back in Melb.

Whooohoo am in Melbourne for 4days, pretty much my favorite city in the world.  Went out to some old hang outs tonight, E55 and the Pony pretty sure they wear playing the same vid on there telly as 6 years ago (Mad max) so good to be back in places were everyones hair is messy, girls were jeans not heels and it doesn't matter weather you smile at the cute boys or funky girls. Had  dinner at an all veg joint for $6.50 Saw 4 bands, had 3 crappy but nice conversations with strangers and finished the night with a slice of pizza from peperoni's just for the sake of tradition. What I love most about Melbourne is that there is room for everyone no matter who you are.
Tomorrow I am going to make myself sick with art gallery overload, cant wait. Good night all. Love.

Working so painterly lately. I feel the urge to get back to flat graphic colours and shapes. revisit old ideas. Restricted pallet, curved horizons, Rapunzel hair, Edward Gorey, Aubrey Beardsly, a clockwork orange.
Its funny how long certain imagery can stay with you and grow inside your mind, how ideas often flow in circles. 

Glow

I was playing with the colour and hue settings on photoshop and came up with these two versions of my original "Lush green". To be honest I just stumbled across these affects but I really like the results. I'm in love with how the colours glow and their otherworldliness.

To me the top one is very alien / other planet and the bottom one is very luminescent night time enchanted forest ish. This is definitely inspiration to be more experimental with colours.