31/07/2012

terraces



More from the moving bus window, on way to Kathmandu.
 There were some great looking rocks 
being smashed for gravel. & precarious
hillside villages with extensive terraces.
It seems many places claim the oldest terraces, 


30/07/2012

rough road



Two from the bus window, leaving Pokhara 
for Boudanath. Parts are very beautiful,
but its so hard (for me) to get good shots,
through glass on a bumpy road, dark day etc.
I doubt I'd ever have been up for riding on the roof.



29/07/2012

wheel



Made a quick trip to see a dear friend;
it's so different to be in a big city,
after our dozy little town.




28/07/2012

monastery



Near the monks' quarters at a temple in Bangkok

One I'd have dearly loved to see in person,



26/07/2012

goldleafed



From Thailand & Burma.
Sometimes the statues have so much gold leaf
you can barely see the original form.

oh to be in Paris, big shows of Gerhard Richter
at both the Louvre & Centre Pompidou



24/07/2012

shell fan



At one stage I lived right at a beach, & collected
shells on my walks, I did a few paintings, & also painted
some on the furniture I was making at the time.
That is, a cabinet maker made them, I painted them,
Finished with high gloss, they were easier to sell,
though quite hard work. 



20/07/2012

sky mandala



Another of my painting from long ago, long before
computers. I mostly worked in gouache, its a little tricky 
when working for a few weeks, a sneeze can
take a long time to repair.




18/07/2012

timetables



Posting some old work for while I'm away for a few days.
Back then I made a few small tables ~ timetables ~
with screenprints, collage & 3D elements, then 
added glass on top. This one had 
2 pieces that were collaged noses, I named it
'Time will Tell'. 

shadows ~ lots of interesting posts on this site


16/07/2012

2 ways



Two paintings from the 1980's, don't know if I've put them
here before. The meditative chakra one was closer to my
interest, while the one of Jesus was at the suggestion of
a friend who thought ~ I don't know what exactly, except that
his interest must have been more this way.
I doubt whether this was what he meant, however..




14/07/2012

shells



Another of my older paintings, it came from
something I read about an experiment with sounds,
& how sound can make patterns.




12/07/2012

dark



This was a few days ago, there
has been a lot of wet & dark days, a bit of blue sky that day.
Right is a paperbark tree.



10/07/2012

yellow



Wattle, left, is here in Byron Bay, the other flower
perhaps an orchid, was in Laos.
Every wet day should have some colour!

imagine the sound that arrived with this

07/07/2012

mess



Saved this from my Nepal trip, even though its blurred,
out a bus window. That's what I would call a mess!
I like what the man's posture seems to say.

great photos: life on thin ice



05/07/2012

birthday



My sister & I are celebrating our mother's birthday.
She would have been 94. 





03/07/2012

three



Made some large buddhas, by joining several photos 
together. All from south east asia.



02/07/2012

tree faces



As you may have noticed, I enjoy to see faces in
the landscape. Do you?