My Wednesday Project has been continuing as planned, and I love heading out for a day each week for the purpose of finding inspiration! To date I’ve been mostly to places I’d either been meaning to go for ages, or (perhaps surprisingly) had never been. Today I went up to Lake Macquarie, largely because, as a member of the Australian Society for Miniature Art, I’ll be submitting some work for an exhibition up there (at the Museum of Art and Culture) next year.
And, so far, I’ve been keeping up with completing a small painting from each day out before heading out for the next – something I hope to keep up, but I suspect I might not as the weeks go by. Slipping behind is not something I want to do. (Knowing myself as I do, I have a feeling that might make the entire project unravel!)
Above is a detail of the little painting I completed after a visit to the Australian Botanic Gardens, in Mount Annan. I don’t know how many times I’d driven south from Sydney and seen a sign for the Mt Annan Gardens, and thought to myself, ‘I must go there some day.’ So now I have!
There continues to be much to do on those days I’m not searching for inspiration. Ku-ring-gai Art Society’s Spring Exhibition has opened today, and the Hunters Hill Art Exhibition opens this weekend. I have work in both of these. I also have a couple of pet portraits on the go, and a number of other projects either in my head, or contributing to the mess in my studio (and beyond).
Speaking of my studio, it will be the last weekend in November this year when I’ll be opening up here again, this time with Kanak Kiran and Dee Jackson. I hope you’ll make a note of the date and come by to see us when the time comes.
Coming up …
‘Near and Far’ at Marie-France, Philip Mall, Kendall Street, West Pymble, NSW, now on, and extended to late October
Ku-ring-gai Art Society’s Spring Exhibition at the St Ives Shopping Village, Monday 9 October to Sunday 22 October
Hunters Hill Art Exhibition at Hunters Hill Town Hall, from Saturday 14 to Sunday 22 October
Open Studio, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 November (further details to come)
Until next month.