Art and Abart

This zipper plate was made by making a mould with a zipper pressed into it. The name on the zipper, Luigi, is intelligible through the glaz...

The National Art School is housed on an old prison, a very old prison right in the center of Sydney. It is peaceful despite the location as ...

This is a painting by Rupprecht Geiger called 402/64 . Geiger was one of Germany's foremost abstract artists and painted mainly in red...

There are 60 years between these photos. One baby is the grandmother of the other baby ... The colour version...

Patonga Inlet had an autumnal feel early this morning as the sun rose over a flat calm sea.

This was painted in 2006 ... and remains one of my favorite images. I have it on my camera and it always seems to survive my purges of old i...

Graphite sketch on A1 paper, transposed from the sketch done at the AGNSW ... with added bronze figure. It relates to an essay I am writin...

The model for life drawing didn't turn up this week so off we went to the AGNSW to draw the sculptures. Sculptures can hold the pose soo...

Hamilton (NZ) appears rather flat and featureless to those passing by in a bus. Then this unique music store pops into view. It is right op...

Arrive at your Auckland Airport (early flight next day) accomodation by late bus and you have few expectations of food outlets in small shop...

The guests thought ninety was a grand age to be; the birthday girl decided 60 was better and turned the 9 upside down.

My extended warrenty (three years) had only 2 weeks to run so I finally took my laptop to the computer doctor to get the faulty sound repai...

Insomnia ... surfing the web ... finding a bit of nostalgia... great song though... and great haircuts.

Under the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House, overlooking the Sydney Harbour Bridge, is the Opera Bar, a bar where Sydney's bright youn...

The cavernous buildings, the old machinery, the dwarfed students and the light that has a cathedral feel.

Cockatoo Island is a small island in Sydney Harbour, once covered in red gums and frequented by sulphur crested cockatoos . A prison was bui...

School starts on Monday, National Art School in Sydney. New school, new life, same eyes.

There are a row of houses in Patonga whose only access is by boat. If you want this view... you have to be prepared to ladle water out of yo...

I am back from the Land of the Long White Cloud to the Land of Humid Februaries. My route was circuitous, Dunedin to Sydney via Brisbane as ...