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‘PAY WHAT YOU CAN’ AT RAY MONDE’S ‘THE PLACE WE FEEL MOST US’

Braidwood artist Ray Monde is tackling the cost-of-living crisis and inspiring new art collectors in his upcoming show at Tyger Gallery, Yass – The Place We Feel Most Us. The show – which opens on Saturday 24 May – will have three of Ray’s superb ghost-worked collage pieces available to new collectors on a ‘pay what you can’ basis. Ray Monde is a collage artist … Continue reading ‘PAY WHAT YOU CAN’ AT RAY MONDE’S ‘THE PLACE WE FEEL MOST US’

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Lost Artworks of Ray Monde: rediscovered!

Ever been to Papeete in French Polynesia? Me neither – one of my artworks spent 9 months there, enjoying the tropical sunshine and drinking coconut milk. How about Brisbane, Australia? Another tropical city where one of my nudes spent 6 months. Both these works made it back to wet and cold Seattle, who can blame them for wanting a bit of warmth and sunshine? Why … Continue reading Lost Artworks of Ray Monde: rediscovered!

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Is Dan Kyle the next Arthur Boyd?

I’m going to say it right now, I love Dan Kyle. He’s a young guy, living in the mountains taking an obsessive look at the Australian bush around him. To be honest, it’s not the man I love, it’s the artist. He paints trees again and again and again. The pale trunks of eucalyptus trees like ghosts stalking the landscape. They’re silent witness to what’s … Continue reading Is Dan Kyle the next Arthur Boyd?

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Bringing Vincent Van Gogh back to life

There’s something truly audacious about creating a movie about Vincent Van Gogh that is animated in a painting style mimicking his own. It’s an endeavour that’s setting an incredibly high bar, it’s something that’s almost impossible to pull off, yet in my head I want nothing more than for it to succeed. The whole idea of seeing a world as imagined through the lens of … Continue reading Bringing Vincent Van Gogh back to life

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It’s not pretty, it’s not comfortable, but it’s mine. A room of one’s own.

You can’t control what goes on in your head. You don’t know where inspiration comes from – or when it will come. If you try to rationalise it, it often vanishes. The only way to capture it is to get it down, get it out, splay it across a canvas, scribble it down onto paper. For the last few years, I’ve been working from the … Continue reading It’s not pretty, it’s not comfortable, but it’s mine. A room of one’s own.

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