They say sometimes what goes around comes around. Or perhaps it should be called in this instance the sometimes 'obsessive' nature of artists!! After spending ages on the original drawing design - inking it up and then deciding to fiddle around with it to make it just that little bit better - I have taken... Continue Reading →
After working through design ideas and adding them lightly over the template (size/shape of the basic linocut from the DESIGNART series) I settled on the seedpod over to the right of the template and spilling off. It needed something else so after consulting my plant and photos I decided to add a more 'ragged' representation... Continue Reading →
I thought I would work through the process I have used to design the current linocut I am currently working on and a few of the thought processes. In my previous post I noted I have been looking at banksias lately and in particular Banksia serrata from my garden. I have been photographing my own... Continue Reading →
After 2 trips to Sydney in 2 months and a third coming up I have been trying to squeeze work in around all this 'busyness'. I have finally finished the rough completion of 2 projects I have been working on for over 10 years and as soon as the actual edition prints are painted and... Continue Reading →
I have decided to put my wildflower cards on sale for Christmas. I have now sold out of the older cards but am putting the set of 6 cards above on sale for $5 a set. For larger images click here. Orders can be made from my website found here.
One of my designs - Paperbark - was recently used on the cover for a new CD by musicians Christine Draeger, Lamorna Nightingale and Jocelyn Edey-Fazzone. It is called Eat Chocolate and Cry - Australian Flute Music 199-2009 featuring Australian contemporary composers. As part of the HSC Music course students must study this content and... Continue Reading →
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 