by Andy Dolphin | Aug 27, 2016 | 400-day clock, controversy, digital art, news
My apologies for all the political cartoons lately. If you’re not into politics, then please bear with me while I get this out of my system. It has been announced this week that our already-slow NBN is to be scaled back even further. This is apparently because,...
by Andy Dolphin | May 14, 2014 | caricature, controversy, digital art, news
I think this pretty much sums up community sentiment from last night’s federal budget.Joe Hockey Digital caricature. Original 1700x2060px© 2014, Andy DolphinThis was a relative “quickie”, taking a little under three hours from start to finish. I...
by Andy Dolphin | Dec 9, 2013 | controversy, digital art, news
If you’re into digital art, and if you haven’t been hiding in a cave for the last week, you will have seen the hyper-realistic “finger painting” of actor Morgan Freeman.Apparently artist Kyle Lambert, using Procreate software, created a...
by Andy Dolphin | May 11, 2013 | controversy, news
Photo by Karleen Minney, sourced from the Canberra TimesOn Saturday, the ACT (Canberra) government unveiled and unleashed Tit Whale, “a 23m-high, 34m-wide hot air balloon resembling a whale-like creature”.Made in the UK, the inflated leviathan, officially...
by Andy Dolphin | Apr 8, 2013 | controversy, exhibition, news
Withdrawn in protest:Jason Wooldridge’s popular whale sculptureThe saga surrounding the controversial decision not to award a prize in the 3D category of the Great Southern Art Award continues.Two artists with entries in that category have spoken out publicly....
by Andy Dolphin | Apr 4, 2013 | about, art scams, controversy, news
When I began this blog I resolved to stay away from controversial issues. But it’s not in my nature to bite my lip. The dam might finally have busted.Consider this a follow-up to my article on controversy in art. It is, in that regard, my second contribution to...
