After The Fires opens at Purple Noon Gallery on 5 December 2020
This new exhibition at Purple Noon Gallery is a series of landscapes that examine the aftermath of the bushfires around Braidwood in...
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Ray Monde
- Jul 21, 2020
Viral murals: paintings of a pandemic.
While some of the hoarding is coming down off shopfronts around Seattle, many remain shuttered. When they first went up, the streets...
Ray Monde
- Jul 16, 2020
Some days are shit. That’s the shape of it.
Sometimes this heavy cloak drops over us, makes it harder to do everything. Sometimes it’s easy to pinpoint where the darkness comes...
Ray Monde
- Jul 12, 2020
An unexpected three-way.
This week I had an unexpected three-way. Summer is here, temperatures are rising and people are emerging from lock-downs around the...
Ray Monde
- Jul 2, 2020
A turn to the dark side: from ashes to artwork.
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...
Ray Monde
- Jun 24, 2020
Art at the heart of democracy: 2020 US Presidential election
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
- Jun 17, 2020
How to take your studio with you on the road.
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...
Ray Monde
- Jun 11, 2020
This week I was profiled on CANVAS, the Saatchi Art blog. Here’s an excerpt.
Meet the Others: Ray Monde The Game Changers. The Rule Breakers. The Innovators. Discover some of the fantastic emerging talent...
Ray Monde
- Jun 4, 2020
Ray Monde awarded 2020 Veolia Creative Arts Scholarship.
The Veolia Creative Arts Scholarships for 2020 have been awarded to artists Zachery Bladwell from Goulburn and Ray Monde from the...
Ray Monde
- May 30, 2020
How do you do an art commission for a client 18,000 miles away?
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...
Ray Monde
- May 19, 2020
I traveled halfway around the world to see what’s just around the corner.
One of the most-significant Australian novels, My Brother Jack, was written by George Johnston on the Greek island of Hydra. Sidney Nolan...
Ray Monde
- May 8, 2020
How to be an artist, Jerry Saltz: Review
Jerry Saltz, Senior Art Critic for New York Magazine and Pulitzer Prize winner, was a long-haul truck driver. Till he was 41 years old. I...
Ray Monde
- May 2, 2020
Got COVID cabin fever? 5 ways to artfully plan your escape
Don’t miss these five amazing ways to escape your house and immerse yourself into incredible art from around the world. You won’t believe yo
Ray Monde
- May 1, 2020
Got COVID cabin fever? 5 ways to artfully plan your escape.
At this point in self-isolation things start going crazy, off-piste. Somewhere between the half-way and three-quarter mark, people get...
Ray Monde
- Apr 23, 2020
How to buy and sell art in a time of coronavirus
Even before the world collapsed in on itself with the outbreak of COVID-19, art was selling online. Online art sales grew almost 10% last...
Ray Monde
- Apr 16, 2020
How to create a mural 56 feet wide (18 m)
As the corona virus strangles the city of Seattle, the restaurants and cafes in Pioneer Square shut down. Preparing for the cytokine...
Ray Monde
- Apr 11, 2020
Art in a time of coronavirus: COVID-19
Where do ideas come from (during the pandemic)? Having worked in advertising for 20 years, where the business is built on great ideas,...
Ray Monde
- Apr 1, 2020
The show must go on. Online.
What you can do to help artists during COVID-19. Everyone is meeting their friends for drinks online. From our dining chairs in Seattle...
Ray Monde
- Mar 27, 2020
Let’s wait and see how many deaths there are today before we go to the supermarket.
Art in a time of coronavirus. For me, the strangest thing about living the COVID-19 pandemic is how normal things take on a strange tilt....
Ray Monde
- Mar 20, 2020
Too late to leave. Stay in place.
What the Australian bushfires taught me about making decisions in a time of coronavirus (COVID-19). I’m one of those people that likes to...
See The River, the latest series by Ray Monde exploring the awesome beauty of the Shoalhaven River.
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