Art and Abart

I saw the wonderful Laurie Anderson's light show at the opera house last night. People sat the steps of the opera house forecourt watchi...

This plate was a surprise. It was painted with slip with large music notes, but the slip was too thin and disappeared during firing. (The la...

Terracotta bowl with slip edge. It was fired at 1120C and the terracotta colour is not quite as rich as the clay bowl with music which was ...

This plate (about 30cm diameter, from the same mould as the plate below) had two firings. The first firing was at 1080C with an alkaline gl...

This plate, terracotta clay with a white slip, was made on a self made mold. The guitar pattern was made by scratching a pattern through the...

Our art theory class is held in an old sandstone building, part of the convict prison. They have installed heaters now so it is not uncomfor...

A terracotta bowl with black music (Tristan and Isolde!) This flat plate is made of white stoneware clay. The face is made of slip, which is...

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...