Monday 17 February 2020

SLACKER!

TWO WEEKS since an entry - i've been away to Melbourne and back in that time.


I'm still working
on my self 
portraits, this is
the latest, complete
with old lady
chook neck - it's
fascinating to see
how each one
is so different



including the ones
i've done of sonja,
rene and sunny
i've done 26,
can't stop but i'm
ready to think
about starting a
large portrait
of sonja






I headed down to Melbourne on Feb 7th and stayed two nights with vicki in south melbourne  -  these beautiful roses are from her
queenscliff home

















SATURDAY - my exhibition opening in Canterbury.   with the corona virus causing nervousness about chinese visitors we were very happy with the turnout.  Jiang Jianwen's work was lovely, very detailed illustrations with a definite Chinese influence, he has a wonderful control of watercolour.  Tony Scott opened the show and lots of friends turned up -  susan and sean unexpectedly, also godwin bradbeer, graeme drendel and mimmo. 

 tony, above - opening
the show,  right - jianwen
and i swapped signed
books





below,  ros atkins
with sandra drummond
and patrick jones, i was so
pleased to see them all




jianwen and i each
did a short talk
about our work
godwin and graeme


    gail and tony with ian,  below with the anns, i was thrilled with        the group of people who came, i sold four works and lots of books


and to top of the day there was a beautiful full moon
enjoying melbourne  vicki and i explored the tiny 
streets and lanes of south melbourne





       i was very happy with this apartment accommodation right in
       the middle of swanston street, walking distance to lygon and 
       the city, tramstop right outside, only $75 a night



i stayed at erica's in this lovely book-line room before i came home, we worked on Romeo and Juliet and i've come home ready to get back into it



I stayed with don on the way home, jenny came up from torquay. it was a classic roast lamb/scrabble night, with beestings and vanilla
slices from the Birchip bakery.

Back home now, the kangaroos have been enjoying my overgrown
lawn, these are two very large males but the mother and her joey
have been back too. it's lovely having them around






THE SELF PORTRAIT PROJECT is going well, i now have a grid of sixteen to enter in the archie, the portia geach and the doug moran.





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