David Hockney

Well hello!   My week has been chaotic as usual. Helen and I attended an art exhibition in Manly.  The show was in aid of our drought stricken farmers. They are doing  it tough.  It's heartbreaking hearing some of their stories.  The art group that organised the event ran it as a silent aüction..  All the artworks were donated by the artists.

Later that week we had the second meeting of the artbookclub.  Helen had chosen David Hockney's 'Secret Knowledge' as our second book to read. I was fascinated.  In all of my thirty plus years as an artist, l had never heard of the controversy surrounding the possible use of lenses by some of our best artists.   In particular,  some of the great masters.

David Hockney put forward a strong case that lenses were used in the creation of  a number of these artworks. He noticed areas of some paintings had an 'out of focus' look and this is inconsistent with how we see.    There were several other reasons  too.  You will have to read the beautiful book Hockney produced that explores this assertion.

Hockney did not feel that his revelations diminished his appreciation of the amazing  masterpieces that were produced.

I love the beautiful tree paintings that he is producing in his later years and I admire his explorations of digital imagery.

If you have the chance to read the book, I am sure you too will find it fascinating .

CX
 

 

                                                Van Eyck

Some new friends!

I was really excited to meet two artists from the Wynnum/ Manly areas in the last month.  Linda I posted about  after our visit to her exhibition at West End with her friend Helen McIntosh.  They came to visit me at my new home.

We had our afternoon tea and shared images of our works.

As it turned out, we had a great deal in common.  Our works championing woman. and

her symbols in particular.  I was so impressed with Helen and Linda's work.  I just love 

artists...they give so much of themselves.

Attached is a textile work by Helen. Below is a collage by Linda. You can see more works by these two very talented artists at:

theiconlady.com

OUTBACK MEASURES

1200 x 780 (71 x 70)

Shibori dyed silk (Made by Margaret Barnett), fish skeleton beads, emu feathers, acrylic paint, machine stitched on cotton rag paper.

"The Iconlady is an old friend. She has travelled with me for 30 years , Criss-crossing. Textile and painting terrain, with side trips into new territory such as mosaics, doll making, and jewellery. Our journey is progressing and will last my lifetime".    Helen Macintosh

Poster for Helen and Linda's exhibition, by Linda Murray.