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Australian born artist Anthony Lister is showing at the Lyons Wier Gallery in New York City from March 19 through to April 19. A lot of my favorite artists are painters that never really give up using the pencil (line). Painterly paintings are good but so are paintings that look like drawings. I guess I [...]

I’m really good at making lists. I’m a list person. Without lists I watch too much tv, surf the web, or read too much. I create lists that are too ambitious as I rarely ever complete the jobs on them. Which in some ways shows the masochist in me as I know I’m setting myself [...]

Spencer Tunick has encouraged 5000 Australians to get naked and pose on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. That’s not my white bum on the bottom left of the image as I chose not to scare the locals. I’m not much of a morning person either. From the Sydney Morning Herald.. “The official name [...]

I like discovering interesting artists that I have never heard of before. French artist Bernard Lorjou (1908-1986) is one of them. I still don’t know much about him but I like his work. Bernard Lorjou – Bull and Bullfighter (The Friends) Bernard Lorjou – The Jazz Pianist Bernard Lorjou – Circus Horse on Hind Legs [...]

“Procrastination refers to the deferment of actions or tasks to a later time. Psychologists often cite such behavior as a mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated with starting and/or completing any task or decision. There are three criteria for a behavior to be classified as procrastination: it must be counterproductive, needless, and delaying. Procrastination [...]

Happy holidays!Don’t eat or drink too much. RelaxDion The santa painting was stolen here. Read the original post on the Art News Blog

The good thing about those pathetic art scammers has been that their story never changes. They’re moving from place A to place B, they need some of your wonderful art to hang in their new home, and for some strange reason the stupid woman is always pregnant (God help the world if these people do [...]

Probably the best exhibition I have seen in Australia (coming from a fan of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cezanne). Masterpieces from Paris has 9 Paul Gauguins, 7 Van Goghs and 8 Cezannes. So it’s more than one or two good paintings thrown in with a bunch of weaker paintings like the usual “blockbuster” exhibition. [...]

Since discovering the iPod I now rarely listen to whole albums while I paint as I just create play lists to suit my mood. But some albums just play well all the way through so I still use them in the studio. Here’s Ten albums that have kept me company during the completion of a [...]

Here’s some quotes by fellow Australian artist Leith O’Malley, from an interview here at Art and Art Ed. “Remember there are not better artists, just better publicists!”Leith O’Malley “When I am creating art… I have a real sense of excitement and even enlightenment. Just me and the work. It’s still there when a painting is [...]