australian art....

the day has come and gone and i have this feeling of not having done a lot again. it was just so cold today that my lunchtime walk only lasted about 15 minuites! and then i got home, cooked dinner, tidied up and then it was already 9pm. i wish that i could squeeze more into each day. there is always tomorrow though and i already have plans for what i want to do!

i have done some more work on my wedding invites and slowly but surely it is starting to come together. my first attempt was "unconnected" to the wedding so i have been sent back to the drawing board by my gorgeous friend! i can already see a big improvement though, and i am only drafting the idea so i can't wait to see the finished sketch.

while i was in adelaide i visted the gallery and i purchased a couple of postcards from the shop. unfortunately there wasn't anything available from the gorgeous tiwi art exhibition but these are four pieces that i really enjoyed viewing while i was there. they are all a little different....

l: billy yalwanga, australia; yams, 1986 r: clifford possum tjapaltjarri, australia; honey ant ceremony (detail), 1972

i love the patterns in indigenous art and the way that they used to represent different aspects of nature. some of the work that i saw in the gallery while in adelaide were amazing - painted directly onto bark, board, tree stumps, metal - with the most gorgeous textures. there is more to australian indigenous art then just dot paintings and i got to see some of this amazing art! i want to see more now!

fred williams, australia; you yangs pond, 1963

fred williams is one of my favourite australian artists. i love the way that he portrays the australian landscape with such beautiful colours, textures and perspectives.

dusan marek, australia; equator, 1948

dusan marek is an artist that i had not heard of before visiting adelaide and although this is a rather unusual piece i couldn't resist including it here. the artist apparently painted it on the ship he travelled to australia on and when the got here they took this part of the wall down so he could keep it! it is double sided - painting on one side and a mirror or something on the other (only one side was on display). i love the way the everyday objects have been distorted so you have to look twice at it! unusual, but beautiful!