Bamboo- Li Jun
Li Jun's demo painting of bamboo from the Thursday workshop.There's something about bamboo that excites the senses and satisfies the soul of an artist.We found this symbol on an ancient scroll in the...
View ArticleNew work
I have been scanning the bloggersphere - boy, there's some lovely work happening out there.Time to get my act together and do a bit of posting on what I've been doing... well, I haven't been doing much...
View Article'Culture 2 Culture' exhibition
http://rosebedstgallery.com/exhibitions-coming-up/At last the past six months of work is coming to fruition.My artist friend Christine Elcoate and I went to China in October 2011 and connected with...
View ArticleOff to the Framers
Yes, at last some new paintings with collage - ready to be framed for our 'Culture 2 Culture' exhibition. I want to have 10 of these for the show. The image size is about A4. They are based on the...
View ArticleMore Guilin Paintings
It has taken me a while to get into these paintings, but I have really enjoyed the process.It is SO good to be back in the studio!!!!!!!- and the positive feedback from my blogger community has really...
View Articlecountdown....
This is the last and biggest painting of Guilin - nearly a metre wide.This is how it started, painted with THE BRUSH I bought at Jingdezhen.So, what's all this fuss about Guilin???Here are a few pics...
View ArticleExhibition open and 2 give aways!!
The opening of our 'Culture 2 Culture' exhibition last Friday night was a HUGE success. It was raining after weeks of dry weather but that didn't stop the crowds.Fantastic!!!Such a brilliant network of...
View Article2 Give aways - Double Celebration
I have reached 201 posts now!!To celebrate the milestone, and the culmintion of 6 months work with 'Culture 2 Culture', I am giving away 2 of my little books.Just write a short comment on how you feel...
View ArticleGive Away Winners - Hooray
Congrats to Eric at Cerulean for winning the first give away - the black and white book, and to Terrie at Purkey Pages for winning the red book.As soon as I get your home addresses, the little books...
View Article'Treeline' - Major Creative Event
Our local council is admirably showcasing the Arts in the region with a month long suite of exhibitions, workshops, talks, kids' events and interactive 'happenings'. All of the Council owned venues are...
View ArticleCatherine O'Leary - Nuno felting Workshop
Woo hoo - I am off to Brissie tomorow to do a 2 day Felting workshop with the wonderful Catherine O'Leary.I am happy to be playing with fabrics again - silks and luscious dyed bits, felts and found...
View ArticleCatherine O'Leary - Nuno Felting Workshop RESULTS
Wow - what a great workshop - I made a vest/wrap, and learnt lots of what NOT to do!!Of course I took too much - used a tiny fraction of my bits and the sari glitzy bits didn't work too well. The...
View Article'Flying South'
Well....not me, actually, just 3 new art works for the 30 x 30 [cm] exhibition at the Brunswick St Gallery in Melbourne - opening Friday 13th at 6pm if you're in the area.I started with a delicious...
View ArticleDeadlines
Whew!! Why do we work to deadlines - so stressful...Maybe it's because we [well - I- ] need them to get motivated.I entered the Queensland Flying Arts exhibition for 2012 [no guarantee of acceptance]...
View ArticleA Letter A Week, 'Dotty' alphabet
I have started my second alphabet for 2012. For more information on this fabulous international blogger network project, go to 'A Letter a Week' for the details.These are my first 4 letters, created...
View ArticlePojagi in Seoul
POJAGI [Bojagi in Korean] is the traditional 'patchwork' style of fabric construction, often from sheer fabrics, used originally as wrapping cloths to carry food, and all sorts of other goods - [the...
View ArticleMixed Media Madness
I had the joy of teaching my Mixed Media Madness to painters of the Buderim Craft Cottage last week.What a lot of fun.There were so many great paintings produced from a wide variety of materials and...
View ArticleMORE WORKSHOPS & COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS
September is a creative month in this neck of the woods. Spring is here - the weather is warming up, we have had no rain in ages and the green hills are now brownish hills.We have 'open...
View ArticleArticle 6
My 'Sailing Inland' installation is happening this Saturday, 10 till 4pm. If you are in the vicinity of Gerrard's lookout [ about 1km Nth of Balmoral on the Maleny-Montville Rd] drop in and say 'Hi'....
View Article'Peace Book'
A week or so ago, Fiona co-ordinated an exhibition of 'Peace Books' in the local library display cabinet. It's always lovely to be included in these community collaborations, and as it's 'International...
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