MELBOURNE DAYS

AFTER A STAY with janet and bevan in pt lonsdale i drove up to melbourne to see the 200 YEARS OF FASHION at NGV and Whistler's Mother.   

   janet was holding a linocut workshop at the gallery

lovely to see this painting, i've always loved it and to realise it's actually about life size was a surprise.  beautifully painted and the accompanying exhibition was good too, lots of whistler's lovely little etchings, superbly drawn and some paintings from the NGV collection to go with whistler's work.

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gorgeous

things

from

200 yrs

of oz

fashion

Then over to stay with chris

 in northcote, a martini and a movie after visiting martin in his studio.

 i drove through to geelong via portarlington - haven't been there for decades

AT THE GALLERY

leonard french's great
ceiling is always
impressive.  

 a favorite painting, this small matisse is always in a quiet little corner    and i haven't been ableto photograph it before. 


   on the yarra, a familiar friend :0)

Wednesday morning, coffee with chrissy before heading off to visit godwin bradbeer in footscray. he's moved into amazing new digs in a complex of wonderful brick industrial buildings complete with huge chimney. he has a vast studio space amongst many many more.   a nice environment to be in

                    godwin outside his studio at the Cotton Mills studios


MORE MELBOURNE PICS

back to the gallery
to see ai weiwei 
but i was too
tired to take it
in - just walked
through and
sat in the sun
at time out with
the age and a 
glass of wine
- much better

having a glass of wine
at fed square













clifton hill - waiting
for the tram

love the contrasts
of city and nature,
here i'm looking
over the bridge at 
the bottom of high
st northcote, the
merri creek