Colour – Form – Pattern! Walk on the Wildside

Colour – Form – Pattern! Walk on the Wildside

Denise will showcase a series of Monoprints at Art at St Francis 12 December to 14 January. To walk on the wild side leads to imaginings of freedom in an uninhibited environment, without restrictions, rules or limitations. “I have walked in the wild of an outer...
Spring has Sprung in September

Spring has Sprung in September

What a wow of a month in September for our studio. Denise submitted two artworks for the Eltham Art Show and both works were selected to be show at Montsalvat Resident’s Gallery from 30 August until 10 September. Denise won the Sculpture Prize sponsored by...
La Maison de Barbara: An artist residency in Turkey

La Maison de Barbara: An artist residency in Turkey

I was fortunate to undertake an Artist Residency (AIR) in Ayvalik Turkey at La Maison de Barbara, from 15 June until 15 July 2023. http://www.barbararesidency.com/ Serif Kaynar, an art lover, and collector established the residency, in Ayvalik, where his family had...
Back to Basics and Fingers in Pies

Back to Basics and Fingers in Pies

In my previous blog I mentioned art restoration as an extra skillset. How satisfying to see the finished product in home and being loved by the recipient. Also very satisfying to see a favourite old work, that had won a photography prize, happy in a new home....
An Artist’s Additional Skillset

An Artist’s Additional Skillset

After more than two and a half years, two vaccinations and two boosters, I finally succumbed to Covid, in New Mexico USA. I was in a place that I have wanted to see for many years, the House, and Studio of Georgia O’Keeffe, or it may have been Taos, or even...