Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Bourke Street Bakery Drawings
Down the street from our apartment is a bustling, cramped, aromatic and delicious bakery. I wandered down and did a series of sketches over the course of a year in a Japanese-style Moleskine. Here are a few drawings.
Side Projects
Lining the walls of the front room are 330 photographs, making up the work My Desk at the End of the Day. People are able to buy each photograph for $1 and take them off the wall. Stacked Memories, Yellow Cutouts, Objects, and zines of other projects make up the rest of the show. On Saturday, Kate's quiches and cupcakes collected a crowd in the kitchen.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Side Projects Art Opening
I always am reading multiple books at once. When we go to the beach, Kate is baffled by my perilous stack. "Why are you taking 4 books? We're only going for an hour." I usually respond that each book is a different kind and I may want to read this or that, then I try to cull the list to one or two.
When making art, I always have a few projects going at once. I tend to jump from this painting, to that photo performance, to this idea over here. Whatever is in front of me is the main focus, until after lunch, when it becomes pushed to the margin while I follow another idea where it leads me. This is how I work, bouncing from one to another. Sometimes projects link in, and other times they seem completely unrelated. Half-realized artworks, buried underneath sediment on my desk, are excavated and conglomerated into new works.
Over the last 2 years of study, I've had a lot of ongoing projects on the side of my main art thesis. This weekend I am exhibiting a few of these side projects. If you are in Sydney today, come to the opening.
5-7pm 8 Argyle Pl, Miller's Point
When making art, I always have a few projects going at once. I tend to jump from this painting, to that photo performance, to this idea over here. Whatever is in front of me is the main focus, until after lunch, when it becomes pushed to the margin while I follow another idea where it leads me. This is how I work, bouncing from one to another. Sometimes projects link in, and other times they seem completely unrelated. Half-realized artworks, buried underneath sediment on my desk, are excavated and conglomerated into new works.
Over the last 2 years of study, I've had a lot of ongoing projects on the side of my main art thesis. This weekend I am exhibiting a few of these side projects. If you are in Sydney today, come to the opening.
5-7pm 8 Argyle Pl, Miller's Point
Friday, February 24, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
MFA Examination Gallery Room 1
On Friday morning my artwork was examined, and then that afternoon we celebrated. My wife Kate continued her streak of successful baked goods with mini carrot cakes.
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| Crowd (a family portrait) |
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| Untitled (1992-1985) |
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| Zines |
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| Stacked Memories |
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| A Membership |
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| Boxing Day |
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| Proposition |
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| A Christmas Story |
Thursday, February 16, 2012
New Painting
In the midst of setting up my work for examination, I found time to paint this painting. I suspect it is the last I'll do in my NAS studio.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
MFA Examination
I am currently hanging my work in the project space at the National Art School for examination. Come Friday, February 17th and have a look.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
The Last Cutouts
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| Dodger Blue |
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| Gorilla Art |
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| Put it up, Michigan! |
I eventually went through my stack of 1970s National Geographics. These are a few of the last ones I made.
New Painting Sketch
I did this quick painting from an old family photograph. It is oil on canvas, 16" x 20" I believe the disguised subject is my cousin Shannon.
Daniel Eatock, Please Help!
This photo is one title away from being an Eatock. Something like "Complimentary Cone" maybe. I encourage you to visit his site, voted Britain's Best Conceptual Designer by me, Kate and Paul.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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