Hi thin air I'm back,its been a busy few days,lots of creativity,lots of paint,cloth,paper and whatever has been available to use,I'm trying out some beautiful new inks,they are the most glorious metallic colors,they are called pearlescent liquid acrylic,just beautiful.

I have also done a few watercolors for the little books that I'm working on and they have turned out beautifully but I'm ashamed to say that I didn't illustrate one page of the cat book though the doll book is now two pages ahead,thank goodness for small wonders I guess.
Well Im needing to get back to work so untill next time ,keep creative!

Unknown: Dream Quotations
Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.

Dolls dolls dolls....

I have been crazy for dolls lately,I just cant get enough of them,I have made new designs,had new ideas and am surrounded by half finished little munch kins,they cover my desk,my shelves,my dreams,they are everywhere,they are dominating my life and I love it!

My books are going well,script is written just doing the illustrations now and that in its self is taking much more time than I would have thought,I think I am perhaps a bit of a critic,every image just needs improving upon,its driving me nuts,I'm not happy with anything when it comes to the book illustrations,so with two to do I think Ill either go completely insane or age a hundred years,but they will done!

My camera has been clicking away as always,Ive had a few jobs photographing food and a couple of portrait jobs,I do love doing this work,my camera is like an extension of me,I would be lost without it.

I have been on my favey website DEVIANT ART,there are some awesome artists there and the fellowship is great I love this site,I just never get sick of it.

Ive been reading Artful Blogging by Somerset Studio,very inspiring to say the least,but then all their stuff is just that,Inspiring.

I'm finding that I crave to create so much that Ive cut back my hours in my regular job,but I do miss my regular clients,they are all so sweet,I don't think I will chuck it in completely for a long while,people do so much to inspire me and I so admire the courage and tenaciousness of people when they up against the wall.

Well thats it,talking to air but well hey its cool,I don't mind,in case anyone does see this..Keep Creative!

Unknown Author: Belief Quotes
Instead of giving myself reasons why I can't, I give myself reasons why I can.

Its been a while.

Its been a while since my last blog here but I haven't forgotten this place not that anyone has noticed me yet anyway,lol.

I have been into all sorts of things,I have been working on my book in earnest and its coming on well,I'm now illustrating it and enjoying it immensely,though I would love to have more time to do it.

I have been to Queensland which was pretty inspiring,the miles of sugar cane and the fields of sun flower's were something to truly inspire ones thoughts,the night sky with its velvet appearance was awesome and the clear air was divine,a stark contrast from city life.

I have been doing a few tattoos which has been fun,a few giggle come it but I need to find a good quality ink for this work to continue.

My love for the camera has been as usual a big part of my life,clicking away like mad,lots to do there,Im heading up to Sydney soon with a friend for a day off shooting and should get some brilliant shots,looking forward to that.

I have been working on some little freaky type dolls,they are so cute and perhaps one of my favorite past times,so I have added a few pics of them to this blog.

Well until next time be creative.

Norman Vincent Peale: Faith and Inspiration Quotes
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

dolls,tattoos,spay can art and photography!!!1

Well its another busy week gone and a new and very busy week looming ahead.

I have a couple of tattoos to do which always takes up a lot of time,also I am doing some pray can art,thought I would have plat around as I haven't done it in ages some I'm looking forward to that.

I am making some nice quirky little dolls at the moment which I'm really enjoying,I have about 20 in progress,they are favey of mine to chill out on,love mine dollies.

Also I'm doing some food photography for a friends menu list this week coming,I do so very much enjoy photographing food and making it look inviting.

Its been a week of crazy moments and busy hands, my upstairs studio is now more organized and soon the big studio will get a make over as well,it is always a mess after and exhibition,I must learn to be neater and more disciplined but I'm always so pooped after an exhibit,so much so that I don't go near the big studio for at least a week,oh well its time to get of my rear end and get organized as I have much I wish to do.

Mmmm it would seem that as I get older that organization is a key thing in my life,time is much to short to waste,so in order to fit more into my days and nights I need to get things straight and running more effectively,this allows me to be more creative and active in my art works.

Ok well its now 2.30 am and I want to be up early to do many things so good night and farewell.

Anthony Robbins: Faith Quotations
If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible.

inspired and free to create

Well thats the exhibiting done for a while,I have a few art comps in the next 8 weeks but other than that I and now free to to create all those wonderful little things that have been niggling their way to the front of my creative urgings.

I want to do some ecaustic work,collage and photo manips with oils and oils sticks,lots of fun stuff that doesn't eat away at the space in my studio,my last lot of work was so big it ended up taking half of the studio,so glad to have sold some of it off.

I'm so looking forward to those lovely days of creating the soft fuzzy images that are in my mind,I see riots of different colour but hey don't I always,layers and layers keep coming to mind,miniatures and largies,even some dolls,I have about 15 of them in the first stages just waiting to be birthed into their final personalities.

I see photos of my town and its people waiting to come to new life with bright bold colours,I see books being bound,sewn and illustrated,I see shrines coming to life and glass being fused painted and become pendants,

I cant wait to begin my creative journey away from the easel for a while,I need a rest from it and from huge canvases,I need to work on paper,I aways come back to paper,ink,watercolour, pencils and chalks,I just adore paper!

Elbert Hubbard: Commitment Quotations
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

A memory and a thought.

Today was a hot humid day,only the cool sea breeze brought any relief from the heat,I was glad to be inside that tall cool old building that once held the real life drama's of power and law.

The old court house long retired from its ghastly punishments and torments now provides a haven for artists and environmentalists,now the echoing rooms hold laughter,creativity,good intentions and gentle spirits.

I marveled at how my paintings came to life as they hung snugly against the old concrete walls,it fascinated me to see them look so warm and vibrant in the filtered light that streamed in through the tall arched windows,it gave them a new life,a warmth that I hadn't noticed before.

As the people filed in and out during the day I wondered what it had been like one hundred and twenty years ago when men and women were brought there to meet justice,were there the judgmental crowds gathered around to relish the comeuppance of the supposed criminals,surely justice then was bleak and guilt decided well before a trial,how different things are today.

I sat silently in that grand old building with its long history,marveling at its regal beauty and greatful that it now served a much nicer purpose than the horrors it once housed ,it is a place that can stir a memory and a thought to any who pass through its is great arched door ways.

Tomorrow my exhibition there will come to a close until next year,but I know I will wander back into that old building that is so dear to me,I will go to see every exhibit no matter what theme for it will give me the excuse to visit that wonderful old place that is now close to my heart.

Unknown Author: Quotes on Reflection
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.