Still Life Exhibition

Finally it is really happening

I am part of an exhibition

coming up soon

in Melbourne

at the Beth Hulme Gallery

all the details here

Workshops in 2016

Where I will be teaching in 2016

These are all listed in the side bar with links.

I am travelling about Australia quite a bit next year

So if you want to do a workshop with me

Go have a look

January

Old Butter Factory, Denmark WA 

February

Open Drawer, Melbourne VIC

April

Context Art Blue Mountains NSW

June/July

Wrapt in Rocky, Rockhampton QLD

August

Hopefully a workshop in Brisbane

September

Off to Portugal

Busy, busy

And don't forget I will be a apart of an exhibition 

in Melbourne opening early March

There have been some images here and on FB

Like this

Exhibition Pictures

Ouboros

Fragrance of Change

Phoenix

Winds of Cahnge

Teller of the Deep Words

A few more pictures

from the recent Encaustic Exhibition

All pieces

23 x 23cm

on cradled pine boards

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Hot Wax Great Southern

I have started a new blog

Hot Wax Great Southern

to promote

the Residency

Exhibtion

and

Three Day Encaustic Retreat

which will all be shared with

Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch

and Julia Sutton

Next Year

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Measure Twice

'Of Seed and Bone'

32 x 119cm

Plaster on Cloth

I spent the last couple of weeks working on this piece of work.

Getting it ready to send for an exhibition in Hobart.

Taking it to the wire I completed it at 4pm on friday.

Ready to get to the Post Office before 5pm.

So it would arrive on Monday.

So, I got home, opened up the info to check that I had done all that was necessary,

when i came upon the size rextriction.

And the penny dropped,

I had made the piece too durned big.

Boy do I feel sheepish.

So now I have a lovely piece looking for a new home.

More from the Exhibition

'Seeds of Life'

Thought you might like to see a few more of the pieces on display.

This the book I made in Sandy Webster's class.

All completely Natural

Lovely Earth Pigments

Scroll Book 

Quilts

Last week was spent frantically trying to finish the art quilts I had promised for an exhibition with the Break O Day Stitchers in St Helens. Thankfully I was successful in my mission and they were completed last friday about 4pm.

This one is called 'In Memorium' and was started way back last October in Glenys Manns class.
This is called 'Prelude' and it is a bit blurry but it was the best one.

And this is the back of the one above, coz it was a supposed to be a quilt which some of us know is " two pieces of fabric joined together with stitch". And well it wasn't and I didn't really want to cover up the back as it was just as beautiful as the front but I didn't wish to be disqualified either so I dyed some tissue silk in the hope that it would be seethrough enough to still see the back. I wasn't entirely successful but it was not too bad. So anyway the stitches can only be seen on the back of the quilt.

Then on saturday II spent the day at a market and sunday I had two lovely women come and spend 3 hours in workshop. They have both started dying their very own wrap vests and they made a small piece of felt which they are hoping to dye up at home and make into a wall piece. We hope to get together on a monthly basis with a group of about 6 and I will show them how to make lots of stuff well as long as it is within my capacity.

And yesterday I got my photos organised and sent off my application for the Tasmanian Craft Fair. Fingers crossed I will get in.

And this morning, just as I am starting to make preparations to go away for Easter I get a cold!!!!!!!!! So I am feeling very sorry for myself and I don't think Dan was best pleased when he got soup for dinner.

Sold

I told you on the old blog ( which I will put in a link to. I promise, well sometime) how two of my little paintings sold in the exhibition, well it closed yesterday so it was payday and as an extra added bonus a third painting sold so I trippled my money. Oh yes I could grow to like this. Getting paid for something you really enjoy doing. Now that is money for jam.

Eggs on the move

The exhibition that I had work in closes today, the good news apart from the fact that 2 of my pieces sold is that the exhibition is going travelling and I have been asked if I will put in some more work to replace my large piece and the sold works. So I am sending my 3 egg pictures on the road. I am not sure how long they will be gone. Best take some more photos as this is the only decent one I have. Best get on with more paintings as well I suppose. I do enjoy doing them. Glueing on the tissue paper for texture, making the designs with the starch paste, layering on the milk paints and finally the beeswax finish. Bliss.