(just) being

Chicks With Knives!!! Opening Night

Thank you to all who came along and supported Chicks With Knives!!! last Saturday. The night was a roaring success (I think the foodtruck, bar and band had much to do with that), with a fantastic crowd.

There are some truly fabulous pieces (by truly fabulous artists) in the show - which are getting snapped up pretty quickly - I recommend getting along and securing a piece of amazing artwork, quick-sticks!

Here are a couple of my works from the show, for those of you who won't get the chance to make the trek.

Vigorous Standing Pose

Fluttering Seated Pose

 Do you think I might have been influenced by my recent jaunts as the Substitute Florist and the Yoga Teacher In Training? What's the saying - you live oxen, you breathe oxen? Or perhaps it's the other way around ...

Anyway! Happy Public Holiday everyone! I hope you're all at the pool drinking Negronis.

xxx
Lj

turning collages into paintings

As a result of three uninterrupted days in the studio, I have been able to get a significant amount of work done. True, day one involved a lot of frustration, crying, lying in bed reading (in defiance) and then some moping. Day two was much more productive, results are yet to be unveiled. Today I have been playing with collage and painting and mixing it up a bit.

I thought I'd share my latest developments - a watercolour based on a collage I was working on yesterday. A flower has inadvertently turned into a pom pom and my interpretation of colour-matching leaves much to the imagination. However, in a world where I am often in control, and my anal-retention is in full swing, this is a rather delightful turn of events. Perhaps it's ok, if not better that this is not an exact replica of the images I selected, cut and composed.

I have enjoyed the blobby pastel-ness of it all.

xxx

Why I Eyes Ya - Finishes TOMORROW!

Hello all! Tomorrow is the last day of Why I Eyes Ya, so if you haven't got your fill of pussy-art, get yourselves along to Craft Victoria today or tomorrow. I believe there is still some Cat Shit available for purchase too, a perfect gift for any feline-enthusiast.

marry me.

dancing with ghosts

dancing with ghosts, 50 x 70 cm, collage on paper, 2012

One of my absolute favourites. There is quite a bit more white space around this work, so I recommend seeing it in the real world — after the end is showing at Anna Pappas Gallery until 7 July. Only one and a bit more weekends to go!

Please do pop in if you're in the area.

x

2 and a half cats

Is it just me or does this ACTUALLY look like Charlie Sheen?

It's coming ...

2 more sleeps!!! 

brother, my cup is empty.

brother, my cup is empty, 2012, collage on paper, 50 x 70 cm

Oh Nick Cave - every song is a story.

and I watched you, as you disappeared

and I watched you, as you disappeared, 2012, collage on paper, 50 x 70 cm

Now on show at anna pappas gallery until July 7!

an uncomfortable dream

 an uncomfortable dream, 2012, collage on paper, 32 x 42 cm

Now on show at anna pappas gallery, Melbourne. Inspired by the beautiful song 'Flowers' by Tinpan Orange (which might sound strange, but really it was!). You might remember me mentioning the song in a previous post, when these guys used some of my work to promote the single. I think they are currently filming the video for it, so keep your eyes peeled for the amazing shock of hair belonging to gorgeous frontwoman Emily Lubitz.

The majority of this collection was inspired by music, which you will probably see seeping through the titles as I post them. It was truly a joy to put together, so I hope you get enjoyment out of looking at them. On show until July 7 - anna pappas gallery!

x

While you're at work, I'm doing this.

As many of you may know, from time to time I tend to get a little down about life and where it's headed. I find the irregularity of my work depressing in its lack of sustainability (this is usually at its strongest near rent day - so I still have a couple of weeks!).

So I swoon about, weeping about how I have never acquired any real skills, how I should have finished high school and studied something soul-destroying like accounting, and then at least I would be able to pay my rent and then buy d'affinois instead of coon cheese.

And then I spend a Monday morning making THIS:

 

I realised the ridiculousness of this life in an email I just sent: "I was just gathering materials to make some crazy cat toys for next week's show (I can't believe I can classify this as work - I just pasted some 'cauliflower eyebrows' onto a cat's face)" 

That's right. This is actually my job now. The highlight of my morning was finding a miniature fake lemon at the opp shop (PERFECT for making said cat toys), and getting it for free, because the opp shop lady couldn't fathom why on earth I would want it. 

