Ive been SO remiss with my blogs recently and apologise...The studio has really cranked up since Ive come back from New Zealand and Ive been painting pretty much 8 to 10 hours a day...with every painting I am learning so much . News from the studio is that I have sent to pieces off to Geelong Galleries for the  Fletcher Jones Art Prize - keep your fingers crossed for me :)

I have also (delightedly) indulged in a couple of spectacular exhibitions. The "Hatched" exhibition of newly graduated art students at PICA (Perth Institue of Contemporary Art) was an amzing array of installations that stretched the imagination and concepts of space..LK Galleries(contemporary) in Hay St Subiaco has a fabulous exhibition of sculpture by James Corbett - who works in car parts..incredible, clever and funny stuff.Their other gallery in Shenton Park has a wonderful exhibition of Stephen Glassborrows new collection of elegant artdeco style bronze figurines and fabulous etchings - both of these are a MUST!! I was lucky enough to chew the fat with Stephen on opening night - hes a very insightful and cool dude.

Also just finished reading  Goyas biography - poor man went deaf in his 30s which mustve sharpened his powers of perception to make him the extrordinary panter he became..What an extrordinary legacy we become a part of when we pick up the brush..

Stay tuned for the next exciting episode :)

Cheers!!