I’ve been wondering what I might write in this month’s entry – sometimes ideas come so easily and other times, well, I’m stumped! But I’ve just glanced at a little painting here on my desk (pictured above) – it’s sitting there waiting to be turned into a card for an old family friend who will be turning 80 tomorrow, and who will be celebrating that birthday next weekend. What do you give someone when they turn 80? It’s not the first time I’ve asked myself this, and so on this occasion I turned to his sister. She didn’t hesitate to suggest a card – a card made with one of my paintings. This is, of course, something I should have thought of myself, as I have been planning to make a supply of cards for some time. Like so many things, however, I just haven’t got round to it.
I chose this painting because the recipient has enjoyed many wonderful holidays in Japan and so I know it will be of some significance to him – and that’s what we aim for, right? It’s a little painting from my ‘Postcards from Lockdown’ series – a return visit for me to Japan, from my studio during that lockdown period (and doesn’t that seem like a lifetime ago).
Apart from that I’ve been keeping busy on a new series of works – details of which I will be keeping under wraps for some time yet. Suffice to say I’m really enjoying them and at this stage see no end in sight!
As well, the opportunities for exhibiting continue, and at the moment, my work can be seen (or is about to be seen) at the following:
‘Small Packages’, at Sherbrooke Art Gallery, 62 Monbulk Rd, Belgrave (Vic), from Saturday 3 to Saturday 24 August
Breakfast Point Art Show, at Breakfast Point Community Hall, 50 Village Dr, Breakfast Point (NSW), Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 August
‘A Celebration of 60 Years’ (HAS Spring exhibition), at Wallarobba, 25 Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby (NSW), from Tuesday 20 August to Sunday 1 September
ASMA ‘Small Matters’ Exhibition, at Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Abbotsleigh, Gate 7, 1666 Pacific Hwy, Wahroonga (NSW), from Thursday 5 to Saturday 28 September
Lindfield Art Show and Fair, at Mary McKillop Hall, Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Highfield Rd, Lindfield (NSW), from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 September
Ewart Art Prize, at the Willoughby Arts Centre, 33 Laurel St, Willoughby (NSW), from Saturday 14 to Saturday 28 September
Until next month.