A New Painting

Here is something new for me, a painting that is pretty big - about a metre high. This has popped up a few times in my facebook posts, and now I think it is finally finished. Here are some closeups:

So now I have put together all the paintings I have done this past year and realise it has built up to quite a few, and now I am ready to let them go. I have been selling limited edition prints of my work, but if anyone is interested in purchasing an original, I am soon going to setup a section in my big cartel shop with paintings for sale. I will post more about this soon!

New Painting

A new painting, and my illustration friday submission this week for 'burst'.

New Paintings...

these will available as prints in my etsy and big cartel shops soon

- for enquiries on the originals, please contact me -

New Painting

Here is a painting I recently finished. It makes me think of the conversation and ideas that come up over a cup of coffee (and I do love a good coffee!)

~Coffee Break~

When I began this painting I had no idea what I was going to do, and it changed a lot -

so below is the work in progress:

I have also finished 7 small paintings, soon to be posted. Also I have almost finished a mural:

The photo is not too good, I took it in the afternoon with the sun shining on it. Unfortunately it doesn't capture the perfect day... sunshine, music and cold beverage I was enjoying while doing it!

The wall that the mural is on  is next to an outdoor bath in a lovely plant-filled courtyard :)

Being Navigator

I was very happy to find out this morning that the little painting I submitted to the Wall of Contemporary Art (WoCA) Eco Art Competition had been selected as the winning entry!

The Eco Shop in the Fremantle Markets has the smallest gallery space in Fremantle - the WoCA. It is currently hosting a 10 round art competition with some fantastic prizes to be won. The theme for Round 1 was Water, and I named this painting "being navigator".

Recycling Project - Drifting Away

 This is another piece from my recycling project using old collaged maps, acrylic paint and ink on packing box cardboard.

Prints of this are available in my shop :)

Recycling Project - Lonely Planet

 This is another piece from my recycling project using old collaged maps, acrylic paint and ink on packing box cardboard.

Prints of this are available in my shop :)

Recycling Project - The Babysitter

 This is a piece from my recycling project using old collaged maps, acrylic paint and ink on packing box cardboard.

Prints of this are available in my shop :)

IF : Fuel

This weeks submission for Illustration Friday.

This painting is a part of my recycling project, and I will be posting new paintings over the next few days from this series.

IF : Bottled

My Recycling Project

These pieces of cardboard are from a huge pile of boxes I have not been able to fit into the bin. So now I am going to turn them into little paintings. This time I have collaged pages from old maps and magazines onto them, can't wait to see how they turn out!

I found a pile of magazines from the 1960's at an opshop - and it's fascinating reading! I was surprised at the obsession for women to be thin - nothing has changed. This page is from a 1966 New Idea, I can't work out how these things are supposed make you lose weight!?

Drawings and Patterns

Recycling the Past

I am a hoarder, and too sentimental for my own good.  Way back when there was no email or messenger or sms (my kids have no idea...) I had a penpal.  We wrote dozens of letters a year for several years and for some reason I didn't throw out a single one.  In fact I didn't throw out any letters from back then... from friends and family, and my Grandma who lived in England.  I recently unearthed these and notebooks and cards from over the years, and with inspiration from my growing list of favourite artists' blogs, I decided to cut them up and make things out of them:

from this...

to this...

to this...!

Coming Up...

New Painting