30 Day Project

I've decided to take part in the 30 Day Project - I seem to be signing up for a lot of things right now. It must be winter.

From their press release,
"Creative people often have the luxury of being able to do anything but just as
often end up doing nothing. Thirty Days Project is thirty deadlines; finish a piece
of creative work by then end of each day.
Tasks expand to fill the time allotted to them, and this is especially true of the
tasks of every-day life. For too many of us minor necessities expand to fill the
hours of the day at the expense of creative endeavours.
Creativity, however, often responds well to a little external pressure. More
precisely, the pressure of a deadline “encourages” decisions to be made which in
turn allow creativity to flow unimpeded.
Thirty Days turns on the pressure with thirty daily deadlines. Each deadline
forces the artist to choose a subject, an approach and a tool and create
something by the end of the day."
Well said I say.

The Space Between Us

Illustration Friday - Safari

Playing with digital illustration, quite different to my norm! I think that's why I love Illo Friday - you can mess about and experiment with your usual style, with a random topic, and share with friendly internet folk.

Illo Friday - Beginnings

You know when life throws punches at you over and over and you realise perhaps, I need to do something different?

I drew this for a pal as she faces some new beginnings (and some major endings) after facing quite a few punches over the last few years. You can duck and weave, but sometimes you have to hop off the course and try something completely beautifully new.

One beginning we are going to do together is meditation class. That shall be grand. The rest, she will be doing on her own, and it will be hard I'm sure. But transformative, as all change is.

Mona - Hobart and General Visual and Foodie Fun

WOWOWOWWWw I just got back from 3 lovely days in Hobart... Small city of fresh air, fine art, good coffee, cheap delicious food and... MONA! Which blew my brain. How exciting that there are people in the world willing to invest their millions into a vision like the Museum of Old and New Art - so much inspiration, it felt like a celebration of life and art and humanity. These words won't capture it, and neither will a few photos from my phone, but check out some better coverage here and here.