Camellias from my garden

Sheer beauty.

Interview with Richard Learoyd

Here is a great interview with Richard Learoyd in which he talks about the particular photographic technique that he used to create some superbly haunting portraits. I love his use of the camera obscura.

Killed Negatives

I would love to be able to travel to London to see this exhibition of photos......

The Killed Negatives: Unseen Images of 1930s America
Images that were not included in the famous American Farm Security Administration project.

It is an exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery.
The holepunch indicates that the photo was rejected.
It gives the photos an added poignancy.

The internet is a wonderful medium for discovering such gems!

MOMA in Melbourne

A wonderful treat - a visit to the NGV Victoria to see the winter blockbuster, masterpieces from MoMA . It was a terrific selection of works, representing a range of styles.

The first treat, an iconic film by the Lumiere brothers of the Serpentine Dance performed bu Loie Fuller-  the colours and the shapes of this dance presaging the development of performance art and the notion of  drawing as a physical space related activity. To be greeted with this as one of the first pieces in the show was a good beginning

Then The Bathers by Andre` Derain 1907

Jumping forward to Diane Arbus, another favourite

And another hero Robert Rauschenber - with his use of collages to make political points in the work Currents (1970)

Then the joy of seeing the Bechers' Winding Towers

And joy oh joy, an Anselm Kiefer To the unknown painter

And the Jenny Holzer - another heroine

Laurie Simmons Walking House... I kind of like the images of the visitors in the reflection of the photo that I took of the photo..

And of course few people could resist having their photos taken against El Anatsui's seering comment on the cruelty of the transatlantic slave trade, Bleeding Takari 11

All in all it was a well balanced artistic banquet of wonderful delicacies and surprises

Alla prima style

Flower paintings completed in the alla prima style- my preferred method of painting. Done in workshops with Graham Drendel who gave invaluable advice and feedback.

Invitation to Artist Night at the Centre of Italian Studies Carlton

This is a great opportunity to come to our wonderful Italian School in Melbourne on Friday 15th June and see the artistic talents of the students. As well as art there will be music and wine tasting!

Still Life

At last I  completed the still life that I started ages ago.  It is 70cm by 50cm.