Mural finished

I finished the mural this morning. I am really happy with the outcome. I just have to come up with a title. I have 3 options at the moment. but I will think about it over the weekend. On monday I will go in and pick up my ladders and take off the masking tape. A photographer is taking some photos next week to document it and they are even putting a little plaque on it with the title and my name :-)

Such a great experience. I hope they ask me to do more work in the future :-)

The mural continues

I did the white map layer today. it took about 7 hours. i got in at about 7am and I finished just before 2pm. I didn't realise how long i actually worked today. i like getting in there really early. The time in the morning seems to go faster for some reason :-)

Thursday night I am going to the New Order opening at Redcliffe Gallery that my friend Emma Lindsay curated. It will be really great. I helped with the catalogue and dl invite. Hopefully I will see you there.

Mural continued

Nearly got all the black done today. I should finish that pretty quickly on Monday and then move on to the map layers. looking good!

First colour done on mural

I am so tired. i have been starting at 7am. Yesterday I painted till 8pm and today I finished at 3pm. I have got the first colour done. Tomorrow i fill in the white with black. hopefully it will only need one coat and then I can start on the map layers next week

Mural

This is the wall I will be starting on tomorrow. It is 11m x 3m. I am doing an induction today and I am starting to paint the mural tomorrow. I went and got the paint and supplies today. I bought dulux low sheen interior paint from a place called 3d inspirations at Kedron and then Newmarket. They were really helpful and friendly.

13 exhibition

We went to 13 exhibition last night. It was held in an old warehouse that is going to be demolished soon. The exhibition was part of a project for a third year subject at QCA. I did the subject in 2007 and it seems a bit more interesting since I did it.

She knew without any shadow of a doubt

Big painting

I am hopefully going to be starting on a giant painting for the Qld State Govt. next week. It's actually a mural but I don't really like that word. The word mural reminds me of really crap paintings on walls. This is my first public art piece and I am so looking forward to starting it. I am happy with the design and the location.


The 'painting' will be on an internal wall of the new bike centre located at 61 Mary Street in the city. It's a very suitable place for one of my pieces as it promotes the use of bicycles rather than cars. The wall is 11m x 3m. I've always wanted to do a huge painting but have never had the room :-)

I have to decide which water based acrylic paint to use yet. The painting will be coated with an anti-graffiti layer at the end. you should be able to just wipe graffiti off quite easily apparently. Also, should i make it a glow in the dark piece? wouldn't that be great!

At first I tried to keep it a secret from my neighbours

title: At first I tried to keep it a secret from my neighbours (night terrors)
medium: Acrylic on canvas
size: approx 3 metres long
year: 2009

A suburban residence viewed as through night-vision goggles. The scene is still, with the anticipation of events about to unfold.

A familiar scene on the verge of transition to the strange, representing the dreams and aspirations of a society heading into uncertain times. The fundamental assumptions that make the suburban form possible may no longer hold valid, causing anxiety beneath the calmness of the surface, even as it reaches its fullest expression. The advent of peak oil, climate uncertainty, demographic change, shifting geopolitical realities all impact the stability of a financial system based on risk and the concept of limitless growth. How will they change the way we view our lifestyle in the coming century? Will the now commonplace seem strange – how transient are our seemingly permanent marks on the surface of the world?