Christmas Day

The altar after the service in Thorpdale.

Atekumbo begins

This the beginning of Atekumbo. It's on rabbit skin glue sized box board with a bit of whiting, what I had around, in a second coat of sizing. I've transferred a drawing onto the surface and plan to pencil in some tone. In the new year? I like the look of it now. What will I make of it when put paint on it? 

Tullycavan

Today I drove to Tullycavan to work. It was a lovely day for work, not too hot. I finally got the boundary fence, that had been broken by a falling tree, back together. It is a sort of temporary job though because the tree is too big for me to cut up, so the fence dodges under a branch, eventually the tree will fall apart and affect the fence again. I enjoyed the work though, riffling through my mind to work out the best way to approach the fixing. After the satisfaction of the work I enjoyed the drive home along the Grand Ridge road to Mirboo North then to Thorpdale and Trafalgar. The hills look lovely in the early summer green. I drove home at sedate pace with the window down and a Neil Young playing enjoying the curving left and right.

It's Advent

It's Advent and pretty busy with the celebrations of the end of the year for organisations and community carols. These have gone well, but supporting Athena in the background wears me out. In Thorpdale the music was provided by a family band. They were very good. They are leaving the district and going back to Melbourne for their children's education. Leavings and partings add complexity to life with the change and adaptation. I suppose the trick is to grow through the process. Coming up are the Christmas services.

Painting

Shapes and colours dancing. Trying to live. Where will they go? What will be their stasis?

With Aderine I keep looking and well I need to keep looking.

Cleaning up palettes after a kids program

Aderine, drawings & anonymous

Aderine close to stasis now.

Adeyn begins its journey

4 drawings