Author: Jude Tulloch

  • On experiencing creativity

    On experiencing creativity

    I am feeling particularly energised after an afternoon workshop at QAGOMA (Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art) with Brisbane artist John Honeywill. John had us wielding large sticks dipped in black paint across paper laid the on the floor, followed by collaging, pencil scribbling and rubber drawing. All done in the name of creativity. Collage…

  • Burger Stop in Ziada

    Here you will have the best Moroccan burgers.

  • Life is like linen

    Life is like linen

    I like my clothes better when they have a worn-in feel. It happens over time. When did my favourite t-shirt transform from bright and shapely, to a little baggy and faded?  The once crisp linen shirt softened as the fibres weaken, allowing it to sit more comfortably against my skin. An old cotton or linen garment…

  • Miss You

    Miss You

    I keep finding gifts in the op shop for the mysterious woman in the wide brimmed who is  spray painted on the wall of a building in Casablanca. She has now taken up temporary residence on my bookshelf. A frame, a heart, a mirror and a flower surround her like a shrine.  Her creator painted…

  • Colour and Glazing

    This is an exercise in colour mixing, glazing and paint application techniques. I did it last weekend at a two day workshop at the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane run by Victorian artist Catherine Hamilton. What an amazing array of colours from a restricted pallette of Cerulean Blue, Cadmuim Yellow Medium and Quinacridone Magenta. The…

  • Nature’s “crumbs”

    This is my fairy table replete with a rock sandwich that my husband found in a load of rockery stones. I love the orange fungus that grew on the table top in the last bout of rain.