tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338750863754565942024-03-21T22:25:16.957+11:00Alisa PerksAlisa Perks - Visual Artist. Images, inspiration and colour.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-14131090073853681712017-03-27T18:51:00.000+11:002017-03-28T10:21:50.689+11:00BarneyStreet on Etsy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Come on down to <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/BarneyStreet" target="_blank">Barney Street</a>, my new <a href="https://www.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Etsy </a>shop. It's March Madness, but not for much longer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here's some of my fabulous and funky caps, designed and made by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/BarneyStreet" target="_blank">Barney Street</a>, Australia and available no<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">w.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">See you there! :) </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.0662695 51.157948499999975 24.517473499999998 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-79397118488572146052017-02-20T17:51:00.000+11:002017-02-20T17:51:13.293+11:00My new Etsy shop is open!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Dear Readers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I hope you are well! Some exciting news.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/BarneyStreet" target="_blank">My new Etsy shop</a> opened a few days ago. It is called "Barney Street". It's my new label in head wear, and (coming soon) hand printed textiles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Check out my new shop and see what funky caps I've designed for everyone. Unisex style is the order of the day, plus comfort and portability. Fisherman's caps or fiddler's caps, you tell me! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You can fold <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/BarneyStreet" target="_blank">Barney Street</a> caps into your coat pocket and keep going! Great for busy, stylish people on the move. They keep your head warm, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">See you on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/BarneyStreet" target="_blank">Barney Street</a>... </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Me modelling the charcoal velour Barney Street cap!</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-60036527947405005332017-01-01T10:48:00.001+11:002017-01-01T10:48:16.581+11:00Hot summer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Dear Readers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In Australia at the moment it is hot. VERY hot! The grapevine which grows all around the back covered area of the house is growing crazily. Every few days I have to go out there with scissors and cut a way out into the garden, making a green doorway. There are bunches of grapes forming, too. They will be juicy red table grapes, and will be ready to pick in mid-Autumn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sometimes, when the leaves are newly forming on the grapevine, I make dolmades. How delicious! I feel very lucky to be able to grow such an amazing plant where I live.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This image I painted depicts just a tiny section of the grapevine, with all its twists and turns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">PS Happy New Year to you all and thanks for checking out my blog! You can also find me on Instagram: <complete id="goog_839185657">@alisaperks </complete></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Grape Leaves</i>. Gouache image by Alisa Perks.</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.0662695 51.157948499999975 24.517473499999998 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-89313800295612492552016-12-15T07:31:00.002+11:002016-12-15T07:31:35.380+11:00Snow gum forest<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The New England region of New South Wales, Australia, is high country at 1,000 metres above sea level. Here you can find forests of eucalypt trees such as snow gums. Near Bendemeer is a huge area of eucalypts whose iridescent trunks reflect gold of the early evening light. Their shapes are gnarled - no two trees the same shape. They grow wild and to their own, individual form.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The image below is a painting in gouache, where I depicted these forests in their beautiful depths.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Eucalypt Forest</i> by Alisa Perks. Gouache on paper.</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.0662695 51.157948499999975 24.517473499999998 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-50286383055375023122016-11-19T14:00:00.000+11:002016-11-19T18:35:11.398+11:00Painting a cathedral <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Dear Readers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I hope you are well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The image below shows a painting of a cathedral in Armidale, New South Wales (Australia), which I completed a couple of years ago. The fancy brickwork of this building was really challenging to depict, and took all my concentration! It was fun to do, though....</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cathedral in Armidale, NSW by Alisa Perks. Gouache on paper.</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.0662695 51.157948499999975 24.517473499999998 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-2273225918466709602016-11-10T07:45:00.002+11:002016-11-10T12:24:16.335+11:00Rainbow Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'd like to try and make a rainbow cake. They look so beautiful!