By the way, this is about the size of a large grape. Hilarious.

 

So I suppose I could always study to be an accountant next year. Right now I'm too busy sticking food items to animal's faces. 

after the end

 after the end, 2012, collage on paper, 70 x 100 cm

Title piece from my current show, after the end. By PURE coincidence, this little girl looks scarily a lot like a combination me and my eldest sister Sarah - perhaps if there had been a fourth sister in the family, she would look like this little girl.

Starting to notice a bit of a pattern of little dark-haired girls in my work. My goodness, a psychologist could have a field day with that.

a light goes on and a door opens

a light goes on and a door opens, 2012, collage on paper, 32 x 42 cm

Work from my current show, after the end - you can see it in person at anna pappas gallery (it's quite nice) until July 7.

xx

new work

my child, my child - collage on paper, 2012

Due to it's sheer tininess I've decided not to put this piece in the upcoming show - the image in this bad boy measures approx 3 x 4 cm despite being on a rather hefty piece of paper (around 20 x 20 cm. I just made that up. I'm not sure how big it is, but I reckon that's a good estimate).

after the end

Dear friends,


I cordially invite you to attend my upcoming solo show at anna pappas gallery, which opens 30 May, at 6.30 pm. This show is the amalgamation of many moons of serious cutting and pasting, and I'm super excited to have it brought together for this show. Help me get folks spilling out onto the street and join me for a glass of something awesome, would love to see you there!

xxx
lucy

bird girl flappin' and squawkin', 2011, collage on paper, 32 x 42 cm

A parallel universe where what comes after now is the beginning of the past. An alternate reality in which a ghostly and fractured sequence of time leads to cul de sacs where children play eternally. A ruptured linear flow of objects repeat, mutate and accumulate across vast open plateaus of white void. Where creaking growth, like hands dragged across balloons, sets a melody against the marching beat of distant footsteps. Cogs rain down as flowers fly up to meet them. The gardening, the growing - the pruning and the tuning. All just beginning, even after it is finished.

new work

Hello all!

I thought I'd share some new work with you today. It was originally going to be for an upcoming show, but I have changed my direction for that particular body of work, so I decided to pop it up here instead. 

Happy Tuesday!

x

flowers

Good evening all!

Recently I did a little collaboration with the gorgeous peeps of Tinpan Orange, for their new single 'Flowers.' The artwork is from my Stockroom show (check out that post here), called would i rather be a sunflower. You might have seen the original work previously posted here. The piece was actually done in honour of an older song by the band ('Sunflower'), and now has had new life breathed into it for 'Flowers.'

If you haven't heard their music, I strongly recommend checking them out! The band have just left to tour with The Cat Empire through Canada, but no doubt will be gracing our shores with some live goodness in the next few months.

You can download the song (plus a couple of other great tunes) from triple j unearthed, here. I guarantee it will make you feel warm and fuzzy on the inside.

Happy weekend to you all, stay warm!

xx

eyepatch and magical snatch

For those of you who didn't/won't have the chance to see to Janice Darling in her paper-flesh at Rooftop Art Space, I thought I better include a few 'up close and personal' shots of the works.

 the killer stretch

 waking up nutritionally

the burn

 the positive approach

 exercises for special problems

the natural approach to weightloss

Big thanks again to all who came to the launch, and have been visiting during their lunch breaks and other such things. It has been such a great collection to work on, and now I am finding it hard to stop Jane Fonda-ing. 

xx

Janice Darling - Opening Night

Hello all! My atrocious hangover indicates what a glorious opening we had at Rooftop Art Space last night. The sun was shining, the weather was clear, and there were beverages and burgers a plenty. Massive thanks to the gorgeous Kirsty and Tom Budge, and Kirsty's brother Adam, who were instrumental in making the install and opening one of the most pleasant affairs possible. If you were unable to make the opening, we have a glorious week of weather ahead, so I strongly recommend getting yourself up there, if not to see the show, to at least enjoy the cheery vibe Rooftop has to offer. 

x

Killer pictures by Kirsty and Tom. 

Quote of the evening: "Coz everyone loves a beaming vagina, right?"