My apologies, dear reader, it has been a while.
Since my last blog entry things have been incredibly busy. I completed a new painting for the 2015 Border Art Prize, finished three new paintings for an upcoming exhibition, framed my finalist painting for the Sunshine Coast Art Prize, and designed and painted (with the help of the gorgeous Bernadette Chin) a set for my son’s school musical.
At the end of July I attended the Border Art Prize 2015 opening night, where my entry, Matador (Dallas 1963), was awarded the second place prize! This is my third year entering the Border Art Prize, and I feel absolutely honoured to have been awarded the second place.
From the 15th August through to the 27th August I will have my work on display at the Lethbridge Gallery in Paddington as part of the ‘City Views’ exhibition, an exhibition celebrating the urban environment. I’ll post more about this closer to the date. I’ll also soon be posting more about my Sunshine Coast Art Prize entry and the series of paintings I have been working on in this style (sheesh, the pressure is now on to get these blog posts done).
Rounding off June and July, last week St Edward’s Primary held their school musical. Earlier in the year I had committed to doing the sets for this musical (Cinderella Rockefella), not realising how busy things would become. So in these last few hectic weeks, Berni and I have been frantically painting the large sets, crammed into our pokey rumpus! But although I was somewhat regretting signing up to do the sets, I was glad we put in the effort when I saw the wonderful show put on by the children on the night. Their performance far exceeded my expectations of a school musical. Here are some images of the completed backdrops (those with a keen eye may notice my homages to Warhol and Mondrian).