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What happens when you cross Japan with Australia?
I’ve often spoken of the serendipity of creativity – how our heads suck in every thing we experience – sights, sounds, tastes, colours,...
Ray Monde
Feb 7, 2017


You will never succeed as an #artist without someone to tell you you’re shit.
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...
Ray Monde
May 19, 2015


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...
Ray Monde
Feb 9, 2015


What’s the question contemporary artists are most scared of?
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...
Ray Monde
Nov 14, 2014


When private tales go public #art #collage
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...
Ray Monde
Sep 17, 2014


Six seconds of fame, post pop portraits
Sal, Six seconds of fame, post pop portrait This is a new beginning. Sometimes the best thing to do is just start. Put marks on paper,...
Ray Monde
Dec 3, 2013


When scrimping and penny-pinching are the artist’s enemies
Part of the reason I create collage is because it’s cheap. I tear up old magazines to create images and use boxboard as my canvas. It’s...
Ray Monde
Oct 2, 2013


The colours of Bacon haunt me even now
Francis Bacon Five Decades is in it’s last few weeks at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. It closes on 24 Feb and I absolutely jubilant...
Ray Monde
Feb 11, 2013
See The River, the latest series by Ray Monde exploring the awesome beauty of the Shoalhaven River.
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