I made an artwork for an exhibition The Doll Reimagined. I did a collage portrait of T. Burke of #metoo fame.  I made her face entirely out of magazine photos of women as we have been portrayed in magazines for years.  Ms. Burke is then presented as the modern media woman who is made up of all the pictures of women in the media from long ago.  This was a few years ago and this is a picture of the artwork in progress.  I will find the artwork and publish it soon. Sorry about the reminiscing I will catch up publish some new stuff soon. 

 

So I drove by Malurus ave today and I saw the mural I did with all the students at Lockleys North Primary School is still there.   

the desert atlas:woven from memory

new solo exhibition

Well it has been a long time since I posted...four years?? But I still have this domain an
I will attempt to use it other once more..
I am getting ready for a solo show in April.  It is at the Prospect Gallery here in Adelaide.
The show is called The Desert Atlas: woven from memory.
These artworks were conceived in my year of living in Saudi Arabia.  Navigating a place in Saudi daily life was my biggest challenge.  Inspired by weavings of unnamed artists: the nomadic carpet makers. I made own maps and compiled them into this desert atlas.
Here is a little taste:

A pathway to healing - ABC Adelaide - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A pathway to healing - ABC Adelaide - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

some images from my exhibition

Solo Exhibition at Fox creek

Well, here it is, I am taking all the caravan paintings out for an airing and showing. The exhibition is during May and June at Fox Creek Wineries contact me if you want any info. Here is an image from the Caravan Tales exhibition

happy new year

Happy new year to all! Ihave a lot of changes coming up in 2010. i am now a recreation therapist at The Hampstead Rehab. Centre, I started today and so far it is gooood.. I like the women I work with a lot and I feel like we do some great stuff. The down side of my job is I have to leave the beautiful william st. studio...I have had such a great time with M and it is such a cool space, but I would be underutilizing the studio and hopefully someone can use it to its full potential. I am seeking a new space and hope it happens soon....
The beach was beautiful this morning, all silver and still....I am thankful...

me on youtube!

Well the Port Festival is in full swing as of tomorrow and now I have a video of me on youtube!
the link is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqTicUbUTTI
I was picked to be one of 10 artists that painted fairly big portraits of 10 Port Adelaide personalities, I painted Ollie Black who started 4 theater companies I will post a picture of the portrait soon.

I received this prayer as an email and it really was the right words at the right time. Maybe it will be that way for you too.

St. Theresa's Prayer:

'May today there be peace within.

May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others.

May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.

May you be content with yourself just the way you are.

Let this knowledge settle into your bones,

and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.

It is there for each and every one of us.'

its been so long

Well, I have not added anything to my blog for a long time. I have been busy, I have finished another commission with Alison for St. Theresa's in Brighton. Alison and I have started a new company called Parasol Arts http://parasolarts.blogspot.com/ We are currently working on the new initiative. This initiative is linking doctors and other health practitioners to artists. A lot like I do for Adelaide Health Partners in Adelaide CBD. The waiting rooms of the health practices are to become gallery spaces for the artists we know. Alison and I change the exhibitions 3 times a year, it is a positive move for all concerned. The artists get a place to showcase their art and the practices get new, uplifting art to enhance their enviornment.

Gala day workshop

This is a collage of the activity at the Parks Community Centre in Adelaide. I was invited to help create and design decorations for a gala day at this community centre. We used the artist John Coburn as an inspiration and combined Emmas beautiful patterned fabrics to make colourful, swinging, fesitve shapes to hang outside in the courtyard. look out for the finished product....

rainwater tank

I love to decorate surfaces and as we all need rainwatertanks in Adelaide, I have given a tank for the garden a"facelift"..I wanted it to fit into the background and be old and interesting looking.....

Painting for Andreas

for some reason I deleted an earlier post so I am just returning it

twig constructions

I am working on an exhibition for Nourish health and wellness centre and this is a little drawing that comes together with the Trees of life canvases that are to be exhibited.

Marine Discovery centre

Well, Alison Harvey and I are up to our elbows in Verdigris......
We have almost finished a wonderful commission. Alison and I designed 2 signs or as we like to think of them, (2 d sculptures) for the walls of the new Marine Discovery Centre Geoff at Ferrocut arranged and generously donated the aluminum panels and Emil at Ferrocut organised Sonnex Laser to laser cut a beautiful Leafy Sea dragon and the lettering into the panels. Look out for the signs on Seaview Road in Henley Beach.

Walls of Hope

When I was in Toronto this spring, well autumn in Australia, I had the privilege to work with some very motivated, caring, artistic youth to make an installation at metro hall in T.O. Claudia Bernardi and Julie Jarvis led and assembled a group of us to collaborate and come up with an amazing experience. i am sorry I was not in Toronto to see the opening, on July 14th but my mother Joy Biswas went and said it was great. Check out the website for walls of sorrow/walls of hope. at
http://wallsofhopecanada.com

fintegrity gallery February 2008

Finally figured out how to download these pictures.we all had a great time and Will at Smartline really made us feel welcome. These pictures are from my exhibition in Adelaide for the Fringe festival, The exhibition was called Border crossings of a Homely Girl and it was a huge sucess thanks to my old friends and some new ones.

Kaspi and Adi on Kangaroo Island