Andy the Great and the Incident of the Storm and the Chainsaw Australian’s love their nicknames and it is rare to stumble upon a person without one – Shorty, Bluey, Twig, Chocko, Gazza, Chuck Chunder, Chucky, Wayney Poo, Crooky Monster (that would be me) are a few of my friends. My better half has a […]
This is a repost from 2010. (I’ve written a poem about this trip, so I thought a repost was in order as background for my newer readers). It’s not the Easter long weekend (but we just had Labour Day long weekend – is that close enough – haha ). Things have changed since 2010 – […]
Citrus Fiesta (tipota) this is a silkscreen print i did called “orange peels” and here is my story: citrus is not just the sweet/sour juicy pungent fruits we all know. it is a color pallette, a pattern to say the least. to say the most i’d tell you my childhood impressions of the citrus groves […]
My chooks are older and fluffier now. I still suffer from CIA but at a reduced level, probably 5 out of 10 on the ‘CIA Scale of Discomfort’. This is down from 9 out of 10, so from a clinical perspective I have improved significantly. From my perspective, it’s still a pain in the butt. […]
The battle of black and colour (version 1) Black was ruthless. This was not a friend but an enemy, absorbing all colours, pretending to protect the spectrum but leaving each shade weak and puny, hidden in the depths, breathlessly submissive. Dormant the colours rested, exhausted but dogged and resolute, waiting for light to penetrate the […]
In 1999 I had a very vivid dream. In the dream I am standing at the base of a high-rise building. It’s the Brisbane Stock Exchange. Suddenly a large jet airliner crashes into the building. The plane emerges out of the other side and the building collapses. The devastation is immense and all that is […]
