FRUSTRATED ARTIST

 Salvador Dali would have to be one of my favourite artist because of his flamboyancy. Born May 11th 1904, died on January 23rd 1989, a Taurus just like my self. He was a draftsman first,

 A little bit of trivia for the day. Salvador Dali would have to be one of my favourite artist, his flamboyancy and the way his brain worked to create his works appeal to me. Born May 11th 1904, died on January 23rd 1989, a Taurus just like my self. Dali a draftsman first, produce this painting The Persistence Of Dreaming in 1931'  As Dawn Ades wrote, "The soft watches are an unconscious symbol of the relativity of space and time, a Surrealist meditation on the collapse of our notions of a fixed cosmic order". [3]   This interpretation suggests that Dalí was incorporating an understanding of the world introduced by  Albert Einstein 's  Special Theory of Relativity . Asked by  Ilya Prigogine  whether this was in fact the case, Dalí replied that the soft watches were not inspired by the theory of relativity, but by the surrealist perception of a  Camembert cheese  melting in the sun It is possible to recognize a human figure in the middle of the composition, in

Hi bloggers,  If you are ever looking for a chocolate fix while working go get a stash of yummy chocolate at the Chocolatiers in Healsville on the corner of Old Healsville Rd and Melton hwy.  My daughter and l went there yesterday and had a yummy lunch and sat out on the balcony over looking nature in its finest. We had a pumpkin, spinach and feta cheese pizza, topped off with a hot chocolate drink, served with a creamy pure chocolate in a shot glass, divine.  So of cause no art was done yesterday, will have to get my bum into gear or it will be the 25th before l know it.

Hi fellow Bloggers l am so sorry l have not written anything, but have had a few health and emotional issues and probable will again. l am sitting in my studio next to the window listen to the birds and the traffic with a cool breeze blowing on me. l very much enjoy the simple things in life. l am thinking very deeply about a video l just watched. It was a speaker by the name of Anita Moorjani and it was called 'Dying To Be Me', it was truly inspiring and made you think about are we true to our selves, or are we just pretending to be someone else. l am going through a life change trying to heal my mind and body so this is part of the reason l have not been blogging. Have taken a few photos, not been painting much, but l have painted some for Christmas, still trying to get my head around an idea which was in my earlier blogs but  that may change. here are a few of my shots hope you like them. There are a few more of these shots, 'The Posers Travels' As the moon

Hi Bloggers, Thank god it is payday tomorrow, have been so frustrated, hence my blog The frustrated Artist. A majority of us artist as you know are always broke. I am one of them, and as l am on a pension  my money only stretches so far. l have this l idea that l have been busting to start and tomorrow l can buy the stuff l need. Yeah shopping, rent, tomorrow pick up some chairs by thusrs day or friday l wil start my project

Hi Bloggers When you were a kid did you ever collect and play marbles, l did and still have them.  Like l said always researching just to write down ideas etc. plus its fun. So l decided to find out when marbles actually started and were they made of glass. Did you know that marbles have been found in prehistoric times in mexico. they were made of clay, how cool is that. So here is a bit of info if you are interested on the history of marbles.  http://www.imarbles.com/historyofmarbles.php . The beautiful glass one started around 1920s. Did you know there is a Museum of Marbles in Ohio US. Now we have collectors, You can collect these exquisite marbles  starting at approx $29 Here are a few  http://www.landofmarbles.com/carl-fisher.html .  Getting back to work now talk later and have a fantastic day. Vic

Hi Bloggers hope you are all having a great day. yesterday and today still have been researching as l won't have money until next week, but thats ok. Will be starting first assignment which will be the start of the installation  l have to build this so that is going to take a little while, but l will show you the progress of this one. As l said before can't give too much away or it will spoil the surprise. you will only see snippets as l go along. Have a great day peeps

Hi Bloggers, Well have been painting and researching and of cause we had mothers day, Happy Mums Day to all. l think l spoke the other day that I start with a subject then l may change my mind, while painting, exploring, and evolving.  The first subject may come to an end and so you have to explore other avenues so you can keep extending on your idea. The magic happens when your mind starts flooding with ideas and solutions. On Saturday night l realized that the subject was not unfolding to my liking.  So sat down with a cup of tea and started going through everything l had written about my life and growing up. Finally the penny dropped and bingo a subject was created and my mind started flooding with ideas.  It turned into a very late night as l kept writing and researching. l love it when this happens, its exciting and exhilarating.  You will get to see snippets of what l am doing, but l can't show you all of my ideas as they unfold and comes together, it would spoil

