These past 2 weeks have been a bit of a roller-coaster. After delivering my eldest son to the airport - he has moved to Melbourne - I was hit suddenly by a severe virus and spent all of last week in bed, basically in isolation as no-one else in the house wanted it - nor... Continue Reading →
The Xanthorrhoea sp. - grass trees or blackboys - are one of the iconic quintessential Australian plants.They are often incorporated in iconic Australian images - both photographs and paintings. The Indigenous peoples used different parts of this plant for using the fibre for implements, for food sources and making weapons. These photos are from a... Continue Reading →
Just a quick note just to show the very slow progress (due to things like unexpected trips to Sydney) on carving the banksias design. It is also a bit challenging to place all those veins in from the perspective of carving with lino that can be soft and pliable and therefore easily chipped out where... Continue Reading →
These Little Corellas - Cacatua sanguinea - are in the parrot family of birds. They can be quite noisy especially when their calls are heard in larger flocks. Their outer wings and colouring is white but the hidden underneath feathers around the head can be pink/orange and under the wings and tail a pale yellow.... Continue Reading →
This is my latest design - it is part of the same format and ideas/possibilities I have been working with in regards to my Design Art series. More on all that later. In describing some of the processes I that go through in designing my linocuts I have not talked a lot about the 'art-thinking'... Continue Reading →
We had a visitor to our garden last week - can you see what it is? ...Maybe a little closer is needed... This lovely Carpet Python Morelia spilota was quietly curled up in amongst the leaf litter in one of our gardens - it must have felt us and decided to take a look at... Continue Reading →
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 