Semi-Permanent Submission

As you already know I have applied for a place in the Semi-Permanent book of 2009, and created two new artworks to submit for judging.  They represent the direction I am planning to go with my artworks, that is with a strong textile base of seductive portraiture.  Cross your fingers and toes for me xx.

- Grandma's Birthday Blanket

- Heartbeats

Hot Wax

I just thought I would share my latest artwork from my painting class.  It is executed in encaustic style (pigments with hot wax), which is a medium I have never worked with before.  At first it looked very silly with the skin looking more like a mud mask, and so I scraped off my first layer of wax and created a motley mess of coloured wax. From here I carved lines into it of my original composition - a portrait of Selma Blair (she'd be horrified!) and finally rubbed some oil colours onto the then dry wax to make the composition more obvious.  Its funny because I swore I would never try this medium again and that I hated it, but I recieved so many compliments about it that my opinion is starting to sway about it. Maybe with more control over my colour choices and more interesting composition this medium could really work for me! Hey its just a thought xx.

New Semester

Yes that is right folks I have started university again for the semester, and am doing far more interesting subjects.  I am studying effective photography, painting techniques and art/pop culture and history.  Here is some happy snaps from my first week. As I learn new things you will have the pleasure of learning them with me along this journey of a new semester, all in hope of getting into a Bachelor of Design at Griffith for 2009.  Cross your fingers and toes kids xx. 

Hands & Feet

I may not be good for much but, whipping out some acrylic paint and coating my little brothers hands and feet in it and attempting to neatly transfer the paint onto cartridge paper is something I can do xx. 

"She was as red as eternal sunsets."

I woke up one morning

And discovered the colour red.

It set the skies on fire

Lit the darkness

And flowed through me

Pulling all the pieces together.

The rainbow smiled

As he found his missing piece

And I smiled back 

Because I too found mine. 

She was as red as eternal sunsets. 

The synergy of poetry, art and colour made possible by the poetry of Ashton Rigg, the artwork of yours truely and the colour red. P.S, if Miss Rigg will not 'let her light shine' I will do it for her :)