mon pays c'est l'hiver...

palettes are useful for not only holding and carrying and shipping
most of our food and goods around the globe...
palettes of the untreated kind can be recycled to make a very serviceable firewood
and furthermore...
while chopping them up you can play with them, reuse them
and paint on them!!
Above are some happy experiments on the humble palette,
amazingly we discovered all sorts of beautiful timbers, hardwoods and grains
so fun to paint and play with...
again...
the path is about reusing what is abundant..
at hand, and sustainable...
i like that.
and recycling. i like that...
oh and painting with just 3 shades
makes an enticing number of colours...

La grand citrouille

lately its all been about 'citrouille'...en anglais...pumpkin....
this giant (a.k.a jabba) was lifted, transported, floated, carved and finally....raced!!!
yes...a giant pumpkin boat race...the above photos showcase the tranquil setting
of the life of jabba pre-race, grown peacefully by the mountain
with the dulcet tones of nature and occasional banjo to aid in growth...

above you can see the logistics required to move and remove pumpkins from the water
(bearing in mind jabba was a 434pounds!)
and the space required in-situ...
it was a crazy and unique event
the above pirate is responsible for the growth, racing and
believe it or not is the eventual
VICTORIOUS champion for 2011... (in 11mins & 38seconds)
check the gold medal and wooden carved trophy!!!!
since then...
the news has spread far and wide, with reporters catching the story
and pictures appearing in many local rags...
all i can say is arrrrrrrrrrrrr..........
am proud of my little pumpkin
aRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrr.........

hazel totally worthy

this week's speech by Hazel Dooney
posted on her blog
hits a punch in the guts
read it and weep

strongman

today is my birthday
and i pay homage to...
the strongman
the sky
to acts of random stupidity whilst abroad
to omelettes
leaves
metal
my children
and love....
merci et bienvenue trente-trois...!

pomme et pomme

greetings from the land of le ou la pomme
recent wanderings in the orchard
revealed many things from the odyssey of ulysses
to the fine portrait of deceased 'papa' apple...aka, steve jobs.
anyway...check out...l'art est dans ses feuilles...ici...

walcha...

where the...is walcha?
outback west wild, windy and
full
of amazing public artworks!

a recent adventure
took us to this little town...
so inspiring to see an otherwise sleepy town
come alive with creation
and culture
discovered also
in the local gallery
was the paintings of Idris Murphy...

i discover...
i love this landscape
those who paint it
especially with sparkly silver paint
and carve it...
and
not least
 i love an
artist whose first initial is I.

waste not want not

decided to practice some strokes on
recycled office folders
the dark green appealed to my senses
...

...
new work in colour scares me a little.

heri dono

decided i like this artist a lot...a real lot. 
Indonesia has so many incredible artists.
Heri is awesome.

melbOno

Oh My....recently found myself on a plane to Melbourne.
the whole world there is
one huge, swathe of art, paint, grime, grot, noise
and the everpresent...tram dinG!

was a little trip
but wholly worth it.
Saw recent exhibition by Terri Brooks,
met and hung with people who
speak ART language.
had snazzy lunch with Ian Collens, a really nice non-collector of art...
hung with my two special cousins
who both live in warehouses
was introduced to Nick Cave's sound suits....HOLY moly...amazing
caught up with a friend who is making the 12th Apostle for Melbourne Festival...
and walked around alot
(check above sNaps)

thanks big city for the overload of INFORMATION
and sniff of icy antarctic winds....
and most important
the reminder that i love living isolated in the bush with trees xxx