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"Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide whether it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they’re deciding, make even more art.” Andy Warhol
“Sometimes My Heart Breaks” 5 November 2009 Recently, I got stooged by another dude. Everyone around me, was just expecting me to be totally cool with being rejected again, and giving me pointless and  ‘sage advice’ such as: “you should just be more positive about men” (this advice coming from people who have been in relationships for a decade - which is as long as I have been by myself). Great stuff! Needless to say, I blocked all the noise out and did a rough painting of what was happening at the time. The stars came later, as mainly to counter-react what the statement of the painting is saying…as in, you are all bright and cheery, but deep down (always) there is another message.. It’s all crooked and not symmetrical. This wasn’t a purposeful thing, it’s just the way it happened. Having said that though, you can pretty much use the assymetry to symbolise the imperfection of the human heart and or emotional state at any given time… PS: the dude really wasn’t worth feeling hurt over, but at the time, it’s difficult to see that…also..I don’t know if this (the painting, not the dude) is finished yet…

“Sometimes My Heart Breaks” 5 November 2009

Recently, I got stooged by another dude. Everyone around me, was just expecting me to be totally cool with being rejected again, and giving me pointless and  ‘sage advice’ such as: “you should just be more positive about men” (this advice coming from people who have been in relationships for a decade - which is as long as I have been by myself). Great stuff! Needless to say, I blocked all the noise out and did a rough painting of what was happening at the time. The stars came later, as mainly to counter-react what the statement of the painting is saying…as in, you are all bright and cheery, but deep down (always) there is another message..

It’s all crooked and not symmetrical. This wasn’t a purposeful thing, it’s just the way it happened. Having said that though, you can pretty much use the assymetry to symbolise the imperfection of the human heart and or emotional state at any given time…

PS: the dude really wasn’t worth feeling hurt over, but at the time, it’s difficult to see that…also..I don’t know if this (the painting, not the dude) is finished yet…


A little bit more work on “Desire” today…still not finished though….

A little bit more work on “Desire” today…still not finished though….


This is another painting that I”m working on, but have not yet finished. It’s another use of Disco Nap lyrics: “What makes you tick, what makes you real”. I loved the words, and in my mind I saw a girl as a puppet, being manipulated by strings, and that question, of finding the reality inside of the puppet. I don’t know if that makes any sense…it’s just what I saw…it’s nearly done though…i think…

This is another painting that I”m working on, but have not yet finished. It’s another use of Disco Nap lyrics: “What makes you tick, what makes you real”. I loved the words, and in my mind I saw a girl as a puppet, being manipulated by strings, and that question, of finding the reality inside of the puppet. I don’t know if that makes any sense…it’s just what I saw…it’s nearly done though…i think…


Last night, I started a new painting. This is like the ‘rough draft’, it’s far from finished, but I like where it is heading…

Last night, I started a new painting. This is like the ‘rough draft’, it’s far from finished, but I like where it is heading…


Disco Nap Painting: 002 “please don’t pull the string if my kite is flying, but please, please bail me out if I’m drowning” acrylic on canvas 30.5cm x 40.5cm These lyrics in particular resonated with me. Most of us, from quite a young age, strive for independence and take pride in being able to decide how our lives should be (at least I hope so). As we all know though, life is not that simple as the old saying goes: ‘the road to hell is paved with good intentions”, and when the time comes that throughout our ‘flying’ we make a wrong turn and end up plummeting into the depths of the ocean, here is hoping, that we have someone to bail us out, dust us off and set us back up in the air again. With that in mind, I tried to make the painting as dramatic and as simple in content as possible. Drama created primarily through use of brushstrokes and colour choice and simple as using a kite - something that when it comes to it, is difficult to paint.

Disco Nap Painting: 002 “please don’t pull the string if my kite is flying, but please, please bail me out if I’m drowning”

acrylic on canvas

30.5cm x 40.5cm

These lyrics in particular resonated with me. Most of us, from quite a young age, strive for independence and take pride in being able to decide how our lives should be (at least I hope so). As we all know though, life is not that simple as the old saying goes: ‘the road to hell is paved with good intentions”, and when the time comes that throughout our ‘flying’ we make a wrong turn and end up plummeting into the depths of the ocean, here is hoping, that we have someone to bail us out, dust us off and set us back up in the air again.

With that in mind, I tried to make the painting as dramatic and as simple in content as possible. Drama created primarily through use of brushstrokes and colour choice and simple as using a kite - something that when it comes to it, is difficult to paint.



“Running Red Lights” 001 Acrylic on Canvas with coloured stickers and newspaper letters. 30.5cm x 40.5 cm This is the first ‘test run’ of a series I am doing for my friends band: “Disco Nap” and his album is called “Running Red Lights’. I want to keep the style as rushed and I suppose anxious, spontaneous and as childhood meets adult hood as possible… We’ll see how this series progresses… the first step is always the hardest, once you get going, there is no stopping you..so in saying that, here is my first step.. Made in July 2009

“Running Red Lights”

001

Acrylic on Canvas with coloured stickers and newspaper letters.

30.5cm x 40.5 cm

This is the first ‘test run’ of a series I am doing for my friends band: “Disco Nap” and his album is called “Running Red Lights’.

I want to keep the style as rushed and I suppose anxious, spontaneous and as childhood meets adult hood as possible…

We’ll see how this series progresses…

the first step is always the hardest, once you get going, there is no stopping you..so in saying that, here is my first step..

Made in July 2009


doodling in first aid class yesterday, while on a coffee break. Fine point pen on small note paper. 18 May 2009

doodling in first aid class yesterday, while on a coffee break.

Fine point pen on small note paper.

18 May 2009


Newest painting: “Are You Unconscious?” acrylic on canvas April 2009

Newest painting: “Are You Unconscious?”

acrylic on canvas

April 2009


“Red Hot and Cool” 1995 Acrylic on cardboard (this too, is a photo of a photo, this was living somewhere in Queensland, now, I”m not sure where he lives)

“Red Hot and Cool”

1995

Acrylic on cardboard

(this too, is a photo of a photo, this was living somewhere in Queensland, now, I”m not sure where he lives)


“Girl” 1995 Acrylic on cardboard. (the photo is actually a photo of a photo (so, not 100% clear), since this painting now lives in Adelaide)

“Girl”

1995

Acrylic on cardboard.

(the photo is actually a photo of a photo (so, not 100% clear), since this painting now lives in Adelaide)