Category: Inspiration
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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…
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Palette Knife Dune Study
Here’ s little study of the sand dunes on the beach where I live after high tides washed away most of the the foredunes in January 2013
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Tribute to an unknown artisan
I came across a little wooden elephant, roughly carved like so many sold by street vendors in Africa, yet another object gathering dust and cluttering up my life. Holding it in my hand, to give it one last farewell look, I replaced on the shelf, twisting it at the same time. The little elephant came…