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Melbourne Oil Painting Exhibition
I am very happy to finally announce the starting date to my Melbourne Oil Painting Exhibition on the 11th of September. I have been preparing for this exhibition for close to six months now and it is fantastic to finally see it all happening. If you are singed up to...
Stephen Wiltshire: Artist Extraordinaire!
Stephen Wiltshire is a phenomenon. What makes Stephen Wiltshire marvellous is his art. What makes Stephen Wiltshire even more extraordinary is that his methodology is unparalleled in the world of art and artistry. While most of us have difficulty remembering where we...
8 Must Read Art Books
If you happen to be an artist or even the slightest bit interested in painting or art, you have stumbled upon the right article! Below are 8 must read art books that you can't afford to ignore. These books range from incredible people, doing incredible things, to the...
The Positives and Pitfalls of Writing an Artist Statement
Many artists complain about writing an artist statement and some even refuse. For visual people finding and organizing words into paragraphs to describe the multi-dimensional flow of variables that come together when they are creating seems impossible. However the...
My Favourite Art Product, The Pigment Stick
Artists are often asked which art products they couldn't possibly do without. So I thought I would share with you the most inspensible and well used item in my studio. The Pigment Stick. Doesn't sound exciting I know, but believe me, once you have used them you will...
Incredible Oil Painting in 5 Hours
I have promised that I would start working on my video production a little more to desmonstate to all you wonderful people how I create my artworks, in particular my oil paintings which happens to be my specialty. It would be quite a boring video if I was to sit a...
Do You Need an Artist Painting Group?
Painting is essentially a fairly solitary occupation. Not lonely at all, but mostly it's just you, the canvas and the cat. To save your sanity it's a really good idea to link up with other artists to paint together as a group. Not only is an artist painting...
Surfing Cows – Andrew Baines, Surrealist Painter
I'm not a great one for surrealist paintings - until I came across the very talented Andrew Baines. Immediately I was captivated by his wonderful paintings of everyday things taken out of context - men in bowler hats and suits in the surf, hills hoists on the beach,...
Mansfield Easter Art Show
Starting Friday and running until Easter Monday, is the Mansfield Easter Art Show. Curated by Without Pier Gallery, it has been running for many years but this year is the first time I have submitted a full quota of 6 paintings. Being a rural area, I tried to paint...
