Mix Bak Opening

Sunday 6 November 2014, 4.30pm

The opening on Friday night in Warwick was huge fun for us all, with maybe 100 people turning up for the festivities. The team at the gallery had done a great job with the installation and I’d managed to get 81 of the 84 works on the walls. Three just didn’t seem to fit in anywhere.

I was a little nervous about speaking, but did pretty well (so I’m told) after a couple of light beers. Sarah helped out by talking about the environmental narratives in my work.

Saw lots of people that I hadn’t seen for a while and really enjoyed catching up and circulating in the crowd.

The feedback was very positive and did wonders for my ego. Sales were a bit thin on the ground, but a few weeks to go yet.

Thanks to Chris Freeman for taking the pix.

Glazed Wetlands

Tuesday 11 November 2014, 5.30pm

Finished a month in the studio painting the work I did at the Macquarie Marshes. I’m pretty happy with the results, though the Coolibah Shadows are stubbornly refusing to turn into anything interesting at this stage.

“Tiger Bay Wetlands #1”

“Tiger Bay Wetlands #2”

“Raby”

“Bent”

“Jack's Bridge from Brian's Weir”

“Willie Woodlands”

“2 Annie's, 3 Gloria's”

“Big Terrigal Ck”

“Halls Block - Main Channel”

“Halls Block Regrowth”

“Willie Retreat Nocturne”

“One for Bronwen”

“Swamp Buttercups”

Off to Warwick in the morning to hang my exhibition, the back of the ute is stuffed full. See you there on Friday.