I'm ready
Over the last few months I've been feeling that I want to pursue some exhibitions again. For a few reasons, this year I was relatively quiet with exhibiting...
Studio update: September
I know I've been a little inconsistent here, I've been mega busy with my day job and am currently on a trip in Vietnam which meant I had to spend a bunch of...
You can't have it all
Recently, I've been day dreaming about buying a retail shop and having a bookstore for Tall Poppy Press, a little studio and then a space for food/drink....
Retail
When I work a book fair, I'm working retail. At a book fair, I have a table, I set up and display the books and posters, etc I have for sale and then as...
What is sustainable?
I don't mean what does the word mean, I mean what ACTIONS and LIVES are sustainable. In my day job, I run a program for University students about...
Overseas
While, in general, I roll my eyes when someone talks about the pandemic, I wanted to start this email with the qualifier that the change I'm writing about...
Studio Update: July/August
Hello everyone, It's going to be a hectic few months for me so I wanted to give a bit of a studio update a cheeky apology for likely being a bit absent over...
A haven or a prison?
Over the last five years I've spent a lot of time at wildlife sanctuaries of various descriptions, often visiting expressly to photograph an animal I don't...
Art/Money #3 - am/am not
Apologies up front - this is a rambly one and sort of covers a lot of ground without doing very much. As an artist, if you want to make a living, you can...
Art/Money #2 - Audience monopolies
Before we dive into art and money #2, I wanted to share three points of context: When I started this newsletter, there was a pervasive sense that Instagram...
Twenty five dollars
of the financial year here in Australia, which is a time a lot of people dread, find boring or forget about, but I really like. It's an odd thing, I...
Studio update: June
This is the second email I'm sending about what I'm working on. I don't know if this is interesting - though a few folks did get back to me after the first...
Everything has its season
Everything has its season is something I say a lot, to me it means acknowledging that there's a time for effort, a time for rest, a time for beginnings and a...
Grabbing the bull by the horns
A few months ago I had 4 weeks off from work and spent that time making new art and doing publishing things. Since that time something I've been wondering is...
Craft
There's a gallery I visit once a month or so near where I live and work. I like the guys that run it and like their shows and sense of play with the work...
Metrics/Measures
I don't quite know if everyone is like me in this way, so apologies if it's a little weird. Something that I find very motivating and de-stressing is knowing...
Nature doesn't move in straight lines and neither do I
At some point while I was in University I decided that I wanted to get into growing food. I really cannot remember exactly why, but I think I was reading a...
Studio Update: May
I wanted to make these a monthly thing as I hope updating people about what I'm working on is interesting. I always find the behind the scenes look at other...
Posters
I've become pretty interested in posters recently. I think I'm drawn to the way they are both very creative and very commercial. The more I do things as a...
Caffeine
So I don't really drink caffeine. Not out of any particular health ideals, but just because most things with caffeine in them are bitter (coffee, tea) or...