Beach Walking

TV Grave Yard

This is where your TV goes when you no longer watch it.
This is where your TV goes to die......

Heat wave = Underwater camera

 With the temperature sitting at over 30 degrees for the past week, and not looking like it'll cool down til late next week.  I've been spending some time down the beach.

To liven up the experience, yesterday I bought an underwater camera.
Buzz and I went straight out to test it.  Here are some test shots.

Animation rework

I finally finished this animation that I had been working on for an assignment.

There are a number of technical issues I wish I had time to fix.

I might rework it one day in the future.

Anyway, Check it out if you like.

Fun things I used to Do.

I found this whilst looking for something else.

I forgot how much fun video work was.  It's pretty silly, and dated. I made it in 2004-2005 (can't remember the exact date.)  A small video editing project when I studied Multimedia.  I think the names of the people are funny.....

 

Walk

Yesterday I went for a walk.

Peter Neilson

Peter Neilson is my all time favorite painter.

A couple of years ago whilst visiting The Art Fair in Melbourne with my sister, I stumbled across his work.  I fell in love.

Peter Neilson, “Anthony and Cleo (endless)”, 2011. Oil on linen, 2 panels, each 150 x 150 cm. Can be paired on any edge. Courtesy the artist and Australian Galleries – Melbourne and Sydney

The painting above - can be paired on any edge - amazing - will it tell a different story.



When I saw his work at the Art Fair the price for a piece similar to the one above was priced at $20,000.00.  Way out of my price range.  Last year I went to his exhibition at Australian Galleries and the piece was twice the price, moving  further out of my reach.

Peter Neilson, “Interminable: between lift and closure”, 2011. Oil on linen, 100 x 50 cm. Courtesy the artist and Australian Galleries – Melbourne and Sydney

Whilst at the exhibition last year, I stood in front of his paintings for what felt like an eternity.  Being transported to hotel lobbies, where photographs become a living scene, shards of light and a touch of sadness.  It's such an experience that I cannot wait to have again. 
I read on the Australian Galleries site that there will be another solo exhibition in October next year in Sydney, and am already looking forward to it.

Peter Neilson, "Trapped inside Happiness. Tick. Tock.",  2011. Oil on linen. 150 x 300 cm. Courtesy the artist and Australian Galleries – Melbourne and Sydney

My dream is to have one of these on my wall, so that I can look at it whenever I need inspiration, when I feel a little sad, or feel the need to be lost in a beautiful world of mystery.

Peter Neilson as a person is as mysterious as his work.  Finding information on him is very difficult, thought I did read recently that he, had his first exhibition a few years after he finished studying art at RMIT.  After this exhibition he stopped painting for 20 years - or did he simply stop exhibiting?  Honestly, I love his work so much, that I really don't need to know too much about him.  Though knowing that he took such a long break, gives me hope for my own work.  I would love to see his work space.

Peter Neilson, "The fragile thought (where angles fly and fall), 2011. Oil on linen. 100 x 550 cm. Courtesy the artist and Australian Galleries – Melbourne and Sydney"

Simply wonderful.