transforming an op-shop painting
I picked up this framed acrylic painting at a local lifeline op shop. It’s weird but something about it that made me want to buy it. Besides, it was only twenty bucks. It’s about two meters wide. I’m...
View Articlewolfmother rocked andy warhol @ goma on 12 april 2008
Wow. Wolfmother’s concert tonight at GOMA, their first in over nine months, was superb. Every person in the small diverse crowd knew that they were lucky to witness such an amazing and intimate...
View Articlewhere on earth is wally (waldo)?
It’s a modern day version of where’s wally and it involves a huge amount of painted vinyl, some friends with time to spare, a fifty foot long flat rooftop, and google earth. Somewhere in Vancouver,...
View Articlemy china doll
We were walking home along Melbourne St in South Brisbane the other night when Kitty spotted some cool photos in the windows of the building (Raw space galleries) just West of the Fox Hotel. They were...
View Articleinhabit brisbane: street art goodness
I was walking down Burnett Lane in Brisbane city this afternoon when I saw a massive head floating in the sky. I stopped to read the nearby sign and find out it’s an art installation by Christopher...
View Articlefascade by christopher langton in burnett lane, brisbane
I still can’t get over how cool this is. If you’re in Brisbane check it out. I recommend dusk and start walking down Burnett Lane from the Albert street. Unreal.
View Articlestreet art in kl
It was our last full day in KL today, so we took the super quick light rail to Chinatown. When we got off the train at Pasar Seni station I was surprised to see lots of great street art, mostly stencil...
View Articlethe biennale of sydney on cockatoo island
We were lucky enough to visit the Biennale of Sydney on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour yesterday. The island was amazing. Neither of us had been there before so it was a real treat for us both. The...
View Articlerat @ west end
Merivale Street Available on my Google Map of Brisbane: View Larger Map Posted in art, brisbane, street art
View Articlecrayon tree @ south bank
On my walk to get the papers this morning, I saw this fresh piece under the train tracks at South Bank. It appears to have been done in crayons which is an interesting choice. Posted in art, brisbane,...
View Articleyoung designers market @ south bank on 7 dec 2008
I’ve been approved for a stall at the Young Designers Market @ South Bank in Brisbane on Sunday 7 December 2008 (10:00am-4:00pm). I’m making a few different items including a match box canvas, some...
View Articleweekend roundup
We had a pretty fun-filled weekend in Brisbane: Friday Night: I had a friend over from work and we drank a couple of Cascade Greens and ate some Texan Beef sausages with fried onions; Saturday Lunch:...
View Articlefritz scholder
We saw a Fritz Scholder exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York City this morning. A couple of his quotes were quite neat: “You must walk that tightrope between...
View Articlestreet art nyc
Chelsea and the Meatpacking District in NYC are home to some awesome street art. Posted in art, photography, street art, travel
View Articleapt6 @ goma
We took Junior for a walk in the pram to GOMA this afternoon to check out the 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT6). He only gave us enough time asleep to view one floor, but from what...
View Articlemexican prayer candles
Whlist wandering supermarkets in Austin, Texas, last year, I spotted a whole shelf of cheap yet aesthetically pleasing candles in tall glass jars for sale at $2 a piece. Naturally I picked up one to...
View Articlesouth brisbane street art
The empty block next to us is about to be developed, which is a shame as it has quite an eclectic collection of street art. The old brick walls on the site make the perfect texture for all sorts of...
View Articlecool bonsai art show at south brisbane
Yesterday on a walk we discovered by chance a show at the Arts Factory Gallery at South Bank titled “Nature of the Duchess” by Monique and Faye Dobson. It contains lots of bonsais and antiques mixed...
View Articlenew photo wall
I recently put some new photos on one if the walls in our bedroom. They’re 11″ x 14″ prints (on sale at Big W for $1 each: save $13 each!) in black IKEA frames ($3.98 each). I think they came out well...
View Articlecat & fish
We love the Cat & Fish books by Neil Curtis & Joan Grant: they have the most amazing illustrations and words. We bought two ex-library copies from BetterWorldBooks and Kitty cut out some of our...
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