I HAVE A FRONT COVER

LOOK! I am soo pleased.

Andrew McIntosh kindly produced the following front cover for my soon to be released novel

The Gribble's Gift

Aaron Pocock's Exhibition

I thought I would show you this little gem I have just purchased. Granted the photo does not do the painting justice. This little piece has been painted by Aaron Pocock and he is having his very first exhibition and I visited him yesterday and this came home with me.

His exhibition is at Able Galley, Coral St, Loganlea, Brisbane, Australia. (Please note that the icon on google map is not in the right place. The Gallery is one of the white buildings above the icon (next to house number 29). He is there from 10am to 5pm for the rest of the week and he has a wide variety of artwork in an array of styles.

Why am I telling you all this? Well, one reason is to see if anyone wanted to go and look Aaron up - click here for more info and if anyone is looking to purchase some amazing artwork I think it would be well worth your effort to go and look at his amazing work.

The second reason is that I wanted to say that I have been unable to add anything more to my blog as I have had a bit of a disaster.

I have two craft rooms and one of those is in a leantoo attached to the house. The sealer around the roof has gave way and we ended up with sheets of rain water, on three sides, coming into the craft room. Many weeks later, and a LOT of work, that room is empty. All that could be saved has been neatly placed into the first craft room, that room had to be dismantled so that another rooms worth of craft supplies. could be placed inside it. Five truck loads of rubbish has been taken to the tip! Fortunately, my models were not in the room at the time. They are now in the front room and one of the bedrooms until we get a new roof.

I have removed all the climbing roses from the roof and just as I was about to start taking off the roof from the verandah, so I could get at the gutters, I was given a very large pond job! Today I am shifting 63 large Silver Perch into another pond in the hope that they will eat up the baby crayfish - that is another story!

One silver lining is that I have decided to make the empty room into a display area. So once the roof is sorted I will be able to take some of the shelving (which is right up to the ceiling) from the first craft room and place it at hip height and make a large display area for my models - just incase anyone wanted to come and have a look at them. They will also be easier to get at for when I take them to schools and shows.

See ya later.

Creative People - Mathew Albnese

In my usual trawling of the images on the web I came across the work of Mathew Albense.
At first I thought the image was just a photo but then I decided there was something different about it and so I went looking. I'm soo glad I did.

I bet you can not work out that this is actually a minature model and you'll never guess what it is made out of.

The following photos are of how Mathew created the piece of work. The model is made out of steel wool, ground parsley and moss!

This is only one image of the amazing creations this man creates.

I have received permission from Mathew Albanese to put a link up to his face book which is here. To see more of his work go to Google Images.

Creative People -Linda Catchlove

I am looking for an Australian illustrator for my book. I asked all my facebook 'friends' about it and I was told to look at The Style File Illustrators A-Z. Within this amazing group of people I came across Linda Catchlove.

I just adore her work. I have known other people who paint amazing work of botanical but never anyone who has added little touches of fairy's, spiders, butterflies etc.

I would count myself very fortunate if one day I could own an original of this ladies work. Enjoy her website.

Creative People - Pip and Pop Display

Well I visited the diplay 'We Miss You Magic Land' being displayed at the Queensland Gallery/ Gallery of Modern Art and I must say that for a person like me it was AMAZING!

What I did find interesting beside the obvious creativity and detail to the colour schemes and the overal design of the whole display was the way people interacted with it. Most people wanted to get down on their knees and lean on the edging (which was NOT allowed) so they could look straight at it.
The range of ages of the people were amazing. It was NOT just for children.
I've taken over 80 photos and I'm soo pleased I have.

I loved the twinkling lights. It gave the static display movement and it is something to think about with my own model. The use of space was very good. There were areas of absolute clutter and colour and then of others of just empty space. It made the whole thing better. The more you looked the more you saw. Which is what I am doing with my model. It was also amazing to 'see' what the artist's used to create this amazing display.

I for one LOVED it and strongly recommend that if you can visit the display do so.
If this doesn't inspire people I don't know what would.





This extrodinary piece of artwork is being displayed (free entry) at GOMA - Queensland Art Gallery/ Gallery of Modern Art from 26th November to the 4th March 2012 located at South Brisbane. (See map below)

'Perth-based artist duo Pip & Pop (Nicole Andrijevic and Tanya Schultz) will create an immersive and vibrant environment for children and families to explore in this major Children’s Art Centre installation as part of GOMA’s fifth anniversary celebrations.
Drawing on children’s stories, creation myths, Buddhist cosmologies, video games and folktales, Pip & Pop create large-scale fantasy worlds coloured with a bright, often fluorescent palette, using cake-decorating tools, intricate layers of sugar, glitter, modelling clay and mirrors.
Pathways and peepholes will lead visitors to different worlds: a magical forest filled with strange flowers, vines, mushrooms and animals; a cosmic universe condensed into a darkened room with twinkly stars; and a volcanic lake with crystals, mist and liquid pools are just some of the creations waiting to be discovered.'
Information above supplied by the Qld Art gallery website.

Creative People - Inga Moore

I have come across a blog called Surface Fragments. Within in it are some amazing pictures and information. One of those is about Inga Moore. She is an english illustrator who is now living in Austrlia and I thought I would show you just a couple of her beautiful pictures here. These are from The Wind in The Willows and The Secret Garden. I highly recommend that you vist this blog and see more of her work. I had hoped to find an offical website of her work but as of yet nothing!




Wouldn't it be wonderful to paint like this!

Creative People - Lisa Lichtenfels

Many many many years ago when I was at the workshop fo Robert McKinnley in Brisbane so was Lisa Lichtenfels. I have collected images of her work for many years and have just stummbled across her site.

Isn't she amazing (below) and to think she is made out of fabric and nylon!
If you would like to know 'how' Lisa creates her art work make sure you go to the 'Techniques' title of her site.

Creative People - Lorell Leham

I love to troll through the web and see what other people are creating. To me the web is like a huge library and I LOVE library's.

Today I have found Lorell Leham I found her because I was looking in Google Images for original fantasy dolls. I came across the art work of Koldo Barroso and therefore came across Lorell.


This is one of her amazing dolls and it is called The Pobble. Isn't it brilliant!
P.S. I have found a lot of her work on her older posts in her blog. As of the time of this post her website was not up and running again.

My theory is that a person needs to see and learn from people who are better than they are. In my case I'm looking for people who are much better in creative dolls and models. I love to see what they have created (I collect their images for reference) I love to learn how they create these creatures and why they have created them. Enjoy.