Was just sitting in my happy place painting and thinking about the next few weeks and realised I hadn't blogged for a looong time, since Wearable Art last year in fact and here we are about to start that crazy ride all over again! It is a funny time of year for me with 'official jobs' and my own work all becoming a little busy. So, here is where I am... A job was advertised last November for a courtyard mural to be painted out the front of the Rockingham Art Centre. I designed, I applied and was succesful. So, in February, myself and 3 artist friends spent two weeks on our hands and knees painting a huge area in a large black and white vortex. The brief wanted something bright and eyecatching, contemporary, trompe l'oeil, something that would draw people in. I drew up a black and white vortex with stripes along the footpath. This was a mammoth job. Constantly up against the wind blowing leaves and dirt across the wet paint. Rockingham was also hit by a storm halfway through the first week, bringing down a tree and pulling up paving.. eek! We covered around 400 sqm with a two part sticky, smelly paint. Each segment had to dry before another coat could be applied. It was a hot tricky job but such fun!! Some photos below, Hope to have some taken from a drone very soon...
... Now that the mural has finished I can get back into my Wearable Art, paintings and Castaways - both schools and a piece that I am designing...
Wearable Art Judging Day is running towards me at breakneck speed. In 3 weeks, my beautiful model, Tash will be wearing my 2018 entry in front of the judges. This year the categories are metallic, transformation and avant gard...
Wearable Art Judging Day is running towards me at breakneck speed. In 3 weeks, my beautiful model, Tash will be wearing my 2018 entry in front of the judges. This year the categories are metallic, transformation and avant gard...
This year I chose 'transformation'. Based on the beautiful print 'Sky and Sea 1' by the Dutch artist M C Escher. Fish and birds meta-morph into each other. I have used tyre inner tube, old photo album paper and aluminium lithoplate (used in printing). I really do love my piece this year but right now cannot foresee how on earth I will transport it down to Mandurah. The headpiece is currently in a box i made for it and it is waaaaaay too BIG to go in the car, yet alone the rest of the outfit!!! I do believe that this was the piece I was meant to make this year. I frequent op-shops hunting for treasure and last week I found the Sky and Sea print, tucked in a corner, wrapped up for $3. I love it.
Sky and Sea l
In addition to the 'Transformation' piece, I have been hurriedly working on a collaborative entry with the amazing creative Julie Smith. We have used around 50 KMart placemats and are entering 'Metallic' with a outfit called 'Unbeaten'... it is gorgeous and illustrates a womans strength...
I have also just found out that I have 3 schools to work with next term to create the school entries for Castaways 2018 which is very exciting, even more so because I have decided to enter a piece this year. However, it shall be a small piece on a plinth this year. It will be so nice to be able to take a piece and place on the beach rather than spending 3 hours digging holes!!! Oh and I am super busy building up a collection of paintings to go into my Madeit Store that has been empty for months... watch this space :)
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