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  strips of scrap matboard collaged all over prior to cutting up. No plan, no preconceived idea - using up scrap ephemera and gelli print fragments. The revitalisation of the project here. 53 pieces cut ready to pull the little design together - each one assessed on its own. Title of the project :  FROM HERE TO THERE.

I grabbed an armful of WHITE cloths, scraps and a blanket, soaked 3 separate buckets, 1 with onion skins, one with avocado pits and skins and a third with gum leaves from the forest.  I decided to commandeer my studio coffee urn (i will get a kettle!) and started heating up a brew.  (above:  a table runner - onion skins) Planning now to keep going with more white cloths but also to see /experiment with citric acid (as a bleacher) and copper sulphate to adjust colours ... fun!  loving the woven cloth and how the different textiles pick up the colour. that cloth to the right of the woven piece is a lovely rich colour. more lovely rich colour- waiting to see how it dries this was an overdye but nothing seemed to have happened so it will go into another pot today this piece started out well but its got a bit blotchy from the onion skins - will look at another process to adjust this one loving the beige colour in the blanket and the rich oranges (onion skin) although i di...

I was so excited to be a finalist in this exhibition. An update has been posted here on blackfisharts Art Gallery with a link to see the whole exhibition and this work in situ.  artist statement here.

  My Backyard Series - small cloth wall hangings - just putting them up in the shop - various cloth, plain and patterned, stitched collage style using my own freeform stitching, kantha and other.  Various cotton, wool, gauze, found repurposed cloth, cotton, silk and wool thread.  Details and blog posts here . available online

botanical collage grab bag available online Alongside my larger exhibition canvases, my daily studio practice is an ongoing exploration of tactile layers, paper, and small-scale forms. I am thrilled to announce that a fresh collection of small works, original monoprints, and curated artist paper bundles has just been listed on my online shelves. 🌿 New Release: Premium Flora Photography Packs A hand-curated collection of 12 separate A4 sheets featuring my original, award-winning garden photography. Commercial laser printed on heavyweight 200gsm smudge-proof paper, these are built specifically to handle wet mixed-media layers, heavy gluing, and acrylic washes. 🌟 Featured Release: "Parshe" Fine Art Print This A4 piece is a strictly limited edition of just 13 prints, reproducing an original analogue collage featured in my recent solo exhibitions at Devonport Gallery and in Hobart. Each is hand-signed and numbered. All small works and paper bundles include complimentary tracked ...

I have opened an online shop for small original artworks, limited edition prints and collage packs of monoprint elements, vintage papers, text etc. check it out . blackfisharts   has been refreshed - its got a cleaner feel to it and is less  confusing i think. did you know i write poetry ? you will find my poetry online - it is mostly my published pieces and is under construction, slowly.  Regent Park has also got a new look ... this is where i blog about an artist lifestyle in country Tasmania.  We live with cats, a dairy cow in retirement, ducks, turbo chooks, wallabies, possums, a tiger snake and other wildlife.  Surrounded by a forest of gum trees and wattles interspersed around paddocks and a hill to climb there is a creek that flows through the acreage, home to platypus, blackfish, a variety of so many birds and an eel.  our youtube channel covers everything and anything - find the playlists to watch studio works, country living in Tasmania, animal...

  monoprinting continues using a glass plate and/or geli plate exploring colour and pattern combinations.  

Monoprints underway using the gel plate and a plastic sheet. prints on glass or plastic sheet posted here and here .  

a few drawings (below) during my #getaway #artretreat at Winnaleah with Artable as per my previous post . I enjoy a walk through the landscape, taking photos, making small drawings and collecting a stone or shell to take back to the studio. It is in the studio where i am better able to access how it felt on that walk, the heat/cold, the sounds, the smells, wind waves, flora etc.   To access the memory as a whole as opposed to bit by bit on the walk, each sensory input building on the other.  drawings plein air, some paintings started outside and finished in the studio. Bay of Fires, The Blue Lake, a river on a farm property and beach walks.

 Clearing away and tidying up today - assessing a few things that have been undertaken in the studio this week - lots of monoprinting using the gel plate and a glass sheet. loving this one (below) ... a 'find' amongst the roller clean up sheets - a few tweaks and it created itself.  small piece - oil and acrylic on 300gsm. a few images of playtime (below)- creating sheets of colour, exploration and mark making on various papers including archival tissue.   and a studio walkaround here. in the comments below do let me know what you think or better yet, what are you doing in the studio?

Two new prints - unique, one-of-a-kind, available, float mounted (edges are shown) ready to take to your framer hellebore1 Updating online art gallery with new monoprints and small collages for sale (with free postage anywhere in the world - small collage series only).   I created a bundle of collages as part of a #freebie #giveaway to my subscribers of the art gallery.   and kept creating them. hellebore2 I have also updated the look of the site so that artworks can be seen as a whole across the screen with a quick, easy look at the detail. ... let me know what you think

  Spring brings in colour and vibrancy with the waratah in full bloom against a backdrop of forest with wattle and gum trees.  a quick sketch following a few days of walking past the waratah as i head up the hill to grab a coffee.

  Chilling in the studio - literally - it has got hot. Beautiful days and warm nights.   George is 16 years old now and in excellent health, confirmed by a recent (and only) visit to the vet following what might have been a mini stroke.  He came out of it very well and $500 later the tests show he is in optimum health with all organs, ears, eyes etc in excellent condition.  (good to know). Apart from a single visit as a kitten to get his shots, he has never been to the vet until this, his 16th year.  and even then, he is great! 

  Dear Reader WELCOME TO SUMMER !   In Tasmania we seemed to have skipped Spring with many cold nights and rainy days, low temperatures.  Finally it seems Summer has turned up. As subscribers to my site has grown this year, I am taking this moment to re-introduce myself and to wish you and your loved ones a MERRY CHRISTMAS - may you enjoy good health, joy and creativity in the forthcoming year Thanks so much for being here and for the support shown to me in word, studio visits and purchases.  Studio visits are most welcome - message me to arrange. As  a small thank you I am sending a small original collage to the first 50 requests - if you wish to receive one, send me your snail mail address and I will post them all out right after Christmas.  numbers are limited. What you may not know about me .   I have, over the last 10 years, been a finalist in 20 curated exhibitions, received awards and commendations in some, held 4 solo exhibitions, been a part o...

With Christmas just a few weeks away, consider supporting a local artist and gift one-of-a-kind artworks to a friend, family member or yourself. I have been working on my site and various blogs this year, with artworks going up recently, so this site is under construction (continually).  let me know what you think. A few artworks are up on blackfisharts tasmania site -  there are paintings across media such as acrylic, oil, pastel featuring abstracts, pears and landscape. and  prints , most being one of a kind monoprints or digital.  Textiles are new to the site - years of slow stitching at night culminate in wall hangings such as these.  The section  Collage includes the textiles due to the way they are worked - a few analogue collages are loaded on the site. .   .  .         

  I love them - not only to eat, to cook but to draw and paint. Love the shapes and stance their presence bring to 'the table'.  :)  I have been doing them for years, for the reasons above but also by way of exploring colour, texture, design and to play with paint/mark making. A few here from over the years (below).  ink, pastel, oil and acrylic as well as ipad drawings, hockney & warhol inspiration.  Over at the art gallery under the heading PEARS you can find some for sale . let me know what you think .... more pears (available) to be uploaded here