Blue Bird

Blue Bird, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

Here's a little something new for this blog...its been a bit lonely and quiet over here for a while...rest assured most of the good stuff is on the typepad
http://lostaussie.typepad.com

Faces of Eve

Faces of Eve, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

In the small quiet hours of the night making Whooppee with Photoshop is OH so much fun!

Tomorrow's journey

Tomorrow's journey, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

A page from my digital journal.

The Beginning

The Beginning, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

I was playing with my new rubber stamp designs and liked the way this saying worked. It was one that a friend of mine, Janice passed along. Good thought huh?

There's not much left growing in the garden after the hot hot days we have had of late. A couple of Black Eyed Suzie type daisies have managed to survive both the bugs and the heat.
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Hiding out of the hot summer sun is our Precious Pooch...and yep, Precious is her real name. She's got one paw out waving to David!
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Walking on Sunshine...one of my favourite songs. This piece was created from a base of water colour paper that had been used as paint waste from another project.
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Promises that dont fade

My son is doing a poetry project at school and I was asked by his teacher to help with it, but unfortunately I was not able to at the time. However, in the spirit of things, I share a poem that I wrote for my two sons a few years ago..

A Mother's Promise
I feel your small hand
clasped in mine
tight and trusting
that I will lead you
upon life's path
sure and true
but I cannot promise
where it will take you
only that..
for as long as I am able
I will watch over you
and love you
keeping your travels
along life's unpredictable road
as smooth and calm as I can
shield you from pain and
sorrow along your way
share your moments of joy
and laughter
and show you how to love...
so that the light that shines
in your eyes
and glows in your heart
will never be dimmed by
the tribulations of your journey
but keep you strong and
nurture you as you grow

this I promise....

MO, 2000 Copyright

Changing Rooms

In an effort to integrate my blog more effectively with my website I am moving the more artsy and Lost Aussie related stuff to a new site.
You can find me here at
http://lostaussie.typepad.com/

Revelations will stay open for business but you might need to bookmark both sites for future updates :-)

Ciao for now..

Feeling Groovy

Groovy Pic, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

I've recently become enthralled with Illustrator, as much as Photoshop and as I am also thoroughly "into" the retro look, playing with the Groovy flower thing seemed like a natural place to go.

I should be busy designing stamps, but there is something to be said for Flower Power and the enjoyment of being back in front of my own computer again.

London Walk

London Walk, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

Well I am back safe and sound in the Northern Hemisphere. Travelling is not much fun these days...

Anyway, despite all the recent dramas and some trepidation at visiting, I had a good time in London.
This is a composite of a few of the pics I took while I was there.

Amity Angel

Amity Angel, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

This is the helm piece on the Brig Amity by the foreshore in Ablany. She is really rather lovely...probably has a name. I'll have to find out.

Boys - Albany

Boys - Albany, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

Sunday Afternoon

Sunday Afternoon, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

Enjoying the last of a sunny day with the boys down by the Brig Amity.
They go back to school this week and I will be heading back to the other side of the world - yep..sniff sniff.

Classified View

Classified View, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

And here's another... this one though seems to speak to me of London and my contemplations at being there sometime next week.

Altered Vision

Altered Vision, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

When I can snag five consecutive minutes on my son's computer I can feed the pixel fever. I dont think there is anything deep and meaningful in the recent uploads with heads floating about the place - though you never know!!

Dad and the boys

Dad and the boys, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

A pic I took this morning...proud Grandpa and his boys.

View from the Lake

View from the Lake, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

Sunset on Lake Joondalup which is a stone's throw from our house in Perth.

Up a Gum Tree

Up a Gum Tree, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

The photo's of a tree snapped in the middle of Perth city a couple of days ago. I've Photoshopped it to change the colours and contrasts just for fun, but the orginal was taken on a clear blue sky day in the middle of winter. I've no idea why it has no leaves, as it seems to have the skin of a gum tree - strange but true.

Painted Lady

Painted Lady, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

Ages ago I painted a whole bunch of smeary background stuff. Today I scanned it into the puter and used it to cut and paste fill the face.

Growth

Growth, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

The first day in ages where I did not have to rush off and do anything and it was wet and rainy enough for me to be content to stay indoors and "create" something.

The Lost Soul

The Lost Soul, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

A digital collage.

The Pink Postcard Series

The Pink Postcard Series, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

I finally got around to scanning these. I made them when I was messing around the other night - hiding from seven noisy boys having a sleepover. I took refuge in the dining room and made a few postcards with whatever I could put my hands on without venturing into their space. I am not sure that my little 20year old sewing machine was that thrilled about chewing through paper, but it did it anyway!

Morning over the Kalgan

Morning over the Kalgan, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

This picture is taken a few minutes away from where the boy's school is situated, overlooking Oyster Harbour and from the banks of the Kalgan River.

Middleton Beach

Middleton Beach, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

Walking on Sunshine!!...
Five minutes from my house and I am in heaven!...or my earthly version of it.

Spikey Wildlife

Spikey Wildlife, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

A spikey something growing on the path that leads around the beach..seas to the South Pole in the distance.

Contemplation

Contemplation, originally uploaded by lostaussie.

Facing Eve

Facing Eve
Originally uploaded by lostaussie.

Rainy day digital art play using some bits taken off a stock photo site. Not very thrilling, but it will do for now.

I had high hopes of doing something creative and mindboggling today, but that did not happen. I am not sure where the day went, but somehow inbetween breakfast and dinner it disappeared.

and...the ''eternal muse" seems to be taking her time to wake up. I have a lot of ideas in my head, but none that really want to some out on paper.

