On Fridays in the studio, I take a break from my big projects and work on little things. I open my window on Cherry Street and watch the...

Look, I admit it. I was never much of a fan of Monet. When we look at his ‘pretty pictures’, it’s easy to forget the struggle behind...

There are only 20 passengers on the plane from LAX. We’re shepherded along together, six feet apart. At passport control, a long darkened...

This new exhibition at Purple Noon Gallery is a series of landscapes that examine the aftermath of the bushfires around Braidwood in...

When I was 12, my older brothers moved from the Burrell Creek in rural NSW to the Western Suburbs of Sydney to live and work, eventually...

There are some art prizes that you dream of being finalist in and for me and the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize is one of them. Working...

Thousands of years after the glaciers melt, we ride up the waters of Lake Chelan. The Stehekin River flows in at the top of the lake at...

I'm a finalist in one of the most prestigious prizes of its type in Australia.

How to sell 24 artworks in 24 hours in the pursuit of a fair vote.

While some of the hoarding is coming down off shopfronts around Seattle, many remain shuttered. When they first went up, the streets...

Sometimes this heavy cloak drops over us, makes it harder to do everything. Sometimes it’s easy to pinpoint where the darkness comes...

This week I had an unexpected three-way. Summer is here, temperatures are rising and people are emerging from lock-downs around the...

Flicking through the photos on my phone, I came across a shot of the bushfires around Braidwood in December last year. It jolted me back...

Flicking through the photos on my phone, I came across a shot of the bushfires around Braidwood in December last year. It jolted me back...

This week President Trump stood in front of a crowd in Tulsa and was applauded as he drank a glass of water with one hand. The 2020 US...

Ray Monde is awarded 2020 Veolia Creative Arts Scholarship to create bushfire artworks.

When the corona virus starting locking down cities around the world, my studio became off-limits. I had to find a way to work without the...

Meet the Others: Ray Monde The Game Changers. The Rule Breakers. The Innovators. Discover some of the fantastic emerging talent...

The Veolia Creative Arts Scholarships for 2020 have been awarded to artists Zachery Bladwell from Goulburn and Ray Monde from the...

There’s no greater compliment for an artist to have someone recommend your work. It says they like your work. It says they like your work...