Art and Abart

Glass squirrel 26x 51 cm (10" x 20") Acrylic on Canvas Many years ago I gave my mother a smokey glass squirrel. It sat on he...

View over to the Palm Beach headland, the most northern tip of Sydney. Sppplosh! The turquoise water that turns pale green as it for...

Peaches and glass bowl Acrylic on Canvas 26 x 51 cm (10" x 20")

It is the season to ... contemplate be laid back be laid be  Have a Happy Christmas and may we all be on our perches this ti...

Nectarines Acrylic on canvas 30 x 30 cm Finally the nectarines made it onto canvas and this time they stayed there. The jug and hibisc...

"The smaller the coffin, the heavier it is to carry. It's a very, very tragic day." Defense Minister Khawaja Asif. Such dr...

Sydney-siders have been transfixed this afternoon by the hostage drama at the Lindt chocolate shop in Martin Place. It is extraordinary the ...

Imagine being on a plane for a long haul flight to Sydney, not being able to land there because of debris on the runway, then being dive...

Brian Wood jug The painting of Brian Wood's ceramic jug has gone through many iterations (see two of them below). I tried putting s...

Australia Piano Quartet There is a small concert room at the Sydney Opera House called the Utzon Room. It is well named as it is one of ...

One women is killed every eight days in Australia by her partner or former partner.  They call it the silent epidemic . Why is it silent? Wh...

Brian Wood jug. My painting of the Brian Wood jug is morphing. I painted it first with a bowl of nectarines and a jug of lavender but ...

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...