It’s a little pervy but I love it when my favourite artists share details about their day-to-day lives on their blogs. I haven’t been doing very well in this area so I’ve decided to rectify that. So if you’re interested in learning what I’ve been up to and where I am, read on. Read the rest of this entry »
“There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.”
– Susan Orlean, Adaptation
I’ve temporarily abandoned the paintings I vowed to finish before 2012 and have my nose buried in my sketchbook. So instead of showing you some new paintings today I’ve got a couple of sketches to share with you. These are just a couple which I like but probably won’t be making into paintings. Read the rest of this entry »
I love a good end of year wrap-up post, don’t you? The inspiration for this blog post came from Megan Auman of Designing an MBA and her post, “The 3 Best Things I Did For My Business in 2011″. 2011 was a tipping point year for my art so I thought I’d run with the theme. Read the rest of this entry »
A few blog posts ago I alluded to what I’ve been up to these past couple of months but if you want all the juicy details, keep reading. Well, I say “juicy”… Maybe it’s really just the pulp with some pretty pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
One of my favourite types of blog posts to write is when I get to share beautiful things with you. For sure one of the downers of living nomadically is having no address and no way of buying all the beautiful things I find online (probably for the best really). [Cue violins]. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m already struggling with the lack of light as we hurtle towards winter. Between this and other life stuff my productivity has been absolutely rubbish lately. As the days get shorter, I find I’m having to get very intentional about time in the “studio”. Read the rest of this entry »
I was inspired to create this collage paper by the artwork of Lynda Andrus. Unfortunately, there are no longer any photos on her website of the specific pieces that were my inspiration, so I scrounged together a couple of images from the interwebs. Her pieces evoke memories of childhood and were created using candy wrappers. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve had a bit of a drawing breakthrough in the past couple of days. I’ve begun experimenting with drawing with straight lines. It’s astonishing how much difference it makes.
I haven’t made much progress in the studio in the last couple of months due to a spot of travelling, an emergency dash to Denmark for unexpected visa related issues and some health bother. Also, I had to re-paint the eye section on the big owl after completely ballsing it up the first time around. The little guys are my obligatory autumnal colours paintings of the season (although I’m in danger of it no longer being autumn by the time I finish them). Read the rest of this entry »
