I Like This: Untitled (Red) 1956 MARK ROTHKO
When I go to the National Gallery of Victoria the paining I MUST see is Mark Rothko’s Red. When I go to the NGV I often end up in contemplation before Rothko’s Red. .
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The Art of Protesting
Like all theatre and performance art Protesting is a public display. To have a public display you require an audience and a narrative. It is as simple as mime, though for many cultures much less offensive.
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Pictures of you
There is never a time we should forget those that have sacrificed so we could have a better life. This artwork stands on the side of a Victorian country road.
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The Artist’s Muscle
Writing can be ten minutes of typing and two weeks thinking how to make those two paragraphs better. Writer and Director Taika Waititi has been recorded saying that looking at a screen and typing nothing for six hours and then closing the laptop is writing.
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Satire: Is it Ok to Use it Now?
In Mel Brooks musical, The Producers a plan is hatched. By putting the worlds worst script into production and embezzling the money raised.
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Delayed Dreams
How many dreams have you seen not come to fruition in the last few years?
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Van Gogh unlocked - how to step out. (Video)
What is striking is the degree of originality of the paintings crafted by the great masters.
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Renaissance
As I hold my four week old baby in my arms, I consider what it means to be "born again".
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NGV – The Picasso Century
There is little doubt that the twentieth centuries biggest name in art is Picasso. Wether Picasso is your favourite or not Picasso was consistently at the forefront of western art. A key figure who is still influencing artists today.
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Dedicated to Yoley
The older you get the higher the probability your friends will end their time on earth. How have you handled deaths in your life? Have the ones who have lived a longer life been easier to accept?
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Rain Storm - Tronson du Coudray
Dr Mark Tronson was the Australian cricket team chaplain for 17 years and when he relocated to Tweed Heads on December 2005 he initiated a season of professional art (painting under his historic family name – Tronson du Coudray).
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Colours - Tronson du Coudray
Dr Mark Tronson was the Australian cricket team chaplain for 17 years and when he relocated to Tweed Heads on December 2005 he initiated a season of professional art (painting under his historic family name – Tronson du Coudray).