I think I am still going through personal PC withdrawl.

Dream Universe

Dream Universe
Originally uploaded by lostaussie.

Well I have not disappeared off the planet, merely changed perspectives and am now writing from my cozy work room all the way 'downunder'.

Since I dont have all my software or regular PC, this is a bit of an experiment in getting artwork posted to my Blog. Flikr seems to do the trick and I dont have to install more software on my dear son's new 'puter which is a good thing.

It was lovely and sunny today. The first break from rainy wet stuff more or less since I got here. The change was nice and so was not having to wash or dry the complete school outfits of two small men overnight.

I dont think we will be quite so lucky with the sunshine tomorrow. Well off to bed said "Zeberdee" (for those of you who ever watched the Magic Roundabout)!

Well I could not very well update the blog without a new piece of digital art.
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Playing with some of my old vintage photos the other night and instead of my usual pixels and paper, decided to push the sewing maching into action and popped this fella onto some canvas. He is now nicely framed in a 14"x11" and hanging on my wall.
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This is the page that I have done for a Skinny Book swap with the UK Art-E-Zine crowd.
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"Vigilance"

I love playing in black and white mode.
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"Doing the Warhol Thing" - this is a compilation of Trading Cards I have made for a swap with a Warhol theme.
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One of my "end of the day" pages.
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Clearing up the Scraps

One of the last things I usually do each night is tear up a piece of watercolour paper and make a collage of whatever seems readily available. There is not much thought or planning involved with these pieces, they are just serendipitous.... and no, I am not aware of any particular deep, subliminal or otherwise motivation behind the pages..they are just night night journal and close my day.

These are two more. I think I only needed to make six, but got carried away, as usual!
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Today I've been working on a bunch of Trading Cards for an Art-E-Zine swap with a numbers theme.
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Art For The Day

Some days it works and all hail to the muse when it does!

I finished a bunch of trading cards for a Grunge theme today. I also got around to taking a picture of the latest piece of assemblage that I finished a few days ago. It looks a whole lot better in the shadow box that it lives in, but you get the idea.

I also fiddled a bit with new pics for the website. I have only loaded a new face page, the rest will come in time.

...stay tuned!

Beauty in the spotlight. Yet another Trading Card piece for a swap.
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Trading card for a Grunge themed swap.
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Grunge and numbers for a Trading Card Swap.
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A new assemblage piece.
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The third piece in the Vintage Grunge series.
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Fruit or frustration

I worked for ages tonight on a new vintage grunge piece. Turned around to play with a new something and hit the wrong save-as button and lost it all!! Grrr! Not often that I do that, but it really bites when it happens! I should have just gone back and re-done it while it was fresh in my mind, instead I went and fiddled with other stuff, created three more collages and ended up not being satisfied with anything much.

Time for bed!

I guess this rather sums it all up!
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Vintage Grunge #2
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Impulse V Compulsion

There's a list of "things to do" on my desk some of which I am fairly well compelled to do. Then there is the mountain of ideas which spark the impuslive moments of creativity.

Without too much aforethought I concocted a digital label for a collaborative CD music project that I am working on (nope you cant see that! :-) ). I finished yet another 3D assemblage piece which I will take pictures of when it's dry and standable uppable! And lastly, but not least, finished #2 in my series of Vintage Grunge.

Although I was compelled to do some laundry, I think the impulsive side won out yet again.
Who is surprised? Not me.
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Vintage Grunge Part I
I'm working on a series of Vingtage "grunge" style pieces. I've hundreds of these gorgeous old cabinet photos and they rather beg to have something funky and not quite so "expected" done with them.
Stay tuned..
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"Life in the fast lane"
One of my recent collage pages. Frequently created last thing at night with the detritus left on my desk at the end of the day. Very serendipitous and spontaneous - amazing what comes out though!
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Thinking of my two sons who are far away. I miss them, love them, but know they are in a good place.
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"Beyond The Sea"

24" x 36" canvas - created with collaged papers and acrylic paints.
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Focus!! What focus?

Seems that each day (or night) dawns with a wealth of ideas buzzing around in my head. Each and every one vying for first place on the "to do" list. Having played around with assemblage, fabric and digital art pieces already this week, the new compulsion has been to create a couple of large pieces. To that end I have spent the last two days working on canvases that are 24x36" and 24x48" respectively.
The first one is pretty well finished. The second one is well on the way and is at present drying outside in the Carolina sunshine.
I wonder what particular fascination tomorrow will bring?

Digital Therapy

Time for bed. Nothing like a bit of digital therapy to soothe the soul before you go to sleep. I love the challenge of mixing and matching images. It's almost the reverse of doing a jigsaw puzzle as you create the work out of pieces, but it is you who has to find the base images to work with and you have no idea what the picture will turn out like until it's finished (for me anyway). Very soothing as I really think of nothing else until the last pixel is pushed into place.

Ciao for today.
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The joy of mixing media. Paper and pastel collage scanned into photoshop and manipulated. The best of all worlds.
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I am attempting to do the 'assemblage" thing. You can probably find ten good friends who will say that I dont "do" this...but perhaps I do now.
This was the first in a number of three that I did over the weekend. Perhaps my new passion will be sourcing wellpriced junk to add to my already burgeoning collection of doodads!
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Sometimes it seems as if only a portion of you is ever there. Where the rest goes is anyone's guess.