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Is Everyone an Artist?
If you looked at a piece of work that had been produced from videos taken on an iPhone, would you consider it art? It's something I've been thinking about as an increasing amount of art is produced through social media using new digital technology. The current...
Plans for 2013
With the start of a new year (2013) it's always good to look at doing something different, new or experimental. With this in mind I thought that I would put together a series of informative articles with information that I hope will be helpful to readers. Subjects...
Christmas Greetings
Firstly, a very happy Christmas to everyone. I finally got around to producing a Christmas card this year after much wavering over whether I would do one at all. In the end I really enjoyed painting it and felt much better about producing my own rather than buying...
Sparking Creativity with the Web
I have been producing art pieces in different mediums for quite some time now. Over the years I have taken note of certain books, magazines, galleries, artists and now websites for inspiration. One extremely creative blog I have come across recently is 'Colossal'....
Drawing Lives on in Digital Drawing
There is still hope for all of you drawers out there. This is a fantastic display of how drawing is still apart of the modern world in web development, its called digital drawing. Sketches are the raw model of the product, for a large majority of web and...
Marco Luccio – The Island
Marco Luccio is well known for his brilliant drypoint etchings - enormous, bold works, often of iconic cityscapes and buildings. His current show, however, is his inaugural painting exhibition. Called 'The Island', it is inspired by the rugged coastline of Phillip...
Hyper-Realistic Acrylic Body Painting
Alexa Meade thinks completely backwards. Most artists use acrylic paints to create portraits of people on canvas using a Hyper-Realistic Acrylic technique. Meade applies acrylic paints on her subjects and makes them appear to be a part of the painting! This is...
Melbourne Art Foundation 2012 Lecture
Jonathan Watkins, director of Ikon Gallery in Birmingham shares his views on the future of art. He also touches on how the world is free to critical thinking and what that means to art. The lecture takes place on July 30th in Fed Square. Please leave a comment...
Visit to Clayfire Gallery in Daylesford
It was time for another visit to Clayfire Gallery in Daylesford. It's a gallery that regularly stocks my paintings so we loaded up the car with some new ones and headed north. It sanctuary of good food and coffee. Due to the adverse climatic conditions soup was...
