Study of Francesca

September 22, 2012 in drawing

The Slow Art: Life Drawing at Lindberg Galleries

April 04, 2011 in drawing, photography, video

A shot from the most recent life drawing intensive at Lindberg Galleries. A thank you to all who attended..

New Light and Gesture

September 18, 2010 in events, painting

Regarding Lifted 2010:

A friend and model Kathleen provided the core inspiration for this painting. Kat has a dance background which gives here a striking self-awareness; her sensitivity to space, movement and stillness all contributed to the atmosphere and tone of this work.

A few smaller studies were completed first (uncharacteristic of my working method) and then I just laid the paint on, with a few shifts throughout to register and respond to gestures I have come to know over time.

Encuentros is showing until Saturday 04 December at Lindberg Galleries, Level 2/289 Flinders Lane Melbourne.

The cheek of it

September 17, 2010 in drawing

Seana has a quiet, apparently serious demeanour, but I suspect she secretly harbours many in-jokes. Unreliable as a model but great when she did turn up.

JUNE Studio Update

June 22, 2010 in reflection

A brief June update. Several studies underway as I sort through the subject matter I want to tackle in the new series.

I have detected shifts in the palette of my work but I don't care to analyse it - better to just move through and see what comes out the other side.

Scraped back and repainted.

Next solo show in Melbourne planned for November this year, so blog posts from this point on will be brief. Revisiting the work of several painters including Diebenkorn, Hockney, Auerbach, Dumas and several contemporaries. Key model friends are back from overseas, also three new linens arrived last week..