Hi Bloggers my number 3 painting is coming along slowly, but as l get layers down it gets faster. This one is from a great memory of my Childhood when l lived in East Brighton, l would have been 9 years old, 1963. We had footpaths and our street had a hill so l asked Dad to build us one. My brother and l would Billy Cart down that hill all weekend but l was the one that had much more interest in it as he was only 6 years old. Like any thing l do l enjoy doing research on a subject, l am about to paint. In Australia the first noted Billy cart was in 1880. The word Billy cart comes from The English word Billy Goat Cart. and as the name suggests Billy Goats pulled the cart. When l am working towards an Exhibition l start by doing small painting, like l am doing right now. Its a form of thinking out loud and visualizing but its not necessarily going to be the end product. As you work you come up with ideas and those ideas may develop into something else along the way. I have star

Hi Bloggers, Yesterday  posted to new paintings and said l was starting a new which l will be doing some more today. Got a little side tracked which is not unusual for me, l think its part of an artist to avoid the canvas when trying to problem solve. l regularly get emails on photography comps and decided to enter 2 last night, So l thought l would give you a taste One theme for this comp is 'TIME'

Well,  here is the first painting l have done in my new studio. This represents my school and church where l first started school. This church l love,  but the black door represents the dark secrets that went on behind closed doors in the catholic church. This next painting represents my love of the Murry River. Have started my 3rd so stay tuned. Cheers Blogger

Hi Bloggers, What a glorious day we are having here in melbourne. Guess what? Yes you guessed right l am painting of cause. The sun is streaming through my window in the studio. got the music playing (Birdy) and just been working on my second painting. l think its close to being finished will look at it later. it usually takes a week of looking before l actually decide if it is solved or not. Please if you ever want to ask anything please ask will post pictures of progress tomorrow. Now the think stage again as l approach the third one, this is the hard stage for me. So might have lunch and think for an hour. Have a great day everyone PS. As its my birthday today happy birthday to all you wonderful Taurus people

Hi Bloggers hope you are having a great Saturday, l am very excited as last night started painting. As you know l am an abstract expressionist painter and  that is where my passion lies. So l am going with a theme of memories and things that relate to my life so far, as l am 59 in 2 days there are a few events that have stuck in my head or have touched my heart one way or another. to give you a sneak peak. l started school life at a catholic school and the church that was right near the primary school and it was beautiful. It is a Basilica, Our Lady of Victory. It's funny but l was looking up the church on the internet and found that they are having their centenary this year so that was an omen l feel. Back to the painting , it represents the church and the religion that l started my life in, and also the controversy of the catholic religion, and what goes on behind closed doors. l will take a photo but its a bit wet and as l am painting in oil,s the drying time this time of yea

Hi bloggers, Have not been with you of late, as l have been busy shifting into a new apartment, my forever home. So l have been very calm and slow in setting up the home and studio. Its a bit small but thats ok as l have unload a heap of stuff. Now that my studio is up and running l have started painting .  My mind is at peace and l am entering into my space where l can delve down deep into my heart, mind and soul and start the creative juices flowing. It has been incredibly frustrating hence my blogger heading, and if you are an artist of any genre you will know exactly what l am talking about. It is almost impossible to paint when you have a mountain of crap going on in your life. It blocks all the creative energy flowing through your body. So bloggers have things to do today one is put a base coat on my canvases so will talk tomorrow have a great day and be calm

I pinched this photo from the net when l look at it, it is me and many other artist. l empathize with this gentleman as l know his frustration when you don't have a problem with the painting, the problem lies in what will l paint next. If you have out side influences this makes it worse because it then become annoyingly confusing. and almost intrusive in you thoughts and ideas. This is where l am at. l thought moving to the beach would be great but just as l moved l got told that l may have a apartment through community housing and all thou it is fantastic. it has been intrusive to my plans to paint. So the other day, l said to myself "look at it as a holiday at the beach and in a month you are going home". so l did that and now l will show you my first painting. l here you say hooray for that, l know l am saying exactly the same thing. l have done 2 actually but the second one, not happy Jan. This is called 'Under the Sea. When l was painting it, my thoughts wer

