Salvage

So the tip shop exhibition has opened at the Judith Wright Centre in Brisbane. My finished tree is below. You can find out more about the exhibition and vote for your favourite (mine of course) at the link below:

Voting

Voting is open 27 May to 7 July, online, at the Judith Wright Centre exhibition, at Council’s tip shops or at Brisbane Square Library.

Salvage: Recycling Art Exhibition

See the artworks on display at the Salvage exhibition in The Judith Wright Centre between 27 May and 17 July 2016.

Where: 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

When:

·         10am-4pm Sunday-Thursdays

·         10am-7pm Fridays

·         2pm-6pm Saturdays

Free ‘floor walk’ tours of the exhibition

10am-12 noon every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the exhibition. No bookings needed, just drop in.

Free group tours available on request via tipshopart@brisbane.qld.gov.au

Tip Shop Art

Tomorrow is submission day for the tip shop art work I mentioned a few blog posts ago. I am allowed to start 'leaking' some photos but you will have to wait until the exhibition opens to see the finished result. So hopefully these pics will whet your apetite and make you vote for my creation when the time arrives!

                           

Dragons

We have a lot of water dragons here...they often take a dip in the pool or sun themselves on the deck. The blackboard at the front of the estate currently says 'Watch out for water dragons', presumably because they have a penchant for sunning themselves on the road. But if you weren't from around here, you could be forgiven for thinking you may be accosted by the cousin of the frightening fire-breathing dragon emerging from the forest to douse you in water. This little dude, perched in the pitcher plant is yet to grow his wings. Watch out when he does.

A painting

Back to work on Monday and the picture below is really the only completed artwork for the holidays - one I did in a day. Still, keeps my hand in. And a bit of therapy. I have uploaded some images to a couple of pinterest pages, too, if you'd like to have a look. They are at Ann's Objects and Sculptures and Ann's 2D work.

Tip Shop Art Start

So, have visited the Tip Shop and these are the bits I have selected with which to make my piece of work. So far, so good!

Also, if you want to see what they have put on the official website so far, here is the link.

Short term plans

I've been slugging away, waiting for the busyness to slow down a bit but three weeks out from Christmas it is still not letting up. One of my Masters Supervisors has contacted me about starting my PhD next year, so now I am busy trying to write a half decent research proposal and have it in prior to Christmas. On the up side, with some news that hard work is paying off, I have been selected as a finalist in the BCCs recycled art comp which culminates in April next year. Web link below:

Recylcing Art Competition

Local Wildlife

Been having lots of encounters with the locals, particularly of the avian persuasian, although have officially sighted the first koala in one of the trees near the creek. There are so many  birds, particularly little ones: variegated fairy wrens (managed to get a pic below), yellow robins, treecreepers, spangled drongos, lewin's honeyeaters etc. The last couple of nights I have been joined at dusk by a couple of kingfishers catching insects in the lawn from their perch on the back fence. Delightful.