Author: Jude Tulloch
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Mosaic Stepping Stones
You don’t have to be a practising artist to add artistic touches in your garden. This stepping stone is part of a family series created with the help of grandchildren. Each child has their own step and of course there is Grandma. If you have a creative bent, you can design your own pieces, like…
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The creative process
I conceptualised this work as a close up element of my last horse painting. It was to be three horses bursting out of the canvas. But the white mare – for she is surely a mare in foal – looked so gentle and serene that I abandoned the original concept. She dictated a change in…
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A reluctant blogger
There is something highly seductive about the business of blogging. There-in lies my reluctance as a blogger. Why then, did I create this site? It marks a turning point for me; a serious commitment to my art. In the past my relationship to art was a de facto one, sometimes committed, but often estranged. Like…
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Nature’s dancing water spirit
A dragon, a dancing water spirit, what will this photographic image become when it works its way into my artwork? Until I travelled in a small plane to the shores of Lake Eyre in 2011, I had no idea why the S. E. corner of Queensland bore the name the Channel Country. A vast, sparsely populated…
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Rubbish Collection Project: Inspiring Students with Environmental Artistry
Some time ago, I made three decoupage cylinders to go in an exhibition on art and the environment. Fundamental to the artwork are the materials that I chose to make these objects, their size and shape. I cut two cylinders the exact dimensions of my kitchen tidy out of recycled heavy cardboard. The remaining off-cut…
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C.A.P. A Framed Piece
Here it is, the finished piece just back from the framer, or at least one finished piece. The smaller piece of canvas is on its way back to Warrnambool to be transformed by Rob. That way we each have a reminder of our wonderful creative time together. So watch this space, I’m not giving anything…
ART by Jude Tulloch 