</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>It might have purple icing, like the one I've illustrated below. That would complete the spectrum. This picture is actually a snipped-out detail of an illustration I painted for a storybook character I invented earlier this year, who is a bit of a gourmand and adventurer.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-88154512150419808282016-11-03T13:49:00.000+11:002016-11-03T13:49:27.132+11:00To Canberra<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A road trip to Canberra was the inspiration for this image below, which I painted in gouache on paper. It documents winding mountain roads, meals and accommodation, the car, things we saw on the way. I wanted it to look like computer icons, as if you could press one to get more information.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It's fun to try and get the gouache to portray other substances and surfaces, like computer screens or even sometimes, biscuits! But more about that another time...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>To Canberra</i> by Alisa Perks, gouache on paper.</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-15807484148850528652016-10-08T08:20:00.000+11:002016-10-08T08:20:07.461+11:00Motel Carpark<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here's more evidence of my fascination with motels. This is a motel we've stayed at numerous times, although we don't need to now, because we moved to the town where this motel is. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The owner of this painting said, "This painting tells me all I need to know about motel carparks".</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-62340784355959537332016-09-01T18:20:00.002+10:002016-09-01T18:20:56.512+10:00That reminds me...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I must clean the bathroom!</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoT3BUVv2uKaMOc9axtORoDu0OwziNud5XzrO5JGas7wgDrTlqfdWwcokJaRbviiwCy-I5UjASxpuKVNKfXX9jAS7MBjVb67ufKtIqv50xH_jRz33SF6QrxgV9Fpt3rKkLU1Mzj6yhySA/s1600/Bathroom+by+Alisa+Perks+blog+image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Bathroom by Alisa Perks. Gouache painting" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoT3BUVv2uKaMOc9axtORoDu0OwziNud5XzrO5JGas7wgDrTlqfdWwcokJaRbviiwCy-I5UjASxpuKVNKfXX9jAS7MBjVb67ufKtIqv50xH_jRz33SF6QrxgV9Fpt3rKkLU1Mzj6yhySA/s640/Bathroom+by+Alisa+Perks+blog+image.jpg" title="Bathroom by Alisa Perks. Gouache painting" width="452" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was our bathroom in a house we rented in Lismore. How glamorous.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-16326495074807059892016-07-23T09:23:00.000+10:002016-07-23T09:23:44.427+10:00Woollen cakes in Queensland<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Our recent travels in the "South Western Area of South East Queensland Western Country" (I think that's what it's called?), were incredibly interesting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At <a href="https://www.jondaryanwoolshed.com.au/" target="_blank">Jondaryan Woolshed</a>, the biggest working woolshed in the world, I found a glass cabinet full of knitted wool cakes and sandwiches. What a delight! They are so beautifully made.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here are some of them:</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-DujAeaIjtTQMHCxDyBR6ksh4Qg05BkmPFPJ6AMKkofR3CzYblbbpVrq2xIA7OgGsDtm2SmptaeYVBkm_IgqamQnF_QrlLqz06wGhbT9noYNM3IwnVEJTPP13tuNcA3yYMHbP2lPbzo/s1600/WP_20160701_15_36_14_Pro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Woollen cakes at Jondaryan Woolshed. Photo by Alisa Perks" border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-DujAeaIjtTQMHCxDyBR6ksh4Qg05BkmPFPJ6AMKkofR3CzYblbbpVrq2xIA7OgGsDtm2SmptaeYVBkm_IgqamQnF_QrlLqz06wGhbT9noYNM3IwnVEJTPP13tuNcA3yYMHbP2lPbzo/s640/WP_20160701_15_36_14_Pro.jpg" title="Woollen cakes at Jondaryan Woolshed. Photo by Alisa Perks" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yummy woollen cakes and sandwiches at Jondaryan Woolshed, Jondaryan, Queensland</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And we searched for the ghost town at Koorongara, south of Milmerran, but couldn't find it. It remains a mystery to us.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-36317915301325752762016-07-12T13:44:00.001+10:002016-07-13T15:37:13.667+10:00Shortlisted and lamingtons<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dear Readers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have just been shortlisted for the inaugural New England Illustration Prize. This competition is held by the <a href="http://www.newc.org.au/" target="_blank">New England Writers' Centre</a>, in Armidale NSW. As well as encouraging and supporting writers, the <a href="http://www.newc.org.au/" target="_blank">Writers' Centre</a> have begun to encourage illustrators with their practice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The shortlisted and prize-winning illustrations are on show at Gallery 126, Jessie Street Armidale until 18 July 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Entrants to the competition were asked to create an illustration inspired by a poem by Sophie Masson.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.newc.org.au/" target="_blank">Writers' Centre</a> intend to hold this competition every year, so that's very exciting for illustrators!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A lot of my paintings seem to contain buildings or food (shades of Talking Heads?). I created the image below while thinking of Lamington National Park, in Queensland. It was a finalist in the Country Energy Landscape Painting Prize in 2014.