankyou all for putting up with the previous posts, long though they were, Putting them up here has given me the impetus to think everything through and stick to my goals.
because, rather than sticking to conventional modalities, subjects and chords they create a unique and unexpected version of a conventional art form and a new experience. The clashing chords, unexpected harmonies and lyrics can often make an uncomfortable listening experience for the average listener and don’t necessarily appeal to everyone but these compositions, to me, are an art form in themselves rather than just entertainment…. When you hear a discordant note or choral piece and you feel the goosebumps rise on your flesh, that is the art working it’s way in. When you see a catwalk model with an unconventional face, who is a painting rather than a blank canvas, then we notice the uniqueness and feel drawn to it.
With something like this I will carve the form over and over again, smoothing it back and doing it again. sometimes I will get a section right and be able to leave it, but mostly the interrelations of the lines mean I frequently will need to do the entire figure over. The key frustration of this is that I might have a line that is good, but I will seek more from it and will erase it in the hopes that the next one will be perfect.
Art Blogs at absolutearts.com – “THE $135 MILLION PAINTING” by Michael Corbin Have you heard? Ronald S. Lauder (yes, one of Estee’s boys) just dropped a record $135 million on a painting! Okay, let’s break this down. First of all, if you can shell out $135 million for ANYTHING, let alone a painting, you’re set…
Jackson Pollock by Miltos ManetasA bit of silliness, because its fun! click to change the colors and wave the mouse around.
I have been a tad slack with posting my updates for these. I have been posting a Flemish Technique WIP on the forum and figured that most of my blog readers will be less interested in the minutiae of period painting. These two photos show some of the more obvious developments. There are other photos…
Art News Blog: Money Paintings – Euro SeriesI have yet to decide whether I love this idea or hate it…. Each piece is painted in order.however I wonder if they will be investment pieces or kitsch in the end….. But, I give him snaps for the idea and for selling them and making money.
Jennie's Palette 