75X55cm

Art takes ENERGY, it takes energy to think about what you are going to do, how you are going to do it, and then ACTION and TIME to actually do the work. I am not talking so much physical energy (surprisingly it can take this) I am talking more of the mental energy to stop whatever else is going on in your head and spend the time on art when everything else seems so much more pressing  such as you know – feeding those things called children  (you know they need feeding EVERYDAY!!! those things!!) and keeping a roof over our heads.

Hence this artwork as been sitting on my board for a bit of a while now and I have been working at a bit of a stalled pace.  Having a pause- however, sometimes lets you see things in a new and different light, the same way as when one door closes another one open and things can be changed according to whats working and what not. It sounds slightly negative but I am choosing to look at it in a positive light.

As the year presses on,  it again is time for a bit of a review of what has been working and what has not in various areas with work and art and I have just come to realise that next month is June, and next month I will be doing 2 coloured pencil workshops for the CCAS and I have some exhibitions coming up – How did that come around so quickly? and ekkk i better pull my finger out and get organised!  More info about the workshops will come shortly. I am hoping to do something different this year! as well as something for those who haven’t been to my workshops before.

For now though, Best be off to enjoy my mothers day! Happy Mothers Day to all the mums – enjoy every moment !

Popped in a frame, looking cute

Woo hoo got my new art business cards, with different artworks on each one!

Thanks to moo.com i love being able to hand out different artworks

Loving her work its such good fun and great community

And interestingly here is a whimsy one that i did prior

Its been a fun new way to work with pencils and all of my art supplies amd to practice drawing faces.

Mixed Media on paper – 85 X 60.5 cms

Here she is all done

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“Underwater Dreaming” – Is one of my artworks from last year, this one evolved from trying  new techniques at a workshop with Penny Murison for the CCAS.

I really enjoyed her workshop, it really includes having not much control at all over what is happening with the paint it was a heap of fun.

So today I just finished framing and will be entering it the CCAS Summer Exhibition which is starting next Friday 20th January at the Studios at the Gallery. It should be a great exhibition and an annual event on the CCAS calendar. I am tossing up between a couple of other works to enter as well, please come along if your from my local area and support the artists and all the work that goes into putting on community events.