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.

envirocise # 1

Only 3 more sleeps! Now to finalise titles ... gross.

xx

SOLD

where have you been all my life?

Hello all - yes I know, I have been very slack on the blog front as of late. I am trying out this new thing called 'keeping it under my hat.' I'm currently working on a few new series, but as I'm preparing for two large shows next year, I don't want to blurt it ALL out as I go (gotta save some surprises for opening night, right?)!

But I'm sitting in the studio with a sprained ankle right now, and feeling quite sorry for myself, so thought I might pop up a wee preview, to brighten my day at least (and make it seem like I've achieved something further than rolling from the studio to the kitchen on my office chair without falling off - which really is my main achievement for the day!)

In other news, aqualung is now on view at Stockroom, so if you're down Kyneton way, please pop in and visit - if you come in on a weekend, I might even give you guided tour ... of that particular area of wall. I should have the shots from the c3 show up soon (still waiting on the photographer to give me the disk!) and a huge amount of work is also at the framers, which is VERY exciting - so pictures to come! So it's aaaaaaall in the works - sit tight (I sure am).

xxx

true romance

SWAPPED

the power of nature

I love these dudes - I think they are displaying some kind of 'sportsmanlike' respect. And they are also joined by ... the power of natureeeeee!

(Sorry - a MASSIVE storm just hit my place, so I am feeling all crazed and wild from thunder and wind. Gaaaah!)

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evolution?

This is gonna seem really strange, given the size of this work (about 14 x 14 cm), but I have been working on this piece (in a sense) for over TWO YEARS! I know, that is really silly. But I started these little fairy sheep in my honours year and had no idea where to put them - they kept coming out of the collage-material vault (yep, I have a vault) for a play on my cutting mat, and then going back in again.

Finally this wee plant presented itself while I was in Berlin - I have this feeling that these poor little bird-sheep want to eat the nectar that is at the top of the plant, but their tiny little hoofs won't let them get at it - and now I feel mean for turning them into mutants when they could have stayed birds and flown up to eat the nectar. And now I feel a little bit crazy for discussing the welfare of my paper animals. 

gold blossom

I have for you another work from my 2nd year at art school, probably my most freeing time of art-making. A time where I felt no restraint, worry or anxiety about what I made - I was too busy making it to worry about what it might mean, whether it would help pay my bills or whether anybody thought it was any good. I never stopped drawing - I drew on whatever was closest (such as the paper table cloths and napkins at the nearby cafe, price tags picked up off the floor from the shop where I worked, empty medicine boxes ... you name it). Finding my work from this time definitely pulls on my heart strings - it was a time of true romance, and it's inspired me to dive back in. Sometimes it's good to get lost in making.

x

chicken lady

she crazy.

things are changing at the warming room!

this is a good thing - trust me! just wanted to send a message out there to anyone who may (or may not) be reading; that I am updating the blog in all kinds of glorious ways.



even though this is super glorious, it is also super time consuming - so please bear/bare (bear? shit!) with me in the meantime! it's all about to get awesome. i think. i hope. eeeh! keep your eyes peeled for MORE links to awesome sites that you really should check on a regular basis, more information about me (if you're interested), more PICTURES (!!!) and an online shop where you will be able to buy prints and original artworks at the handy 2am-style click of a button.

until then,
tschüss!
x

creepy night thing

this kinda freaks me out - i made it to go with 'babbit' for a client, and i resisted this little cat head for so long, but it fitted sooooo well i couldn't not. and now it is just weirding me out!

This work is 14 x 19 cm, on lushy 300 gsm hot-press paper.
You can buy the original artwork here!

the back-journals # 11

the air flashed like a diamond

collage and gouache on fabriano note card, approx 18 x 15 cm.

I'm BACK!!!

I know you were all missing me oh so much, which is understandable, so i have returned from the biting cold of the peninsula to the biting cold which is my unheated flat in melbourne. sigh. But while basking in the fire light (well actually i basked in the sunshine of the sunroom at sorrento, while swaddled in many jumpers) i collaged my arse off, so i present to you the first of several new works...


this work is without title at the moment, but it is collage on hot press something something, approx 14 x 19 cm.