Experiments with mosaic toy from the op shop, southpark, the simpsons etc..

sandcastles

cast concrete, beeswax, ash, gesso, gold leaf.

little sculptures

I got to thinking about Howard Moon's gothic phase and how it summed up some stuff.

 wall street....

war.

Getting ready for a show at Altenburg Gallery in May. Studio cleanliness and style is my top priority.

experiments

Gesso on tar paper (found underneath the old carpet in my house)

printing

We've had a large piece of high density foam kicking around our garden for the last few years and the kids have drawn all over it with sticks. Yesterday we decided to have a go at pulling a print from it.

We used water based relief ink which the foam absorbed too easily and hand printed it with chinese rice paper.

Then we had a go with damp Hahnemuller which worked much better.....

work in progress

 This is 'Ducks: after Freud, after Cezanne'  for a local Braidwood exhibition of nudes....

paintings for my show in May, most likely unfinished...

Studio progresses

The studio frame is complete!

new studio