Art and Abart

Haveron, Valve and Selby (from their brochure) Music in an intimate atmosphere is what Selby and Friends seem to achieve regardless o...

Honeypot with Flowers 61 x 61 cm (20 x 20 ") Whether a painting is successful has a lot to do with composition and if you get the ...

Pekka Kuusisto plays and directs The lights go down and a young man steps onto the stage. "Hallo, " he says to the audience, ...

Picasso used to re-sign his paintings when he added to them so some of his paintings have several signatures. If I were to follow suit, my p...

Garrick Ohlsson plays Mussorgsky As I write this I am listening to Garrick Ohlsson playing Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition o...

It's Valentines day - appropriate for this photo taken on the beach last night. I wish many lovely sunsets to those exchanging red r...

Peaches, pears and bottles I am on a roll, a fruit roll ... just like this time last year. There is something about summer fruit that is...

Still life with tomatoes 60.5 x 80 cm (24" x 30") There has been a large canvas sitting on my easel for a while, but I hadn...

The Brian Wood ceramic jug has been joined today by some tomatoes and onions. Now it looks a little less lonely. Addendum (19:30) ... ...

Brisbane waters - flat calm in December Summer is meant to be sunny, calm, warm and perfect for the beach but this year we have alternat...

Peninsula News Express Advocate

Phew ... 30 paintings hung in two hours. The Gnostic Manor Cafe has a proper hanging system but a very overworked one, with hooks that a...

' ... hear a little song' 'One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, ...

'Children and Cats' by Sophia  (6 years)

If, like me, you have overdosed on American jazzed up Christmas Carols , here is something to set the world to rights. Pene Pati sings Don...

Like a flock of seagulls on the beach but then they took off ....

I am getting work ready for a January exhibition at the Gnostic Manor in Woy Woy, part of the Gnostic Corner, shops known for alternative st...

Today I went to a discussion hosted by the Anglican activist pastor, Father Rod Bower. If you follow Australian politics you might have s...

My neighbours across the road take their Christmas display seriously, touring America to see what is available and spending lots of time in ...

Program cover Pinchgut Opera is an unlikely sort of name for a company that performs Baroque and early Classical operas but it sticks in...