Wait till your father gets home, collage and synthetic polymer paint, by Monde Monde I’m frantically working on my final works for my...

Workers Hut at Tempelhof Airport by Monde Monde One of the things I try and do as an artist is get my work in front of as many people as...

The tirade of abuse for being Aboriginal is raw and uncomfortable and leaves a lasting impression. Like this one from JohnBoy “I guess he...

I was sad but not surprised to find out this week that Bono has made more from his Facebook investments than all of his music combined,...

If you’ve read Death in Venice by Thomas Mann, you’ll know the protagonist Gustav von Aschenbach dies a self-indulgent painted-fool...

I’m going to say it straight out. There’s a lot of shit at the Venice Biennale. Two planks nailed to a wall? Shit. Self-indulgent video...

Wreck 71cm x 81cm oil on linen, Guy Maestri You see it on Instagram all the time, artist’s posting their latest work, getting thumbs up...

Many artists are poor. The idea of the starving, struggling artist is as true today as it was for generations of artists before us,...

Often when I’m creating work it’s in an absolute frenzy. I’m slapping on glue and paper, getting bits stuck to my face, the hairs on my...

Wheel, Mixed media on Board, Shannon Johnson Artist’s need to relax more. Artist’s need to forget more. And they need to try less hard....

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...

As a kid our cat Sally would mate with a feral Tomcat who lived in the wild. Two months later she’d pop out a litter of kitties, often in...

Black spot on Bombay Road, Mixed Media, 2013 Just before Christmas, Saatchi Art let me know I had sold one my my landscapes to a...

This was the first year I entered the Belle Arti Prize, it’s a great award run by Chapman & Bailey. Essentially, they send out hundreds...

I love talking to artists about their work, it gives you so much more depth and understanding for their work. And that’s why I’ve decided...

There’s a great end of year exhibition of local arts opening this Friday at Stur Gallery + Store. After my show in October, I really...

What’s next?  What are you working on now? These are the questions that make my skin prickle and my underarms stream. After a successful...

I drank too much. Like many people, when I’m nervous, I drink. Just like on opening night of Dry Your Tears at Stur Gallery. If you...

Last night my kitchen was a frenzied mess, I had the fire blazing as I glazed the collage and feverishly blackened the sides of the...

A few weeks ago, this was the disaster I was facing. Beneath this mess of gesso and paint and scribbles is another collage of a bathtub...