Handy Andy

I’ve just built myself a “custom-designed” computer/monitor stand for my new studio. I’m not much of a handy man (“Andy by name, not by nature”, some might say), but I’m pretty happy with the result.Built from some home-made...

Updating blog

I’m in the process of giving the blog a bit of a freshening up. So forgive me if things look a bit weird occasionally as the only way to properly test changes is to apply them.

New painting studio

One of the reasons I haven’t painted much for the last few months is that I’ve been trying to set up a new studio. The space I’m adapting is from an enclosed verandah that was here when we bought the house. Part of that room was demolished to make...

A little art history

We’re currently undergoing renovations at home, and I’ll hopefully end up with a dedicated studio space when it’s all done, but it is slowing me down a bit. Today I painted a lot, but it consisted of two coats of paint on a 40 square metre ceiling....

Ellis House Community Art Centre

The year was 1999 and at a tender 38 years of age, I joined the Bayswater Art Society. Since the early ’80s, I’d worked as an airbrush artist decorating custom painted vehicles, an illustrative signwriter painting massive murals on city buildings and...

Army Art 2010

Army Art is an annual charity art exhibition featuring the original works of invited artists from around WA. This year’s exhibition will be held at Leeuwin Barracks, Riverside Road, East Fremantle on Saturday and Sunday, 15th & 16th of August. All exhibited...