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Silkscreen on mdf box for the exhibition at the Lamington drive opening on the 23rd.....
I've got 9 boxes and I till havent finished them all. No pressure then!

This little Piggy.....

Being sick at home with an twelve year old boy shouldnt be fun I know but as we're both sick it's kind of disintegrated into a medley of sweat snot and snivelling.
Nothing on telly so we decide to watch 'Marley and Me' which a neighbour very kindly (ahem) has lent to us. We pushed the dvd about with complete disdain but succumbed after too much Kerry Anne and her snugglie infomercials.
Dont know who Kerry Anne is?

Then you're lucky.

I'd write that in caps but I've got a headache.
By the end of the movie Mil and I are heave-sobbing into snotty tissues wrapped around each other, two sentimental fools with snuggie substitutes.
I cant take any more of this pig flu, there's nothing on the telly.

Peter Roseman

If I had my space and time travelling machine ready that Milan's STILL working on (hurry up kid! how many more resources can we throw at that?), I'd have gone to the opening night of Peter Rosemans exhibition and snapped up the painting on the right (because I would also be an incredibly rich and benevolent, time and space traveller).
When I saw Karens photo of the gallery though, my heart broke just a little bit and I had to retire back to bed with extreme homesickness. Damp London mid morning in the summer with wooden floorboards and the smell of home... wet tarmac, coffee and the underlying odour of fear, not everyones idea of heaven I grant you, but tell you what, it rains way more in Sydney.
Bring a little joy to your heart and go see these paintings.

7 July-1 August 2009
Tuesday-Saturday 11-6

Opening night 7 July 6-9

5 Seymour Place
London W1H 5BA
www.proseman.com

Check out the closeups

CNS

'CNS'
silkscreen on black paper edition of 20 for the exhibition at the
Lamington Drive Gallery

In Full

silkscreen on 12" square mdf box

Box number seven

A Start..

Week 18 - Green Shoots

silkscreen print over archival digital printed photograph.

Week Eighteen with Anna (enzo & lulu).
and here.

Only 8 weeks behind woohoo!
Anna's got some great photos from her road trip and house move from LA to Vermont.
Just watch whilst I spoil them...

Week 17 - Something happened under the Pepper Tree

silkscreen print over archival digital printed photograph.

Week Seventeen with Anna (enzo & lulu).
and here.

A Snippet.....

Of a screenprint on fantastic mdf boxes that a friend has made for me. There's 9 of them for the exhibition.

found via the brilliant Eric Carl

So even though flu is a slight incapacitator three days in bed and I'm at the end of my tether so I had to go to work.
40 crap misprints and snotty slug trails up my sleeves, I wished I hadn't bothered but then this came up.
I looooooove this screenprint, it might make it into the exhibition.

Not man flu, PROPER flu, possibly even with pig noises.

Apparently there's a mob of kangaroos in London and if you find four then you're in with a chance of winning a holiday to South Australia. I cant see that it would be that hard to find four kangaroos in London, especially as they've been heavy handed with the hints?

To quote from the competition page....


"Twenty of our most adventurous roos have escaped from beautiful Kangaroo Island here in South Australia and are on the loose around London. We need your help to round them up so that we can take them back to their mates.

We know that they are scattered around central London, from Kensington to Tower Bridge,.....tell us where 4 of our roos are and we’ll enter you into a competition to win a group holiday for 4 people to South Australia.....good luck!"

enter here

exhibition

roughs and ideas that I worked through to get to other things for the exhibition....
there will be a series of one of a kind prints and others that are small run limited edition, I've got the print drying rack working hard this week!

From the little known movie....

Dancing with cows.




via the husband

Matt Huynh

Matt Huynh, Creative Sydney Time Lapse from stikman on Vimeo.

Matt from the jacky Winter aviary did this time lapse video for the inaugural Creative Sydney Festival at the MCA where he was a speaker.

Not painting by numbers.

These paintings are so incredibly beautiful by Mr. Pete Roseman who also happens to be Karens husband.
The colours are lush and I would love to touch them....
Have a look at more here.

