Category: Journal

• Cloud Lock

  

  Yuan master Huang Gongwang from the 14th century said: In painting there are four qualities that must be absolutely expelled: perversity, sweetness, vulgarity, and derivativeness.

  2011-12-01

• Ornaments of Sky and Earth

  Clouds are the ornaments of sky and earth, the embroidery of mountains and streams. They may move as swiftly as horses. They may seem to strike a mountain with such force that one almost hears the sounds of the impact. Such is the nature (spirit and structural integration) of clouds. Again from The Mustard Seed…

  2011-11-30

• Correct Rocks

  

  In the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting there are 90 ways to paint a rock.

  2011-11-29

• Harmony of Heaven and Earth

  

  My high school art teacher wasn’t interested in Australian art.

  2011-11-28

• Gwyn Hanssen Pigott

  

  While I was looking at the Chinese pieces at the National Gallery of Victoria, I couldn’t help but think about Gwyn Hanssen Pigott.

  2011-11-25

• Pink Beauties

  

  A couple of wine cups from the British Museum.

  2011-11-24

• The Sound of Jade

  

  Another stunning piece from the National Gallery of Victoria.

  2011-11-23

• Understated Yue and Jun Ware

  

  More from the wonderful collection of Chinese art at the National Gallery of Victoria.

  2011-11-22

• Spirited Utensils

  

  We can thank Herbert Wade Kent for the excellent collection of Chinese art at the National Gallery of Victoria.

  2011-11-21

• Know your subject and paint your knowledge – Margaret Preston

  

  Flannel flowers are one of my favourite flowers.

  2011-11-18

• Colour is the emblem of change – Margaret Preston

  

  This painting is the reason I have a fascination with the decorative Margaret Preston.

  2011-11-17

• Coming right at you – Margaret Preston

  

  A picture that is meant to fill a certain space should decorate that space.

  2011-11-16

• Full license in colour – Margaret Preston

  

  I suppose Margaret Preston would have seen Pierre Bonnard’s work when she was in Europe.

  2011-11-15

• Colour is an extravagance of the mind – Margaret Preston

  

  I’ve been trying to work through my obsession with Australian painter Margaret Preston’s early still lives.

  2011-11-14

• Casual Friday

  

  Australian Wool Board’s Golden Ram Awards, 1971, Mike Treloar

  2011-11-11

• Bad Moon Rising in the 80s

  

  Dave Mason and The Reels created a beautiful version of John Fogerty’s 1969 song in 1988.

  2011-11-10

• Wool in Peking

  

  Vogue Australia was one of the first fashion magazines given permission to shoot in Peking. It was 1981.

  2011-11-09

• Talbot’s Sheep

  

  Imagine the brief from the Australian Wool Board. Women and Sheep.

  2011-11-08

• Trees and Women

  

  I’ve been thinking about sheep.

  2011-11-07

• WEP Commentary on Melbourne Cup

  

  William Edwin Pidgeon (WEP) created the first dummy for The Australian Women’s Weekly in 1933.

  2011-11-04