Art and Abart

In Australia the State of Victoria has just voted and is making history by changing government after only one term. The toxic federal Govern...

White ceramic 'Brian Wood' jug with nectarines Acrylic on Canvas 30 x 40 cm The Otago Art School in  Dunedin  (NZ) has an exce...

Governments don't like to be criticised and both sides of politics have sweated under the even handed but critical reports of our nati...

Forecast of 41C on the NSW Central Coast tomorrow I remember about 10 years ago hearing a talk on the radio about high temperatures. A w...

Waiting for Jean-Efflam Bavouzet I subscribed to the Sydney Symphony International Pianists  series this year and wondered as I did so w...

Ceramic pots with Hibiscus This is the same painting at different stages - the background morphed several times in the painting. First ...

Anthony Marwood playing Enescu A concert hall was a good place to be in Sydney yesterday with temperatures of 33-38C forecast and list...

The respected journalist  Dr Udo Ulfkotte, a former editor of one of Germany’s main daily publications, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, ha...

Twenty five years ago since the Berlin wall came down, and I celebrate with a photo of a green  'Ampelmännchen' - little walking gre...

A memorial service for the recently departed Gough Whitlam was held Sydney's Town Hall yesterday.  It was an emotional day for many beca...

Rebecca Chan, violin Last night the Australia Piano Quartet played at the university of Technology Sydney in collaboration with j...

'Wotan's Christmas' Card by elizabethgw A card for lovers of Richard Wagner's music. (Folk like me!)    ...

  The Sydney Opera House was full today for the concert Tognetti's Beethoven.  The concert was a winner, delighting the audience. ...

Blue/black spice jars with eggs Acrylic on Canvas 38 x 76cm Spice jars seem to have gone out of fashion, perhaps because people use so...

Blue Duck Acrylic on Canvas 30 x 30 cm The blue porcelain duck looks down at me from the shelf and smiles. Quack! I make cards from ...

Duck waits at Woy Woy bus stop This duck was waiting patiently at the bus stop in Woy Woy yesterday.  She seemed to kn...

Eggbeater Acrylic on canvas 38 x 67 cm My 'domestic items' painting spree continues, this time my mother's old eggbeater w...

Blue and white cup and saucer 30 x 30cm, acrylic on canvas This cup and saucer was bought from an op shop ages ago. It has been on my ...

A month in the northern hemisphere has thrown my seasons instinct out of whack. Yesterday I saw these ducklings and part of my head was sayi...

Silvia Šarköziová of the Gypsy Devils The Gypsy Devils are a fantastic band who played with the Maribor Festival Orchestra at the ...