Week Fifteen- orpheum

silkscreen print over archival digital printed photograph.

Week Fourteen with Anna (enzo & lulu).
and here.

One of my favourites so far....

Week 14 -A Tiger in my Tank

silkscreen print over archival digital printed photograph.

Week Fourteen with Anna (enzo & lulu).
and here.

stop framed post it notes....

this is brilliant
I wish i was as constructive with my post it notes.



via Capree (as per usual)

Many moons ago in Cricklewood....

screen positives

Jamie Watson

It almost tempts me to learn to surf.
Artwork by the incredibly lovely Jamie who has managed to talk me through my sea-swimming fear and got me in the ocean a couple of times before the temperature dropped to North Sea comparable.
Jamie, I cant thank you enough, plus, I am in love with this board and your art work, they look beautiful together.

More pics at surfysurfy

Jacky Winter Showreel

The new Jacky Winter Showreel...
its very good except the end where it says we're all just "quite attractive"

The Jacky Winter Group 2009 Showreel from Jacky Winter on Vimeo.

Thats a relief then..

via my husband

FBI Radio

Milan was asked if FBI radio could use his Dockside night image for the cover of FBI radios free mini mag which is published by Avant card where you can send a free e-card of the image.
Pick up the magazine and some free postcards at the Opera house, any of the Art galleries and most bars clubs and cinemas in Sydney.

You're so beautiful..... you could be a waitress

No better way to pass the time whilst waiting for ink to dry.....

June Mailing List Prize

Screenprint on board 20cm x 29cm aprox
Randomiser will pick someone off my mailing list out of the 'virtual hat' somewhere around the beginning of July.
I'll be sending out this months stimulating read tomorrow morning and it'll have a whopper of a 'studio clearance' of a code.

If I was in London, I'd be doing the last ever Great Western Open Studios, this is because it's moving to a new building about 500 yards from the old one. There will be incredible bargains to be had, and some extremely beautiful things to fiddle with. There will also, no doubt, be Pimms and lemonade.
So if you're in the area go and have a look see and grab yourself some bargains.

On Saturday I spent most of the morning chasing a vivid rainbow.
I finally found it when I had a camera at Callan park. You can hardly see the rainbow, but there's a couple of guys with nice legs to focus your attention instead.

London Calling

Two new prints from master Moofus, St Pauls Cathedral and Portobello Road.
Available here in US$ or here in AU$

He's looking forward to our visit home methinks.....

he's also super excited about a trip to NY next year writing lists of places he wants to see. So far its been extended from a 3 day trip to two weeks, now he's asking if Alistair can get a transfer with work.
I guess its always an option, but it would be in Dallas. I've only ever been to Dallas airport.

exhibition stuff

My Auntie and my Nanna looking rather cross.
These were actually their happy faces.

Moofus

He's drawing a parade of shops in Portobello Road.

Pyrmont

I was in Ultimo today, I walked down to Pyrmont after my meeting, love these colours and the kinetic sculpture in the bay.

Week Thirteen - I used to....

I'm ten weeks behind.....
Week thirteen with Anna (enzo & lulu).
and here.


Luckily Anna is doing her big life moving road trip, across the States from LA to Vermont so she's been to busy to berate me.

Week twelve - Tread Carefully

Week twelve with Anna (enzo & lulu).
and here.

Today I sneezed really hard whilst trying to open a 4 litre tub of black ink. I've got about 3 litres left I reckon. Some of its got ants in too.

In the city

Things to do with polystyrene cups.....

last gasps of summer

I had to put a jumper on today.

Stan thinks I'm special

Special enough to entrust with his dinner which overnighted in my handbag....... in the bedroom.
I've never had a dog quite as generous as he.
Yes I slept next to a meaty bone and didnt notice as is my wont, whats worse is that I even took it to the post office with me this morning.
In my defence I was distracted as we've all got the snots.

Shouting lager lager lager....

The very charming Eamo sent me this, this morning. Still on the coffee , too early for a beer.