This is a small painting of one of my favourite images; an origami paper crane.
I love that one single sheet of paper can be folded to create something so beautiful... and of course the story of 1000 paper cranes is such a powerful story. I was lucky to enough to visit Hiroshima and see literally millions of paper cranes made by people the world over in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
I actually have a line drawing of an origami paper crane as a tattoo on my neck. Everyone knows tattoo's are tough and mine which represents Japanese paper craft is a great way to show how tough I am. ;)
This painting is acrylic on canvas - 32cm x 32cm.
 | School Camp. These boys were a little obsessed with collecting shells on the beach and were quite proud of their collection. This painting was made using gouache on paper. I still don't think it's quite finished, but this is a studio blog so I put up unfinished works as well... I guess whenever I call it finished it can be! |
Life drawing is one of the biggest challenges and I love the intensity of drawing as much as you can in a limited time frame. Plus you have the added pressure of knowing people will wander around and look at each others work in the break. If that's not enough, the model will also come and check out your work, so I always hope I don't offend them!
Recently I found an untutored life drawing class (which out in the 'burbs is hard to find!). I am the youngest by about 40 years I think. Their wealth of knowledge is intimidating, but they are very helpful and encouraging which is always nice.
Anyway this charcoal pencil drawing is a little on the German Expressionist side, I must have been influenced by the exhib at the NGV!
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