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90tJBWSWith_EuYwIax56iCs3XykzYxKyFCRFRwFKLDLbyICTy-hp6woVIwA8bFRJ0ykoJ1UKDaz8M1lhsvF9Bbx3n0MBmwlkQfAp5zRx8YmtF2KvxkIH34dt90rYtoWoDR6AV_qtwfs/s1600/Lamington+National+Park+by+Alisa+Perks+blog+image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lamington National Park by Alisa Perks, gouache on paper" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90tJBWSWith_EuYwIax56iCs3XykzYxKyFCRFRwFKLDLbyICTy-hp6woVIwA8bFRJ0ykoJ1UKDaz8M1lhsvF9Bbx3n0MBmwlkQfAp5zRx8YmtF2KvxkIH34dt90rYtoWoDR6AV_qtwfs/s640/Lamington+National+Park+by+Alisa+Perks+blog+image.jpg" title="Lamington National Park by Alisa Perks, gouache on paper" width="612" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Lamington National Park </i>by Alisa Perks, gouache on paper.</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-80999909295313214122016-06-17T09:38:00.000+10:002016-06-17T09:38:13.327+10:00Road trip<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">South East Queensland is the place we will explore in our next road trip: Toowoomba, Dalby, Chinchilla, Pittsworth, St George and more. There will be so much to see and we have no idea where we will head each day, as we don't know what we'll find. It's impossible for us to map out a trip completely when we don't know the area, so we will play it by ear. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here is a car travelling through the night on the New England Highway in New South Wales:</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3bKFvATFPHxKIYfHfPQQc2RyHqzrijYqf_X_dX7DEFZG5C1AwikuN-SDtgVD2v0_AQc7YBUXCpx1EwyfOrKFf4RtOzNOkesPqIvsnMFJ_BwTnX63k5tHFn7fYyi-r5h9pfsZXXetpq8/s1600/Highway+by+Alisa+Perks+Gouache+painting+for+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Highway by Alisa Perks Gouache painting" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3bKFvATFPHxKIYfHfPQQc2RyHqzrijYqf_X_dX7DEFZG5C1AwikuN-SDtgVD2v0_AQc7YBUXCpx1EwyfOrKFf4RtOzNOkesPqIvsnMFJ_BwTnX63k5tHFn7fYyi-r5h9pfsZXXetpq8/s400/Highway+by+Alisa+Perks+Gouache+painting+for+blog.jpg" title="Highway by Alisa Perks Gouache painting" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-57048357498442722222016-06-04T14:15:00.000+10:002016-06-04T14:15:02.586+10:00Project<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm working on a project that is kind of secret at the moment. The unveiling time has not yet arrived, but below is a detail/hint of it. It involves fun and big hats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I hope you are all well.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Train Ride detail</i>, gouache painting on paper by Alisa Perks 2016.</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-44310270480150896202016-05-21T16:57:00.001+10:002016-05-21T16:57:18.210+10:00Trees<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Eucalyptus trees grow in unpredictable forms. The snow gum grows in twisted, tortured shapes. In the New England region of New South Wales, where I live, the high country eucalypts (gum trees) such as snow gums have a haunting beauty. They often have sheeny, silver trunks and branches and silvery grey-blue leaves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When I lived on the coast, I didn't recognise the beauty of eucalypts. There, they often grow very close together so they don't get to show off their shape like a specimen tree. I now see their beauty and their subtle grandeur.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I painted the image below
inspired by rows of eucalypts bordering high-altitude paddocks; their
colour becoming softer with greater distance.</span> </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-30759976956474419022016-04-16T09:38:00.000+10:002016-04-16T09:38:04.950+10:00Illustrations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hello Readers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Some of my art is for the purpose of illustrating books or CD covers, and some of it gets projected behind plays on stage, which is very exciting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The illustration below shows the cover design I did for a CD of the musical, "Everest, the Musical". This piece of musical theatre, by Robert Thompson, is a fabulous comedy containing "romance, danger, ice and snow". A deadly combination indeed. In this cover design, Marmaduke, the hero, finally locates Mount Everest after much journeying and trudging alongside his faithful companion, Godfrey.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Image: <i>Marmaduke Finds Everest</i> by Alisa Perks. Gouache on paper</span>.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">PS Right now, I am working on a book
with pictures and not much writing, and I'll show you more about it
when the time comes. Mysterious.......</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-27689915277038545962016-04-08T09:07:00.001+10:002016-04-08T09:07:57.910+10:00New look for Ultimo, Sydney<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recently, I visited Ultimo, an inner city suburb of Sydney, NSW. Ultimo is situated just next to Sydney's CBD and near Chinatown and used to be a fairly industrialised area. It wasn't the kind of place you'd take a leisurely stroll.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's also the site of the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), which seems to have developed an excitingly futuristic approach to the new architecture being created in this precinct. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now people, including many UTS students and staff, can walk around newly created pedestrian ways where once would have been goods rail lines and factories. There are hole-in-the-wall cafes, sculptures and public spaces where people can relax and socialise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">UTS commissioned the architect, Frank Gehry, to design one of its buildings, the <a href="http://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/city-campus-master-plan/completed-projects/dr-chau-chak-wing" target="_blank">Dr Chau Chak Wing Building</a>, which houses its Faculty of Business. This building is an amazing brick structure that looks like it's been crumpled up like a milk carton. It reminds me of Antoni Gaudi's free-form, curvy architecture and I think it's fascinating!