...... on making a living

This is Angela's family. Well not actually her family, my little interpretation of her family.
5 kids. Just like me. She must be crazy too.
Or maybe that's what life is really about.
A household of precious children teaches one to balance issues, prioritize jobs, think beyond oneself ..... and beyond one's own life and into the next generation.

So how do I feed the crowd ... (you'd think it would be easy now as they are one by one choosing partners and flying the coop .... but they come home in couples now!)
Forget making a living from the "art".

Little dolls is my guilty pleasure.
and "Etsy" is my online shop.
You can click on either of the two shops at the right of this page if there's anything you want to see close up.

Here is the latest addition to my little etsy shop

...on introspection and indulgence

...here is my first anti-introspection entry.

Meet my friend Jenny...
Ceramist, (and I think, closet goth ) maker of extraordinary sculptural goddesses, gargoyles and other beings. Oh, and grower of pistachio trees.



A wander through her forested property and over the bridge brings us to her studio crammed full of works in progress.



Did I mention that she sees dead things. oops, I mean collects dead things.
Bones, skulls, mummified animals and other bits and pieces.



..... and is about to plant and graft 1800 pistachio seedlings and works on huge ceramic and mosaic murals and pathways. and has a bunch of adult kids . and a fella. whew.
She says its ok to put her email address here in the event of galleries and collectors rushing to buy her out. jenny_odea@yahoo.com.au no spam please.


Now back to introspection.
I finished the big collage
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and a detail.....




its now called "entangled among the delusions of understanding. You figure it out.

I'm going to make some little dolls now.
Great art never put food on the table.

on working to a deadline...

The wonderful thing about a deadline, is, that until the actual due date, you can keep saying there is still time....
so here I am procrastinating again.
.... but the deadline is 3 days away.
The piece is for the Blake Prize exhibition. (They've rejected my last 2 entries)


This is what the new piece (still untitled) looked like 2 weeks ago....

and a week ago... (I think its called "the delusions of understanding..")



..and this is where its at now.
I think its now called "entangled in the delusions of understanding"

3 days to go and its probably halfway there.
I love deadlines.

.... on how to begin

Hmm, to start. I always said I would never be glued to a piece of technology.
Me, who wanted to create my environment from scratch.
I did try the permaculture garden bit.
The communal house bit.
The wander around the world bit.
The make my own bread and yogurt and clothes bit.
The breed a bunch of kids bit.

But here I am. A mac on my lap.

What has stuck, it seems is the need to live in a little haven of my own with the power to isolate myself at will.........
but also, the need to fill my life with wonderful people.

But to do it all just when I please.

The need, that is. The reality is always a little different.

So, I'll introduce myself with a bit of anonymity to start with.
And then, some of the wealth of other wonderful artists around this area and beyond.

Here I am.

and here is where I live.


and here is my cat. Feebie.




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and the wall of my studio