Art and Abart

I am back to painting on canvas. Time just disappears when I have a canvas instead of walls to paint. Makes me realise how I love it. The im...

Pink pink pink. Pink walls, pink ceiling, pink lampshade, pink floor. No, not pink floor, but the pink walls and ceiling made the floor seem...

Is it a whale with a rock on a white sand beach? Is it a beach and some stones? Or the view out of an aeroplane window? Is it a seasc...

The sasanqua tree in my garden is so tall I had not noticed it flowering but now suddenly my lawn is clothed in white sasanqua blooms. The...

Four coats of white paint and finally the blue bedroom has been transformed ... ... into a white bedroom. In my minds eye I can see the pic...

Ever since I worked in plant breeding I have despaired of humanity's chances of survival. The systems we have created seem to be incapab...

As I was looking at ladders propped up outside the shop, an elderly man stopped and looked with me. "You are looking at ladders,"...

I would much rather be painting canvases than walls (or window frames) but the walls and frames have taken over for the moment. The previous...

Now the floors are done, I am moving on to the window frames which need attention. The windows are divided into larger and smaller panes. P...

I had thought that a floor treated with Kunos oil might look a bit 'old', but the floor is now oiled and it does not look old at all...

Today the Painting and Technologies class started at the National Art School but after waiting so long to get into this class I discover aft...

Rock faces everywhere.

While Christchurch churches topple and citizens pull each other out from under piles of rubble, Libyans risk life and limb to topple a Presi...

Vinyl in ... Vinyl out ... (as well as the hardboard under the vinyl and the many many many staples that held it in place. Almost enough t...

Carpet in ... Carpet out ... The next step is sanding and oiling.

I drew this on the train between Hornsby and Woy Woy today, on my way between my new house and art school. The Hawksbury River is very pi...

Last week while Sydney sweltered  in the heat wave that delivered 40C temperatures for several days in a row, I sweltered under my own inter...

I have a house! After lots of looking at 'rennovators dreams' I finally found a cottage with a 'loved' feel and only needing...

Finally!  It took a while but I now have the paintings and sketches I made at the Maribor Music Festival in September 2010 online at www.art...