as if its real

Have another site, asifitsreal

~ private until now ~ will post there instead.

I'll add some of my new paintings, & 

photos from my Tibet & Nepal, China & other trips. 

Email me if you want details of prints etc

address in right hand column under 'about'.

At present, painting is more compelling than digital artwork.

Last

Yes, it looks like I've come to the end of this blog,

also enjoying to see what happens next,

rather than try to decide: just to see 

what I find myself doing.

.. or not ..

changes

There is a change coming, perhaps

I'll make another site with just my artworks,

& maybe I'll post the details here..

if you wish to know, email me?

decoration

The infinitely variable decoration on Thai wats

looks to be such a joy to the artisans.

this too, in a different way

still

Playing with several versions of the same

subject, where I took streaky shots as well

as in focus. Sometimes it feels so still, 

at others its as if the statues wait for a blink

to shift slightly.

matt rich

old

Old dragon/naga decoration, am not sure if it will be

revived or thrown away.

dragons

Some nagas I played with, after my last Thailand trip.
Shot streaky ones so I could do this.

stone

a small piece of obsidion from beside a road in Turkey

a larger stone from the Kimberley, I hope its not

a metal that would be destroyed in the

interests of commerce.

trick

Today I thought this painting was completed, but a 

photograph shows that it isnt. 

Not quite sure how that works, I suppose its like the 

Indian rope trick: the first photos showed a crowd 

gazing upward, the rope on the ground..
The camera doesn't come with all my baggage,
though it does matter how we are with the subject
& the camera, wouldn't you say?

see with your tongue

stormy

On Friday, more stormy weather with strong winds

These are beneath the clear roof in my courtyard,

it felt very wet indeed.

& even darker when the power failed.

raoul-kieffer in dry country

it rains

A large tree in Ballina, this (wet) week

Trees & sea mist at the Gold Coast 

a couple of weeks ago.

shells

They look like two separate shells, but I always

find them together. 

They were all in a box ~  had planned to paint them.
Really should throw some stuff away..

the hourglass sea

old

Found the dragonfly in my garden & the stones at

a beach, they appear to be fossilised wood.

hearing colour

place

This is near where I live, Byron Bay from
a nearby hill,
Mt Warning in the background

Dolphins love it too,

they sometimes surf alongside the people

on boards.

My friend Kiki on gratefulness

different days

Sunset above, sunrise below, other days

Its been very grey & rainy, wanted some colour.

wovensouls

looks like

Some days: ocean looks like

clouds

& small crabs draw maps in sand..

love this man's work

shadow

A shadow that only appears for a minute at a certain time of year, 

on an inside wall, through the trees at the back of my place.

One face is very clear, no?

head

An old piece, they were one off,I only did a few.
They were painted
on chip board that had been cut out; 

it needs to be a very simple shape.

paint

Still working on this new painting, the weather has

turned cold after all the rain, that helps

Somehow it reminds me of this piece of abstract art

I shot at a building site, it was gone next day.

But to make a painting look 'real' is a different process.

What is spontaneous: the figures that are appearing. 

cloudy

Looks like Janus

changing to another face or maybe a skull

does it depend on your mood, what you can see?

big

Went to Boulder Beach, surf still big

exhilarating & dramatic

in all directions

plus the surf muffled rattle of a million stones

rolling at the waters edge..

nicolasamori

unusual

Because of the sound of the sea, I'm awake at dawn,

when I go there, so I saw the heavy sea mist

& how the first touches of colour are washed

onto the day.

The floods have been drastic for many people, 

& their property, unfortunately.

chimeras

stormy

more clouds

I never tire of looking at them

weather bureau predicted lots of rain

they were right.

wild

Went up the coast to meet an old friend,

past all the gale damage, the ocean was still wild

it was beaten like cream, with that funny froth at the edges

from high up, the waves look smaller,

really they were huge seas.

wet

It's been so wet here, trees thrashing around,

rivers flooding, a weather system beating down 

much of the east coast of Australia.

Good indoors.

atlasobscura - ringing stones

clouds

Clearing gigabytes of clouds from storage

Liked these single ones

There will be a few days of them..
cyclonic weather.

folks-2

a fisherman intent on his catch

With the help of a friend I was able to send a packet of

prints etc back to this family. A polaroid camera would
be so handy! Post can be so unreliable.

some fascinating book sculpture