Hot day in the studio

Working hard on my March 2013 show.  It's summer and the studio is really hot.  Opening the doors helps a bit.  So does swimming in the residency pool :)

Coming soon

UPDATE 5/12/12 : The show has been moved to March 2013, I will make a new show card soon!

I'll make a proper show card in the next month or so when I have more of the paintings finalised, but for now...

In the Studio

Artist Residency Studio

I have just started a 12 month artist residency out in the bush, about an hour out of Melbourne.  I officially moved in on Thursday and have been running around, getting things set up, entertaining curious visitors and trying to keep warm.

For some reason I felt like a move to the bush required me to have emergency food rations so I now have 11 litres of milk and a freezer full of frozen vegetables.  Just in case.  I did some work setting up the studio today.  It's huge and has two rooms, here are some photos:

Outside the studio

The large room

The small room

Drawing Leaves

Drawing leaves.  Perhaps next time I'll draw a tree.  Then maybe a forest, and then...?  (What comes after forest?)

AAF Update 3

Another mixed-media drawing on panel, headed to the UK.

AAF Update 2

Just sent off 5 new mixed media drawings for the London Affordable Art Fair, Hopefully they'll get there on time!

AAF Update

Finally complete! An isometric plant grid mixed media drawing for the London Affordable Art Fair in mid-march with bo.lee Gallery. I'll have a series of 5 pieces for this event. I'm still working on the last one so I'd better get back to it. I'll post more info soon!

Gridworks

I've taken a break from oil painting and have been experimenting with smaller mixed-media works. I miss drawing and really wanted it to feature more in what I was doing. I've been trying out perspective and isometric grids with the aim of creating strange, exotic and dangerous worlds sometime in the future. Still in experimental phases at the moment.

Gallery Photos

I got back from Los Angeles last week but am still in recovery mode. I think I was working so hard leading up to the show without taking any breaks that my body has finally said enough is enough. I have been sleeping 10 hrs every night since I got back, catching up on lost sleep from the past months.

The show was great, I was really happy with the work and this it was definitely my best show to date. Thanks so much to all the girls who modeled for me, you guys were so awesome!

I don't have any photos from the opening night, but here are a few of the paintings in the gallery:

Getting ready to install the show