HAMISH CUMING
Profile
I WAS BORN IN PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, BUT HAVE LIVED IN THE EASTERN STATES FOR MANY YEARS. I STUDIED ART AT THE ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, UNDER WILLIAM (JOCK) FRATER AND HAROLD FREEDMAN.
PAINTING IS MY MAIN INTEREST, AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS, MAINLY IN MY BIRTH STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, BUT ALSO IN VICTORIA.
I ALSO HAVE A GREAT INTEREST IN OTHER FORMS OF ART, INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM, AND WRITING.
Groups
HAMISH CUMING is a member of * Painted Nature *, Art At Its Best!! - No photography, Painters In Modern Times - TWO PER DAY, Photo Manipulators, Photography Fun, Surrealism *MAX 4 PER DAY* and The Red Writing Room.
Art
Writing
THE IMMIGRANT
The weather was clear and sunny, out in the middle of the Indian Ocean. The motor vessel Dominion Monitor plowed her way toward Australia, her sharp bow cutting through the violet water..
A VISIT TO THE JUNKIES
The blonde woman broke her silence. ” Dead is dead, there’s no other way a’ puttin’ it. We didn’t see it, but one of our mates did. She was whisked off with a couple of h…
POEM- 'THE HANDS'
THE HANDS (40) He, she, / Travellers from different parts / Stand, hand in hand / Basking in the morning sun / While all around / In the natural ampitheatre / of red rock / G…
THE WAITRESS AND THE CARPENTER
THE WAITRESS AND THE CARPENTER The trip to Byron Bay had had the right effect on Simone’s skin. The green-eyed beauty that looked back at her from the mirror glanced down at a marred elbow, w…
POEM-THE BABYLONIAN FRUIT VENDOR
BALLAD TO A BABYLONIAN FRUIT VENDOR (82) So bravely beneath the manganeses sky of / Nazareth / The holy city where Christ first saw light of day / The Babylonian merchant carried heavy l…
POEM- BOTTLE TREES (NORTHERN TERRITORY)
BOTTLE TREES (9) Ancient monuments / You sprout around the countryside / Your bloated trunks / Like drunken nine pins The sun’s rays / Catch the sheen / of your sat…
