Category Archives: journal
Beach Patterns
And in my wanderings, I remembered these two archetypal beach scenes.
Sol LeWitt PhotoGrids
The logic of the serial image was the important thing to me
Prince Henry’s
I took these photos of the Prince Henry’s Hospital and Nurses Home before it was demolished in 1994 to make way for the Bates Smart designed Melburnian apartments.
Prince Henry’s
I took these photos of the Prince Henry’s Hospital and Nurses Home before it was demolished in 1994 to make way for the Bates Smart designed Melburnian apartments.
Crosses to Bear
Looking at some old Art Network magazines from the 1980s and came across this dramatic Linda Marrinon painting. | Linda Marrinon, What I Must Bear, 1982 | Line up for your punishment ladies. Julia Ritson
Crosses to Bear
Looking at some old Art Network magazines from the 1980s and came across this dramatic Linda Marrinon painting. | Linda Marrinon, What I Must Bear, 1982 | Line up for your punishment ladies. Julia Ritson
Serial Suprematist
Stef studying the subtleties of Nixon’s Black cross painted in 1992.
Shakespeare Gentleman Illustrator
The first Shakespeare Penguin titles appeared in 1940. They were designed by the steadfast classicist Jan Tschichold. By the late 1960s the series was looking dated. Penguin was trying to be less literal and more cerebral, and designer Germano Facetti had
Shakespeare Gentleman Illustrator
The first Shakespeare Penguin titles appeared in 1940. They were designed by the steadfast classicist Jan Tschichold. By the late 1960s the series was looking dated. Penguin was trying to be less literal and more cerebral, and designer Germano Facetti had
When Text is Enough
When the time came for Paul Auster’s Penguin books to be redesigned, he asked the art director to consider using a typographical rather than image based approach.
When Text is Enough
When the time came for Paul Auster’s Penguin books to be redesigned, he asked the art director to consider using a typographical rather than image based approach.
Atmospheric Content
“The pictorial idea, be it drawing, collage or photograph, will indicate the atmospheric content of the book.”
Atmospheric Content
“The pictorial idea, be it drawing, collage or photograph, will indicate the atmospheric content of the book.”
50 Shades of White
I’m noticing a trend in book design. Many shades of white.
Middlemarch Winter
“There is something in daubing a little one’s self, and having an idea of the process.”
Middlemarch Winter
“There is something in daubing a little one’s self, and having an idea of the process.”
Spooky Spirit
This little hoofed fellow is supposed to stop dead people coming out of their graves to interfere with the living.
Spooky Spirit
This little hoofed fellow is supposed to stop dead people coming out of their graves to interfere with the living.
Alfred and Uma
Most of the fabulousness of the National Gallery of Victoria can be attributed to Mr Alfred Felton.
Alfred and Uma
Most of the fabulousness of the National Gallery of Victoria can be attributed to Mr Alfred Felton.
Grains for the Dead
If the spirit of the ancestor is happy and peaceful then they will look after the living. So best to feed them lots of grain.
Grains for the Dead
If the spirit of the ancestor is happy and peaceful then they will look after the living. So best to feed them lots of grain.
Holding Art
Some lovely earthenware sculptures from the National Gallery of Victoria.
Cézanne and Kelly
‘The most pleasurable thing in the world for me is to see something and then translate how I see it.’
Cézanne and Kelly
‘The most pleasurable thing in the world for me is to see something and then translate how I see it.’
Cézanne Seeing
When Ellsworth Kelly was a young boy, he put a print of this chesnut tree painting of Cezanne’s on his wall.
Cézanne Seeing
When Ellsworth Kelly was a young boy, he put a print of this chesnut tree painting of Cezanne’s on his wall.
Sophie Tauber-Arp
‘The intrinsic decorative urge should not be eradicated, it is one of humankind’s deep-rooted, primordial urges.’
Sophie Tauber-Arp
‘The intrinsic decorative urge should not be eradicated, it is one of humankind’s deep-rooted, primordial urges.’
Godfrey Miller’s Counterpoint
‘Through the counterpoint of line and colour plane, the rhythmic themes and their inversions, we see the transmuted colour rhythms of the landscape shorn of superficiality.’
Godfrey Miller’s Counterpoint
‘Through the counterpoint of line and colour plane, the rhythmic themes and their inversions, we see the transmuted colour rhythms of the landscape shorn of superficiality.’
Godfrey Miller’s Counterspace
“If I had my time over again I would paint still life.”
Anchorite Godfrey Miller
From a vigorous, athletic boy to a reclusive painter.
Iona House Green
Iona House was surrounded by our busy dairy and potato farm.
Iona House Red and Blue
Iona House in all its glorious Kodak Instamatic colour
Iona House Features
In the black and white days of the Iona House at 2060 Main Drain Road, Iona, family and possessions were falling gently into place.
Iona House Features
In the black and white days of the Iona House at 2060 Main Drain Road, Iona, family and possessions were falling gently into place.
Iona House Family
I contacted architect John Davidson last week and he kindly corresponded with me about the “Carlowrie” house at Iona.
Iona House Family
I contacted architect John Davidson last week and he kindly corresponded with me about the “Carlowrie” house at Iona.
Iona House Beginnings
As the grand-daughter of a Koo-We-Rup East Iona pioneer, my mother Hayden Ritson (Kavanagh) inherited all sorts of land around Iona. In the late 1950s, my parents decided to build a brand new house in the modern style. It would
Iona House Beginnings
As the grand-daughter of a Koo-We-Rup East Iona pioneer, my mother Hayden Ritson (Kavanagh) inherited all sorts of land around Iona. In the late 1950s, my parents decided to build a brand new house in the modern style. It would
Kavanagh and Featherstone
My great-grandparents, Owen Kavanagh and Catherine Featherstone, were early pioneers of Iona.
Kavanagh and Featherstone
My great-grandparents, Owen Kavanagh and Catherine Featherstone, were early pioneers of Iona.
Fitzpatrick’s Drouin
Photographer Jim Fitzpatrick was an official war photographer for the Australian Information Service.
Fitzpatrick’s Drouin
Photographer Jim Fitzpatrick was an official war photographer for the Australian Information Service.
Lina Bryans Richmond
Lina Bryans met a lovely architect Alex Jelinek in the 1950s and found a really large house at 39 Erin Street, Richmond.
Lina Bryans Richmond
Lina Bryans met a lovely architect Alex Jelinek in the 1950s and found a really large house at 39 Erin Street, Richmond.
