12 November 2021
12 August 2012
Getting connected
So what do you know... It's never too late to learn new tricks. Finally upgraded to a smartphone and already regretting not jumping on it sooner. Might even help me get a few posts up on this blog from time to time.
02 February 2012
04 April 2011
Ok so you've probably noticed instead of the usual art related content, the 2 readers of this blog have recently been subjected to my personal musical tastes... well hang in there, lots of creative stuff to come in the following weeks - as life speeds up & cash registers briiiinng, calculators become useful & memories flicker away, productivity is the name of the game in 2011... & love, there should always be some love...
hoping everyone is well.
14 March 2011
18 January 2011
07 January 2011
My corner of the universe
New studio... moving in slowly, just the basics at the moment, but already feel like my purpose in life has been restored. Also came across 2 songs recently - Fun Machine's Nintendo in the Jungle and Joni Mitchell's A Case of You (From her Blue album)... both on heavy rotation.
30 October 2010
London
I remember passing William Hill, Ladbrokes, Coral and all those bookies searching for a spare 10pounds for the weekend Chelsea game (and scraping together another fiver for Lotto)... I remember being intrigued by crappy make-shift signs advertising models which led up long stairwells with red walls... smoking to keep warm & content... finding life indoors at that pub in Bayswater... being surprised by just how easy it was to get any drug you desired...
I liked how it was almost always cold and I enjoyed wearing big coats that had enough pockets for plenty of pens, novels and sketchbooks... my real vice was buying all these pens that I would never use, just feeling better armed than being unprepared...
There was a fantastic Summer's day in Green Park and it was a rare sense of camraderie as I settled on the green lawn with a throng of pale-skinned locals, I remember getting into an argument with an English man (dressed immaculately) near the Ritz... he refused to answer a question I had put to him... I remember a woman correcting the way I pronounced Holland Park.
There was also West London, passing by Chelsea fans as we walked to West Kensington to buy meats from the wholesale butcher, or groceries from the massive Tescos at West Cromwell, I remember once being really happy in the morning and jumping for joy and almost dislocating my bad knee, I remember ridiculously heavy backpacks, watching my white Volleys become greyer each time I trekked along the grey roads. I remember brushing teeth, cooking soups, making sandwiches, watching movies on an old couch with the lights off, snug under a blanket. I remember hangovers that involved lots of Tropical juice & instant noodles...friends coming for visits, polaroids, carrying friend's luggage up 3 flights of stairs, piano at 8.30am, looking out the window once and it was snowing and everything was slowly become whiter and whiter. I remember a tomato plant, old bed linen, a tiny tv, thick socks, knitting yarn, hot-water bottle, I remember Skyping family, and dreaming about home...
30 September 2010
Koffia 2010
An image created for Koffia 2010, it's happening very soon (October 1-5). Go to the website for tickets and details.
08 August 2010
08 July 2009
04 June 2009
Worthless
I first heard of Pollocks via an old shredded poster pasted on an even older barricade in Soho. It stood out nonetheless, as it was seeking to find artists to take part in a project where creatives would transform 'worthless' items (brought in by members of the public) into pieces of art.
Led by Josef Valentino and his dedicated team, the project has been fantastic to work on, and has produced some very interesting results. Check out the Pollocks site for more info on Worthless and other projects.
30 April 2009
03 April 2009
On my mind
21 January 2009
10 January 2009
London Shows
Saatchi Gallery is currently showing New China Art presenting some strong figurative art by not so new Chinese artists. One painting in particular, Zhang Huan's Insects No.2 caught my eye. It was quirky, and somehow seductive (the creamy background?... the fact that it was covered in ants like some massive melting ice cream canvas...?), I don't know, I liked it.
I've also found a few of Antony Micallef's works. His earlier paintings/drawings were inspiring, I remember my dad cutting out a magazine article from a cafe as he knew I would appreciate his stuff, anyways, I caught a few of his black portraits at Lazarides, and saw his massive painting Parasite and a series of bronze nickel-plated sculptures at GSK gallery. Interesting to see what he does next.
