Watercolor Discoveries – Fun and loose, playing around. No stress. No schedules. No rules. Today, it does Not matter – what happens, as long as the painting time is enjoyable! This, is one of the best painting mottos I have. Watercolors A few parameters, not rules. The Parameters: watercolors, greens, not working […]
Melbourne, a thriving cultural metropolis. A mecca for Australians wanting a touch ‘more.’ My friends, my students, they frequent the city and bring back stories to share with me. I’ve yet to go. It is, most definitely, on my list. In a city of 4.8 million people, there is an abundance of art museums, galleries, […]
March 31, 1866 was the last time North America saw this eclipse, known as the blue blood moon. The Southern Hemisphere has a more recent viewing: December 30 1982. Still, that is a long wait either way! Moon Inspired Colors…. check. Details….check. My television, the Southern Sky. Inked blue, the night […]
The faces we see. Passing us by. On the walls, crouched in canoes, rising tall as totems. More faces, mirrored in the deep ebony ponds.Perhaps, even a few faces planted somewhere in the gardens. What a wonderful joy to find faces in the Cloud Dome at the Gardens by the Bay. It is …… Singapore […]
Where might you see art in Singapore? Two words…. “its everywhere!” I didn’t expect fascinating art creations, sculptures, installations, etc. to literally be around each street corner in Singapore. That was, A Surprise. It was fun, to see artsy things pop up around pretty much where ever I looked. Art Singapore […]
A fine example, a master of the impressionist era. John Peter Russell should not go unnoticed by art lovers. Admittedly, while in America I hadn’t heard of him. Until I moved to Australia and visited the New South Wales Art Gallery. Impressionist Artist What Beautiful colors. Exquisite brush movement. The sensitivity […]
Where do you go, for serenity? The quiet respite, can be found along the soft sandy shores. The sounds of gulls and incoming waves, play like a melody in your mind.
When life mimics art. Over the Indian Ocean the the velvet clouds cloak the sky. No paints in hand. Sunset Skies of Fire A camera, to capture the thoughts I had while looking for that briefest of moments upwards. Wondering…. what Turner felt when he gazed upon the setting sun. How his spirit lifted […]
Good things are coming – just you wait
I’m back from the art shop. Why, is this news? Well…. you can save money from what I learned there, for starters! $100 savings in paper…. The Art… of Shopping I went up to the Oxlades Art Supply shop in the northern suburbs of Perth. There I found some decent sales items. […]