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a photo I took of it on my phone, also showing the old goods railway bridge in the foreground.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-82951322579797410392016-03-26T09:36:00.000+11:002016-04-08T06:14:39.924+10:00Harrington Waters<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I put in an order to Vistaprint recently for a t-shirt with one of my paintings on it. They do such a great job of printing. The colour quality is amazing and I can't wait to receive my new shirt. (This is not an paid endorsement. This is unsolicited praise!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The painting I've put on the t-shirt is called "Harrington Waters". Harrington Waters is a housing estate on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales. The land was claimed out of the living mangroves and now has large houses perched on it, each guarded by a standard large dog. The estate is near the original village of Harrington, which is charming and which provides some of the best fish and chips I've ever had. Just north of Harrington is Crowdy Head, whose Santorini-style lighthouse features in some of my artwork.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here is my painting of Harrington Waters, soon to be star of t-shirt:</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-56998547844997158902016-03-17T15:45:00.001+11:002016-03-17T15:45:44.783+11:00Seminar for "creatives"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I went along to a seminar for "creatives", to a talk about helping artists to be in business. It was very entertaining and I came away feeling more free and inspired than even before! There were lamingtons, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A point that the speaker, Monica Davidson, made to us was that it's OK to do artistic things to attempt to make a living. The arts are an increasingly popular occupation in many countries, and it deserves respect. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The high unemployment of the last 20 years had made me think that there's no such thing as a "safe" job any more; something to "fall back on". Who wants to fall back anyway, if you can possibly avoid it? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Surviving: I work one day a week as an admin assistant and that keeps the wolf from the door, as we live very cheaply at home. I make lots of the things we need for our home - food, household things, clothing. That saves us money. The less money you need, the less you need to work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today's seminar was run by <a href="http://www.artsnw.com.au/" target="_blank">Arts North West</a>, who are active in encouraging arts practitioners from our region of New South Wales. Thanks to them and to Monica for today!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Green Irises detail, </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Alisa Perks. Gouache on paper.</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-69746345913077855392016-03-05T07:45:00.000+11:002016-03-05T07:45:40.530+11:00Yarrie Lake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yarrie Lake is a magical place near Narrabri and Wee Waa, in New South Wales. It was a chance discovery for us a few years ago. We had just visited the CSIRO Australia Telescope near there (see Blog Post #1) and saw an interesting blue dot on the map which needed investigating. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yarrie Lake is like the beach but inland; a large, round lake fringed with casuarina trees, beaches and picnic shelters. The belief is that the lake is an old meteor crater. All we could hear there was the sighing of the breeze through the casuarinas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lake is not always there though. During drought it can disappear, but it comes back when the rain does. It's a beautiful swimming place. I painted the image below from my memories of Yarrie Lake:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yarrie Lake</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> by Alisa Perks. Gouache on paper.</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-30599974208228407572016-02-21T16:15:00.000+11:002016-02-21T16:15:48.304+11:00Motels and hotels<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We were staying at a small hotel in Sydney recently. Some of the guests seemed to have strange nocturnal habits. Lying in bed in the early hours of the morning, I was trying to figure out what on earth people could possibly be doing, by piecing together all the noises they were making. I worked out that a young couple staying there were in the habit of taking their pet goose for a drive every two hours throughout the night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It was incredibly humid in Sydney, as is fairly typical of February. It's always interesting though. We checked out <a href="http://www.kinokuniya.com.au/">Kinokuniya Bookshop</a> in the city. They have a huge range of art books and great air-conditioning. I bought a book full of Art Nouveau patterns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Motels are on my mind again as an idea for creating images. I've just finished a repeat pattern painting of motels, inspired by kimono fabrics. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The image below shows another of my motel paintings:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">PS. Check out this link to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AustralianBookplateDesignAward/photos_stream?ref=page_internal">Australian Bookplate Design Awards for 2015</a>. My two entries are shown among many other fine bookplates. There were hundreds of entries for this popular competition. One of my entries shown on the site appears in an earlier blog post, and the other features a gentleman wearing a panama hat and trying to read amid cement mixers and barking dogs.