Well, while wishing everyone a Happy New Year, it has to be said that  2013 does not augur  well for the future of the Arts in NSW.

I refer everybody to Elizabeth Farrelly's excellent article in the Sydney Morning Herald

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/the-colour-of-money-is-ruining-art-20121226-2bw9h.html

which expresses, much more elequently than I can, what 2013 holds in store for the art world after the totally draconian withdrawal of funding for the arts in TAFE, sanctioned by our new premier Barry O'farrell
 
I'll just confine myself to a quick preview of my new project, a contemporary Australian take on the UK TV satire Spitting Images, and, with our politicians, God knows they deserve it. So here is my current take on public enemy number one.

Barry is currently in unfired clay but I am hoping to cast him in some light material so that I can utilise him as part of the next TAFE protest demonstration. 

"Udderly Unique"

My latest sculpture, which I have entitled Udderly Unique, on display as part of the Meadowmorphosis exhibition, currently on at the Sydney Gallery School, Meadowbank TAFE.

 

 

Festivus at Pop goes the Easel

Festivus, the Christmas exhibition at Pop goes the Easel Gallery, opened last night. Here is the invitation, featuring my Hung Parliament, reinvented in a more festive spirit by Lyndsey!

 

And here are the subjests in a less digitally modified state:)

 

 

New subject matter:)

Inspired by my contribution to the book we made in Printmaking entitled "Means of Support" above, I decided to rework her in clay.

 

I'm calling her Hippotissimo (or should that be Hippotissima) She has already gone to a good home:) I think this might be the start of a new series of works. I'm currently working on a corsetted cow. Watch this space!

A couple of pictures of my "Mad Katter", my entry in the Hornsby Art Prize, delivered today!

 

 

Get it?

 

Thought I'd post some pictures of some of my works currently on exhibition at the Pop Goes The Easel gallery in Epping.

 

"Rabbit Food"

 

 

"Rabbit au Toilette"

 

 

"The White Rabbit"

 

 

"English Hot Dog"

 

Also on display at the See Street Gallery, Meadowbank TAFE

 

 

"Who, me?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thought it was about time I updated the pictures of me on my home page when I realised that one of the old photos was taken in 2002!!!
As proof that the current photo is recent, here is the unedited version of me in front of my figure of Ginger Meggs at Hornsby Art Society's exhibition as part of Heritage Week earlier this year.