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Exhibition website

By elise | Published: March 31, 2010

  Yes – we have a name! And yes it is all coming together spookily well! So without further ado… I hereby launch the new exhibition website and invite you to have a look. Most excitingly I have released four paintings for pre-sale. These pieces will still form a vital part of the exhibition of [...]

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Mondoodle 08-03-2010

By elise | Published: March 8, 2010

Over the weekend I have done two markets. The first was in the St Kilda Town Hall on Saturday. For those of you not in Melbourne, it was wrath-of-god type of day. I was well-inside the beautiful old hall – well-dwarfed by tall arches, well-sheltered by lofty ceilings… when half-way through the afternoon the skies [...]

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In the shadows of the night

By elise | Published: November 22, 2009

You may have seen me working on this one at recent markets. Well, in the last week I’ve moved it and the cafe rabbit down to the living room to finish them off (too hot upstairs!) and here he is. I’m still making slight adjustments to the chair and background tones… but otherwise he’s about [...]

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Starting out #1

By elise | Published: May 9, 2009

Last week in amongst markets, talks and meetings – was mentoring. There were three sessions, one hour each and it was terrific. I feel pretty privileged to get to see the work of people at all different stages of their careers – some just beginning, others well and truly on the way but perhaps just [...]

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My Palette

By elise | Published: February 17, 2009

So the word Palette can refer to two different things… 1. The actual surface people mix their paints on which can be anything from an icecream tub lid to a beautiful wooden thing with thumb-hole and all. 2. The range of colours that the artist uses when painting. One of the things that I noticed [...]

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For the cat people… you know who you are.

By elise | Published: December 15, 2008

What a market on the 7th! I sold some oils then had a brainwave when I got home… So now I’ve painted some new pieces especially for the cat-lovers out there… Ivanhoe yesterday was a bit quiet. That was my swan-song. (ooh – where does that come from? …I think I remember something about swans [...]

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