Sick

Well uni is pretty much over for the year and I am now sick, just as my part time job gets busier and i still have construction work to do on my hallway for the end of year exhibition. it was inevitable really. I have been willing myself not to get sick as I just didn't have time for it. Only about two more weeks of stress to go :-) and then I can have a short break before I start reading up on psychogeography for next year.

A comment on my work

http://www.sub-ject.com/2009/10/brisbane-gone-sideways/

Thursday is the day

Went in to the workshop yesterday and did some work on my hallway. I got three panels done. it will be 3.5m long and 2.4 metres high. the hallway is 1.5 metres wide. Now just have to do 3 more side panels, the front including door trims and the roof. so quite a bit actually hahahaha.

A group of us at uni are looking a leasing a warehouse to use as studio space. It is very exciting. After uni finishes we will be inspecting places. hopefully we can get something affordable. we are looking for enough space for 7 to 8 artists.

I am really looking forward to graduating this year.

Good vibes

It's so nice when someone who has bought one of my paintings just keeps saying how much they like it. Makes it all worthwhile :-)

Photos of the exhibition in early October

I was so happy with they way my work looked in the exhibition at the project gallery, QCA in early October. I thought I would share the photos.

untitled painting

I finished this painting yesterday. I am quite happy with it. There are a few things I will do differently next time.

Going in to the workshop today to start work on my hallway for the end of year exhibition. That should be fun :-)

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title: Home again (night terrors)

medium: Acrylic and phosphorescent pigment on canvas

size: 105 x 76cm

year: 2009

I have been so slack with posting. maybe i am just going through a non blog phase. i am doing stuff but it doesn't sound interesting to me.

going in to uni today to do work on my piece for the end of year exhibition. On Friday I hope to start work on the hallway i have to make so I can present my work in the dark. that will be interesting. i love doing stuff in the workshop with all the saws and drills etc :-)

so there you go not too interesting :-)

The image above shows one of the paintings i did for my last group exhibition.

rather large

I have been away for so long. The exhibition went well. I made a few contacts and may be participating in a group show in February next year in a great gallery in Brisbane. I also met another artist who creates work on a similar topic. We are talking about a possible collaboration. I have never done that before so that would be a good experience. I have some photos but i just have to find them :-)

Going to uni today. There's only about 3-4 weeks left... i won't have a studio to paint in after that. I am hoping that they will let me stay over the holidays as I am doing honours next year anyway. I am going to start looking for a studio to work in. I can't afford much at the moment so that might be a problem. We'll see what happens.

I am working on my application at the moment. I have Jenny Watson as my painting supervisor and Craig Douglas as my theory supervisor. It's a bit scary at the moment as I am not too confident about the theory side of things. I get credits but I want high distinctions... I understand theory, in theory. At RMIT i was doing a masters degree and I got really fantastic marks, but i was mostly writing from my own point of view and experience as a graphic designer. We also learnt about semeotics, socialism, marxism, french philosophy, death of the author and other interesting sterf. At QCA I have to write about things I don't fully understand because the jargon and highfalutin writing in art theory text books does my head in :-)

i need to remember to read this

http://edwardwinkleman.blogspot.com/2009/02/advice-for-artists-seeking-gallery.html