SUCCESS !

How different this year is to the last.  2017 was a real fizzer for me, artistically speaking.  But I've just sold another THREE works.

Two were sold at the Annual Immanuel Arts Festival.

PATCH - acrylics, rust-dyed fabric, thread.

 

 

A DISH OF PEAS - acrylics

Then, while doing 'show & tell' at a lunch with some art

friends, I sold a small collage....one of my favourites.



ANGEL: Eco dyed paper (from Trace Willans),
found image and other papers, gold acrylic

It certainly has stimulated my creativity somewhat.  Am keener than ever to spend time in the studio....and the 'brush mileage' is what we all need in order to improve.

SOLD!...I'm on a roll

It seems that my forte is collage, I sold three yesterday.  If that is a measure that I'm doing something right then I'm heading in the right direction. 

A SINGLE LEAF

FARAWAY THUNDER

LEAVES

All are on 300gms watercolour paper.  I use some eco-dyed papers courtesy of Trace Willans at Soewn Earth.  Do visit her blog for more info on that process, and perhaps to acquire some papers for yourself. 

I also use my own painted papers, teabags, and techniques such as embossing, stencilling, or frottage.

It's impossible to stop, and I have SO much 'stuff' to p[lay with.





Back to Collage

Am still pouring acrylics, but the 20th International Collage Exchange is coming up soon so am back to mucking around with bits of paper and found objects.  It's all SUCH fun!



PLAYTIME

GO FIGURE



RENOVATION MAN

 

 

Here are three of my favourites (so far).  Do you have a favourite of these?

 

LATEST EFFORTS

It seems that you are never too old to learn something new.

 

This is just too much fun to stop doing!

It's Been A While....

....and I don't have a good reason. Nonetheless I've not been idle.  Have been experimenting with the latest craze, acrylic pouring,  After a week of frustrating efforts I've eventually arrived where I want to be.

 

These are only 4"x4", but a good starting point to explore the technique.  Eventually I might be able to manipulate the colours enough to make backgrounds for paintings, collages, or whatever takes my fancy.  After all I'm a dilettante, not a REAL artist.

HOPE

This the theme for the 2017 Apron Project.  Run by Sallianne McClelland (events manager extraordinaire) the project invites artists to decorate aprons for a charity auction to benefit the Hornsby Kuring-Gai Women's Shelter in Sydney.

This is my apron for 2017: Hand painted with collaged felt butterflies and the sentiment printed on fabric.

 



2017 - HOPE

All the aprons can be seen, and bid for, online at Galabid. There are some amazing pieces!  Registration is free.

This is my third year of participation, and I hope I can do so each year.

 

2015



2016



 

It's been a while...

.... but I'm back.....tho' not quite in full swing yet.  The International Collage Exchange is up and running on:

http://www.tart.co.nz/exhibit.htm

My piece, 'Wishing For A Better Solution' is SOLD and soon on its way to the USA. (Thanks Julia Payne, a fellow collagist)

Wishing For A Better Solution
old book page, found objects

I love working with discarded objects and papers.  Makes an awful mess in the studio...but is so much fun.