THANKYOU to whoever bought a printed matte of 'Boab Trees'
made my day !
CONGRATS Cadel Evans winning the Tour de France
I do a lot of my paintng late at night (waiting for some of my family who work in hospitality to come home )so I followed Cadel’s journey over the hills and dales of France and watched some unbelievably beautiful scenery in the meantime …
Good on ya Cadel !!!! What a thrill !!
Storey Bridge Sale
A big Thankyou to whoever bought a poster of the Story Bridge Brisbane
http://www.redbubble.com/people/gillsart/art/35...
Please Enjoy !!! Cheers Gill
What were they thinking ?
http://celebrities.ninemsn.com.au/slideshowajax...
.This link is a bit mean but funny.
My unspoken thoughts when I saw Fergie’s daughters at The Royal Wedding came out of my little 8 year old grandaughter’s mouth " Are they Cinderalla’s step sisters? ’, she asked innocently .
If you need a laugh
Sometimes the world is a bit too serious so if you want to see life on a different slant follow ‘Flibble’ here on R B ,,
Brisbane resident (I am ok )
The past week I have been in the tropical paradise of Cairns visiting my older son .
Didnt know the floods would get that bad but it had everyone worried .We are up high in Bris but my younger son at home was obviously pretty stressed as was everyone down here .The view coming back in the plane showed the extent of mud and debris ( unmoored boats etc )floating in the bay .They reckon the shops a…
A New Way of looking at Creativity ..... 'Author of Eat ,Pray Love '
A fellow Uni student posted this on our discussion board as in her words “It’s an interesting and personal account of creativity. Posing questions of where the apex of creativity comes from and how we as artists can fight the demons that make us think our creations aren’t as good as they are/or as others.”
Hear author of ‘Eat , Pray, Love’ Elizabeth Gilbert as…
I couldnt stand myself with my outback hat on any longer so a new avatar .......
I couldnt stand myself with my outback hat on any longer so a new avatar .......
New profile self portrait
For our second last uni assignment we had to do a series of portraits of ourselves first in pencil and then in paint .
I took this off a photo on our long road trip last year (to Broome ) and I was quite pleased with the results and something I wouldnt normally do of myself ..other people yes but it is confronting to draw and paint yourself and I wasnt alone in this view as some of the other more…