MOON

JUST CAUGHT THE FULL MOON before it starts to lose its shape

THIS MORNING

FROM THE

 RIVERBANK

- it always

amuses me to

see a duck up

a tree, strange

somehow

MILDURA WEEKEND

WE HAD A HIGH 

OLD TIME on saturday night, world gin day.  fossey's put on a 'pearls and ties' night and we all dressed up and celebrated with good food and four different gins.

                   Mark resplendent in a suit

proprietor steve and mr. biggs

    visiting artist bridgit and friend bronwyn get the tour of the still

I STAYED THE NIGHT at helen's, a big sleep in then a walk by the river and some shopping before meeting a group at the pics to see Wonder Woman.   a fun sunday afternoon pic

on the way home yesterday

- huge squadrons of pelicans overhead

MOONSET

THE MOON is moving around so i'm now getting a lovely reflection on the water, next full moon should be right in the middle of the river.  hope it sets at a time i can see it

FRIDAY

BREKKY AT ARTBACK  - chef john brought out an amazing concoction made of leftover lemon meringue pie with berries


Weather is still gorgeous, still sunny days and frosty nights



thumbs up from anne

saturday morning on the lock

BIRDS BIRDS BIRDS

  diamonds on the murray


THAT GORGEOUS DARTER - i love
these birds

SECOND DAY

DIANNE FOGWELL has given us an inspirational weekend of throwing ideas together.
we had so many bits and pieces -  ply wood cut into shapes with power tools with scraped and sculpted surfaces, perspex plates, lino cuts, some etched in caustic.

We had a wide range of power tools and hand tools to use, and dianne's husband came with her for a couple of days to help.  she's staying on for a residency with another artist brigitte. i'm inviting them out soon for dinner.

i puddled around

with my papers dyed

with eucalyptus, did an image on a piece of dyed blanket, made my first linocuts, but generally just picked up on great tips about tearing paper, looking after the press and trying things out

WORKSHOP ALL DAY

FIRST DAY of dianne's workshop was a brain filler, so many possibilities, i was tired by lunchtime but full of ideas.  her work is mind boggling

alfoil scrunched and printed

 

gorgeous examples of dianne's linocuts of text

mixing caustic soda and wallpaper glue to make an etching medium

the drive home

in this building fosseys gin is made