Illustration Academy

So I have begun the Illustration Academy in Kansas City Missouri and am having a great time so far. I was pleasently surprised to find out the studio was on the 6th floor of an old factory in an industrial area of Kansas. Its awesome here. The space is so huge and I'm surrounded by approx 40 other Illustration students. Here are a few photos of the space and updates of work to come.

America

Well I just arrived in Los Angeles today Hooray. It was quite an eventful journey but I finally made it (thanks to the help of some awesome people.) So it's sorta cold atm but hopefully it warms up when I arrive back to LA on the 3rd of August. Hostel International Santa Monica is where I'm staying the night and its a really nice place, clean and roomy and has a great atmosphere.I also went for a walk tonight and was amazed by how massive the stores are!I brought a bikini top as I forgot my bathers and it was only $12! The bookstore Barnes and Noble was open till 11 so I chilled out there and read a bunch of art books and mags. I will be leaving to go to Kansas in about 7 hours, wish I had booked another day in LA so I could head to the Getty but oh well. Anyway I haven't got much art to show yet but will make sure I update with at least one image per day from now on.

Bye for now buddies!

2011 Update

Wow have just looked at the date of my last post and haven't updated since 2010! Alot has been going on this year and when I get home to my computer (Have just arrived in America) in 2 months I will post some of my 2011 work from the start of the year in this post :D

MENAGERIE – CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS SCULPTURE

I visited this current exhibition thats on till January at the museum and recommend anyone in Perth should do the same

http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/whats-on/whats-on-now/#perth

There is some really beautiful work there and I enjoyed reading each artists statement

The love and appreciation they have for wildlife and nature is really something we could all learn alot from.

One of the many artists I admire

I frequent Borders quite alot and treat it more like a library then a store due to my poor student status. Anyway I was looking through the journal New American Paintings and came across some lovely work by an artist called Danielle Rante.

http://www.daniellerante.com/

Although I am studying illustration at the moment I really want to experiment more with this sort of art. I find it so beautiful and love the fact that every person can look at it and get something different from it due to its abstract nature. The paper, the shapes, the colours, the marks are all so lovely in my eyes.

Sucker for Good Advice

I was reading a great article by the writer Elizabeth Gilbert and I thought this was a nice piece of advice:

"If you've lost your life's true passion (or if you're struggling desperately to find passion in the first place), don't sweat it. Back off for a while. But don't go idle, either. Just try something different, something you don't care about so much. Why not try following mere curiosity, with its humble, roundabout magic? At the very least, it will keep you pleasantly distracted while life sorts itself out. At the very most, your curiosity may surprise you. Before you even realize what's happening, it may have led you safely all the way home."

http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Elizabeth-Gilbert-on-the-Importance-of-Curiosity

Max Ernst

Is amazing

Max Ernst (1891-1976) "Painting is not for me either decorative amusement, or the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation."All good ideas arrive by chance."