Getting ready

I have a lot to do these last few days leading up to the opening of Dirty Linen.  I spent the morning on my small handmade books. They are very labour intensive.

Brad (ABC Open)and Jess(Creativeregions) called in to help me finish setting up for the opening.   Brad took control of the lighting for the exhibition and has the goddesses bathed in a warm but mysterious glow. Their shadows are etched on the  surrounding walls and roof.  Very interesting. A huge improvement on the two rows of stark fluorescent lights.  Thanks so much Brad and Jess. You are wonderful!!.

I spent the afternoon with Clinton, discussing a few ideas I have for the new year.  In the meantime he has the exhibition he is curating to  fine tune for December. He is working like a Trojan to get this very interesting project "Just Ideas" up and running.
He showed me the fantastic works he has of the WA artist Ryan Nazzari...Ryan's dolls are  my favourites. I will post some pictures in the future if Ryan gives his consent.

I spent a productive evening with Susan Hutton, who is staying over tonight to catch a few of the Crush Festival special movies.  She saw Jane Eyre tonight. I loved the book.

After a huge storm, we settled in to arrange her Flickr and Blog accounts. It is all systems go now!

Till soon! c x

Suburban Goddess

The SG installation is looking pretty good in my gallery despite the small area.  There are a few pieces I have to find to complete some of the works... they will be in my back shed somewhere.

The curator of the exhibition I was in recently...'Collective Insites' - Judy Barrass is coming to stay with me while she is attending the Artspoken Conference in Bundaberg. There will be an Arts Market on Thursday to provide a venue at which artists can mingle with delegates.  The aim is to direct services more closely appropriate to the district.

I have a stall with Clinton, Catherine and Susan.   It should be quite interesting.

Talk soon   c x           PS  Welcome Lou!

Clinton

I dropped in on Clinton yesterday to catch up.  He was looking really well after his operation.  I'm so happy that he is doing some painting again.  He has been very generous painting a cat for each of the artists involved in his upcoming 'Just Ideas' exhibition. Each one has been painted specifically for each artist and is given free of charge.  Nice one Clinton!! Fantastic cats!

He has a great list of participating artists including artists from as far away as London and Hawaii.  His show will be in December.   More details soon.

My new gallery...'Dirty Linen' will open  soon  as part of Bundaberg's  fabulous 'Crush" Festival.
For the opening I will be showing an exhibition of  'Suburban Goddess' -  an installation in the main gallery and artists books by several artists in the front shop.

Check out the following link for a programme of the 'Crush' events.

http://bundaberg.qld.gov.au/feature/crush-festival-2011/crush-festival-programme

I will be calling in on Jess at Creative Regions today to confirm details of opening times etc.  It's going to be an exciting few weeks!

I'm attaching some pictures from my travels over the next few weeks.  Here is one of my favourite works in the Louvre.
c x