Doku Rai at Darwin festival

The other night we went to see a play called "Doku Rai" that was in town as part of the Darwin Festival. The play was a collaboration between Melbourns "the black lung theatre and whaling firm", Timor leste performance group Liurai Fo'er and the band Galaxy. The show included live action, film and live music and wove in and out of a story about a death curse, two brothers one of whom can not die and the would be assassin then mixed it with some wonderful music and a sort of comical frustrating commentary on the whole thing. It was chaotic, violent, funny, at times beautiful and all ways alive. Well worth seeing if it comes your way.

I also went two two other shows- Circus/ cabaret extravaganza "La soiree" witch was great fun, clever and amazing and electro hiphop band "Hermitude" witch was one of the liveliest gigs I've ever been to, the whole venue was jumping. There were so many more good shows at this years Darwin festival that I didn't get to see and the whole affair was set in beautiful tropical gardens lit by glowing lights. Im very sad its over for the year. Well done to all the organisers.

Unfortunately the bloody country liberals have just been voted in so I presume the funding for the arts will go down next year. Lets hop not.

My newly purchased drawing by goggle octopus.

Hello, well I've been so busy at my day job that I havent had the energy to do much art of my own or even wright about other peoples art I've been looking at. However last week I went to a little local exebition opening by a young lady who calls her self goggle octopus. She seems to be very influenced by Audry Kawasaki but I really liked her lines and detail and ended up buying this picture. http://www.goggleoctopus.tumblr.com/

"silent night" prints and postcards

My new painting "Silent night" is now up for sale in my etsy store.

           www.etsy.com/shop/styx2stars?section_id=11021282

 Also if you cant afford the original I have prints and postcards up in my zazzle store.

Here are the links.

postcards.

http://www.zazzle.com/silent_night_art_post_card-239088719755823003

and prints.

http://www.zazzle.com/silent_night_fine_art_print-228459117797036024

New painting Pink stars/ silent night.

I finished my latest painting yesterday. This painting is inspired by night time walks in the tall wet eucalyptus forests of Victoria. I can almost hear the quiet chirping of the cicadas when I look at it.  I think I'll call it "silent night" or maybe "pink stars" or "cicada love song".

So here you go, not one, but three pictures of it, hee hee.

One of my favorita artists Amy Sol has just had another solo show. The new work is gourgeus as always. A bit more illustrative I find but still very poetic. Every time I see new work by Amy Sol she has created yet another new effect that makes me think "dam why dident I think of that, I should so steal that".

Take a look at these two dreamy pictures and then head over to her blog to see the rest.

www.amysol.com/blog/

new etsy store open

Hurray, exiting news today, my new Etsy store is now open.

I have listed my first set of original ACEOs as well as some gift cards and

my original painting "Space melt", all  now for sale in my etsy store.

http://www.styx2stars.etsy.com/

 

Space melt original painting by styx2stars on Etsy 

http://www.etsy.com/ 

A beautiful original acrylic painting featuring a little space traveller and a melting stary sky. Something has apparently upset the laws of the

new show at BSG

I sent of my painting for the "painting 12A" show at Brunswick st gallery (BSG) today. Its always hard for me to part with them. If your in Melbourne go check it out for me, I wont be able to go see it  myself. The show runs 2nd - 15th March.