25 December 2008
29 October 2008
05 September 2008
sQuareOne Art Auction
Dear friends,
Will be showing All-Star Interlude at the SQ1 show, looking forward to a good night and one mean auction, details below!
Vibewire Youth Arts and Media Inc would like to invite you to our second annual sQuareOne Art Auction – an event that will showcase the work of some great emerging and established artists and raise funds for the continuation of sQuareOne's programs.
This will be a fun night, with bands, food and drink, and the chance to own some of the amazing art that will be on display!
Date: Friday September 12th
Time: 6-9pm
Place: Mori Gallery (168 Day St Sydney)
19 August 2008
19 July 2008
05 July 2008
21 June 2008
Art Below
11 June 2008
21 May 2008
14 April 2008
Just taking it all in...
27 March 2008
London
London 2008... I'm sitting in the National Gallery not entirely believing the quality of works that I am surrounded by. When a major Velasquez is overshadowed by MANY! artworks, you know you are in the presence of something special. It begins with a DaVinci drawing in the opening room, and continues with masterpiece after masterpiece - Holbein's The Ambassadors; Ucello's Battle of San Romano; Ruben's Massacre of the Innocents, Rembrandt's A Woman Bathing in a Stream, Suerat's Bathers, ... (and it goes on & on!). These are not just paintings but icons! Artworks that changed the way the Western World viewed itself! What exciting stuff... best gallery since MOMA!
25 February 2008
Melbourne
In real life the cafe is a cavernous dark hall filled with glowing monitors and 16 neon lights - there is one visible security camera and green exit signs at either side.
09 February 2008
05 February 2008
The End Begins (2008)
People walk by without pausing, not even a sideways glance - grey-looking business men in battered suits; kids dissolving in their Chucks and drowning in striped shirts – only a dog straining against its leash shows any action (the dog is angry not terrified).
I look to my fellow passengers, they sit idle, unmoved. I am certain that by now the burning man would be screaming – but there is silence.
I have to get off the bus – get away from the light –the heat –that fucking silence.
A drink. A drink is what I need, I enter into what used to be a corner store (now it’s a slick 24/7 something or other) – I head straight to the fridge and scull a can of cola…
…cooling down I amble to the counter… $3.20 a forgotten man grunts without ever looking at me. Fair enough I consider - maybe bringing an empty can to the counter might be kinda rude... As I search for loose change, I notice a set of monitors just behind the man; grey, monochrome surveillance screens, each focused on different sections of the store and the city streets.
A few of the screens present blurry images of grocery aisles, hamburger shelves; another depicts a door bearing a poster where pandas spit out blue speech bubble catch phrases like – ‘More than just sightseeing, our China Tours are Authentic Journeys.’; it’s the last screen that gets me though, where from a slightly raised perspective – I view tiny grey men navigating their way through the city, around a silent man slowly burning to the ground.
31 January 2008
24 January 2008
13 January 2008
16 December 2007
19 September 2007
27 August 2007
18 July 2007
SquareOne Auction
Lately, the fine people at SQ1 have been providing space/facilities for me to build my website. One of my older artworks will be up for auction at the SQ1 fundraiser, so if you're interested in a good cause or buying art or just looking for something to do on a cold tuesday night- make sure you drop by! Details below.
The sQuareOne art exhibition and auction will be held in July 2007 at Chalk Horse Gallery, Surry Hills.
This inaugural event will showcase artworks by some of Australia's finest young artists, with proceeds from sales going towards sQuareOne and its programs.
All works will be exhibited from 22 ~ 25 July and auctioned on Tuesday 24 July from 7pm.
14 July 2007
Website up! (and it only took me 3 years...)
02 July 2007
06 June 2007
12 May 2007
09 May 2007
07 May 2007
Friday Walking
10 January 2007
Updates
Looking forward to 2007... will be uploading some new images soon.