Art and Abart

A Farmers Market is held in Dunedin every Saturday morning. Its a great place to buy organic vegetables, organic meat (which I have not see...

Are these not the most glorious flowers? A birthday gift from Alison.

We are back at school today after a 2 weeks break, beavering away in the photo lab. The Hocken Library is a specialist research library whi...

I bought a Koru in Greymouth and I discover that the Koru is not only a symbol of new life, but also of peace. Matthew Eru Wepa creates b...

My photography project is morphing with time. First I decided to photograph house doors and make a social commentary on Dunedin with door ph...

We are having a burst of winter with rain, hail and gales. Autumn leaves not hanging on hard will be blown off - probably all the way to Aus...

Otago is crisp and clear and the autumn colours are just starting to show. This is just east of Frankton. This picture of the Remarkables wi...

I just got back to Dunedin from Queenstown. This picture of the Shotover River was taken just after dawn this morning. Autumn colours are ju...

Our art class spends a day a week on conceptual projects. About a month ago the 50 first year students were divided into groups of 4 and tol...

Dunedin is a real surprise. I thought I would be hankering after the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the opera (well I am – it would ...

Today at art school we had a lecture on the Treaty of Waitangi, which included material about Maori symbols and their appropriation by comm...

Well Free and Open Source Software friends - my series is done. I have finished my print project and put the FOSS Monoprints (monoprint = a...

Oswald the informed. If you don't know Oswald - have a look here. This monoprint is one of a series .

One of your excellent suggestions (thank you Pascal Klein) for Open Source slogans was "Take, Share and Be Merry". My penguins in...

It is just wonderful weather here in Dunedin. I thought I had better note that, after all my early whinging about the cold summer weather. I...

I made this image by laying stencils over each other. When I showed our print teacher I remarked 'This is only a digital image'. His...

These little penguins liked to go walkabout in the print workshop. Several times classmates found them roaming along the print room benches ...

These 'Linux Rocks' prints are part of a series . More FOSS prints coming soon.

While researching my FOSS Hall of Fame I found this interview by Pia Waugh . She says "Once you find your passion, every day is a holi...