Hi to all The first major Exhibition was when I completed  my Diploma of Visual arts at Swinburne University. The hardest thing l found in the whole process was coming up with a theme.  Eventually I started with jelly fish then it moved from there to sea creatures. Finally then I knew what direction I was heading in, what would happen if there was a hiccup in evolution and we humans crossed with sea creatures.  Once I had the theme the rest followed, we each had to do 4 paintings in acrylic and 4 drawings in soft pastel which I completed along with a 9 ft long drawing. Believe me l had no finger tips left by the time I finalized those drawing. Have a great day

What is art? Art is making a mark either with paint, pencils, charcoal, mixed media, there are no rules. What makes good art? l think art is in the eye of the beholder, there is no good art nor is there bad art it is what you like as an individual. How ever l like my art to have a bit of depth and colour but its not all ways that simple, as l like very minimal art as well. So you see there is no right or wrong answer here, l like what l like at the time. Even my mood dictates what l like on any given day.  My art changes with my mood , my subject, and my thoughts.  How l approach my theme or subject, will change if my mind is wandering on that day it will change again, this is why we artists say we put our heart and soul to paper. Some times we have major problems letting go of our art, we keep hanging on to some, its like a soul mate, a spiritual thing, we are connected. So some we sell, some we paint over, and some stay for ever. l have kept so many l am running out of s

Hi Wonderful People,  Hope we are having a great Saturday, so far,  had to search through a lot of usb's to find the next lot of images of my art work. These photos you are about to see, was my  Graduation Exhibition at Charles Sturt University. 2010, Bachelor in Fine Arts. Still have 1 year to go to complete my arts history but needed a break from it all. l needed to paint not study for a while.

Hi to all you bloggers artist performers etc etc. Still not ready to show my new stuff yet, having trouble finding my Mo Jo, and need a canvas. Stuff this working on small paper so use to canvas and oils cant wait to have some money to buy stuff. Any how thought l would show you some earlier paintings. This was our Graduation Exhibition in  Diploma of Arts at Swinburne University Wantirna South. The Exhibition its self was held at Art Space in Brunswick. All the students had to organised this from woe to  go eg. printers gallery invites refreshments sponsors. It was the best night we all had learnt so much and were very proud in what we had achieved for the 2years we had studied. Tomorrow l will show the next exhibition l did for my Bachelors l had changed so much since the diploma.  l  think l found my MoJo, my own style. Have a great day eveyone

Hi to all, Hope you are all having a great day. Sorry l did not get back to you yesterday but had one of those days where l left at 8 in the morning and got home at 8.30 in the evening, so more or less fell into bed. l promised some more of my photography, Art is still a few days off yet. Photography is my equal passion to art,  love to go and and pursue that perfect image and some times you have to create it, to capture it. l have been having some trouble with loading my photos don't know why blogger is on and off again with loading so if they don't work will try again later. Cheers Victoria Ps Yeh they worked , well talk later as l have work to do All work is FOR SALE

Hi to all you bloggers Hope you are having a wonderful day out there as l am. Had a nice man come and change all the washers in my taps. l feel this house has been empty for a while. l thought l would start the day with some older images l have taken in the past. These were taken at Lilydale skate park. Have a look at the guy on the scooters landing look at the muscles protruding from his body does not look like the same guy. Dont get me wrong l have started the paintings just not enough to show you yet. may be tomorrow.  Will talk tomorrow better get to the paintings. will give some more photos later today

Hi,  To all you creative People, and to the ones that like to look at creative and artistic endeavours of our world. l am back as promised with my new project. After going through page after page of books with no idea that was ticking my fancy. l stopped to have dinner and while l was munching on my food the brainstorm came.  Years ago when l did my Diploma in Visual Art my graduation was on a cross of human and sea creatures / evolution, and what we would have looked like if things had gone wrong.  In the series of paintings and drawing was Jelly fish and as l was not the greatest painter back then, l decided to have another shot. This time as l have learned and grown l know l can do a much better job of it.  Beside what better subject could l have chosen with the sea one street away. At night with my window opened l can hear the waves and some times smell and taste the salt air. l better get off this computer now as l need to eat and start researching my project and maybe st