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Mother's Nest

A new limited edition print now available in the shop. I have printed it onto archival watercolour paper 185gsm.

love birds

for a non-blogging friend and her soon to be husband. I have just taken it to the framers and can't wait to see the results. I'm unable to make it to the wedding, and I'm sure she is too busy to even know I have a blog so I feel safe that I'm posting this. I have been caught out before however....there are many lurkers out there!!!

just sitting

Sometimes I draw and really wish I knew what to do with the final pieces.

Then sometimes I know what I want to do, but never really seem to get it all happening.

All the usual suspects like time, commitments etc get in the way.  Ideas and illustrations often get lost in my computer system, in the back of my head, within the piles of paper on my desk or in an archive within a post on my blog.

It is a process I am familiar with, yet one that I am never really happy about. I'm torn between the functional/practical side of graphics and the purely aesthetic side of art.

When I am like this, I often revisit old themes, hoping that new directions will emerge and my creative uncertainty will be satisfied.

new look

It's raining.

we are spending the weekend indoors.

painting, drawing and rearranging.

A big thank you to all of your suggestions regards our impending trip. I have yet to email some of you personally.

You may have noticed that I have changed the look of this blog a little. Because I am working on my website I felt the need to change things here a bit too. I decided to ditch the blog links on the side because I felt that I should add all of the blogs I visit and  really it would be just too long a list. So instead, I will be just changing the links of places I like to go on a weekly/monthly basis. You might see yourself there, but I will no doubt drop in to say hello regardless of the link. So don't get your nose out of joint and think I don't love you anymore if you can't see your blog name on the list. Alright!

swippity swap

i have been swapping with a few people of late and have still yet to complete one..OK, I mean start one.

So I will be posting about the gifts I am receiving and sending when I can. The first swap was with Melly and Rosie from Melly and Me. I should get my gift early next week, but they already have theirs.

Advent Day 7

noodle rides in the pool whilst listening to some Christmas music.

humbug

today I had my hair chopped off; scored a really great carpark before completing some more Christmas shopping; finished some work; spoke to some clients about scheduling in their work; reviewed my new website (still under construction) and amongst many other everyday issues ate a red and green humbug from the advent calendar for entree tonight! why not! here is some more art popping out of my head. I've decided to make postcards this year for my own Christmas cards and have been really inspired to work more with paper and ink...well this week anyway.

chocolate coins can wait

True to my word, i'm posting everyday this month. Well it is only the 3rd day. Lets see how things go tomorrow. Today's advent offered a small chocolate coin. Miss M gobbled it down in an instant. Mr A's is still sitting on the bench. He woke with a fever and just couldn't even manage breakfast or lunch today.

In a nutshell, there is more sickness in the house, more visits to the doctor, more work that is piling on my desk, more ideas tapping in my head and more muscles aching in my body after I decided to start jogging with the babysitter. Here is some recent work going to Cherry Blossom, here in Brisbane. Yes, I have started selling locally. Something I wasn't going to pursue until next year when I had more time, but as it turned out, sometimes these things just happen when they are supposed to.

swish

Enjoy your day...give someone a flower.