TENNANT CREEK MURAL WORKSHOPS VID

Here's a little vid from the last part of my recent Top End tour...

TOP END TOUR 2011 - PART 10

The final stage of my Top End work was two and a half week stint working in Tennant Creek. This was organised by Barkly Regional Arts, with funding from the Coca Cola Foundation. During my stay I worked primarily with groups from the Tennant Creek High School as well as sessions with STEPS training and Youthlinx. I worked closely with Tristan Duggie, a young local teacher and artist to train him in stencil and mural processes. Together with the other participants we were able to complete a number of murals in the town, adding a whole bunch of colour and vibrancy.

The project also included Adelaide artist Nish Cash working in the community for a similar period of time. Here are some shots of an impromptu collaborative wall that we painted together. Big thanks goes out to George and Efsta from the Tennant Creek Emporium who donated wall space to the project.

TOP END TOUR 2011 - PART 8

Here are some shots of the completed snake mural..

TOP END TOUR 2011 - PART 7

One of the major outcomes for the Tennant Creek High School Group was a mural for the exterior of the local swimming pool. The underwater theme was an easy choice. We also completed a smaller scale version of this mural at the High School as a bit of a warm up.

Here are some action shots.

TOP END TOUR 2011 - PART 6

This is the completed Tennant Creek Pool mural...

TOP END TOUR 2011 - PART 3

I added a little parrotfish added to the Angurugu school grounds...

PACIFIC RIFF, AGE REVIEW, SAT 17TH 2011

And here's a few install shots....

SAIL PAINTING VIDEO

Here is a little video that shows the making of some work that will appear in my upcoming show.
PACIFIC RIFF opens Friday the 2nd of September at Lindberg Galleries, Melbourne.

HUGO MICHELL GROUP SHOW INSTALL SHOTS

MAY LANE TOURING SHOW @ SAMSTAG MUSEUM ADELAIDE

The Mays Project is busy touring Australia.
It's Adelaide leg will be from May 13 til July 1 at the Samstag Art Museum, North Tce.

Links to a couple of vids below..

Now..




And the beginning...

ADELAIDE CITY COUNCIL MURAL COMMISSION

Officially the largest thing I have tried to paint.
The Adelaide City Council has recently commissioned a number of murals around the CBD.
This new push from the Council is sure to change the nature of street in Adelaide.

Here are a few quick snaps.

TRAM

My mate Simon and I were invited by a beer company to make an ad for them.
It's been printed really big and slapped on a tram that's running in Melbourne and a bus in Sydney. We had fun - it was a great opportunity to experiment with something of this scale. Here's a little trailer...

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KING ADZ - STREET KNOWLEDGE

My pommie mate King Adz has been up to his usual business.
His latest publication is a bible of all things street culture from across the globe.
It features a number of Australian artists, myself included.





You can buy it here...

THE NEW NEW - VIDEO INTERVIEW

Here's a little vid of yours truly waxing lyrical about my picnic tables.
The Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia has interviews with almost all of the artists involved with the New New project on their YouTube page.