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-62396594085408622752016-02-06T11:21:00.000+11:002016-02-06T17:20:35.598+11:00Carpark<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I recently had the pleasure of receiving a Special Recognition award for my entry in the Painting section of the "Cityscapes" art competition, at the online art gallery, <a href="https://www.lightspacetime.com/">Light Space & Time</a>. You can <a href="https://www.lightspacetime.com/newsletter/cityscapes-art-exhibition-february-2016/">click here</a> to view all the entries which received recognition in this competition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For the "Cityscapes" theme, I chose the image below; a painting of my impression of one of the main carparks in our city. I was learning to drive when I painted this image, and I was beset by the idea of being trapped among all the concrete kerbing that interlaces carparks.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-87619129095191523182016-01-22T11:28:00.000+11:002016-01-22T11:28:17.851+11:00Motels<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love to do paintings of motels. I’ve stayed in lots of motels. The look
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You know it’s a special motel when they give you those
little packets of biscuits in your room. And if you’re really lucky, you
get a couple of sachets of hot chocolate mix among the tea and coffee makings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As long as it's a quiet room with a comfortable bed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The motel below was interesting, because it had a kind of tunnel you drive through to get to the carpark and the rooms.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-370782347051186852016-01-06T07:39:00.000+11:002016-01-06T07:39:34.621+11:00New buildings and concrete<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello and I hope your 2016 is good so far!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They're doing a lot of building nearby, with lots of concrete. There's a new supermarket being built, for a "Smarter Shopping" experience. We've already got several supermarkets, so this must be the cluster theory in action.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Down the road are these townhouses (pictured), built a few years ago. You can probably see the driveway from space; it's very white and expansive:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image: </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three Townhouses</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> by Alisa Perks. Gouache on paper.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PS Mr Biscuit was born yesterday (literally). But more about that later.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com0Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-2255120264030894602015-12-18T17:43:00.000+11:002015-12-18T17:43:49.307+11:00Best wishes for 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dear Readers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wishing you all the very best of good fortune, health, happiness and peace </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I guess it's obvious what I decided to bake for the festive season: gingerbread! These are deliciously spiced, with that special flavouring from golden syrup, too. They need to soften for a week or so, then they will be ready to eat. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pfeffern<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">ü</span>sse</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span>are like that, too. They're like rocks when you first bake them, then they soften up beautifully after a week or two sitting in the tin. These are iced using royal icing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr Biscuit and friends are putting their heads together to try and dream up a </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See you again in 2016, with more ideas and fun!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com2Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633875086375456594.post-38579840966908135072015-12-12T09:16:00.001+11:002015-12-12T09:16:31.961+11:00Biscuits - some thoughts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the moment, I'm trying to decide what to bake for the upcoming festive season. We may get a visitor or two (or maybe not?), so I need to have something yummy to offer people with their cup of tea if they visit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gingerbread is a possibility. I need to get some different shaped cookie cutters. The second reason for baking gingerbread is to do with inventing a character for a series of adventure pictures that I've started painting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But more about that in a later post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The biscuits shown below were delicious jam-filled, bought biscuits. When this painting was displayed in one of my exhibitions, I put the same plate of biscuits on a plinth underneath where the picture was hanging in the gallery, and people could eat one if they wanted. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm glad to say that this picture, like most shown in my blog, is now in someone's private collection. I do hope they are enjoying those biscuits as much as I enjoyed painting them!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image: <em>Biscuits</em> by Alisa Perks. Gouache on paper.</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13559802855566949856noreply@blogger.com1Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.069929 51.157948499999975 24.521132999999995 -143.60767650000003