Bundaberg’s Centenary Celebrations

Saturday night will be a momentous occasion for me, as I will be presenting Projections of the Past: a selection of historical photographs from the Library archives.

These images will be projected onto the side of the Civic Centre, which coincidentally was the site for the first projection Brad and I did two or three years ago.

I have been having problems again with the video hanging soon after it starts… and I get a black screen. . I think it’s because my Apple, and Adobe Photoshop gear doesn’t want to mix with Windows Movie Maker. However, I seem to have converted the file to a Quicktime movie and things are going along nicely at present.

It would be more sensible for me to stick with one editing program, but each of the three programs I use have their own unique features. I use Windows Movie Maker for very simple videos, Adobe Premiere and Movie Plus6 . Of the three I find MoviePlus 6 the most user-friendly, and it has more features.

Tomorrow I just have to join a few film clips together and I will be ready for the showing.

I am hiring a larger projector for this occasion. 5500lumens will be better than the 3500 lumens of my projector.

I’m happy that Brad is on deck for this presentation. He is very resourceful and will be an asset, should there be any dramas….and of course he is funny, and a good friend.

There is the possibility of rain on Saturday evening, in which case, we will move into the Civic Centre. The show must go on!!! I hope you can be there. cx

Attached is a picture of one of Bundaberg’s beautiful old buildings, that has been converted to a backpackers facility.

Committed…

This is the Sanctuario that Nolan mentions in the last post. It’s still a modern day pilgrimage site with magical healing powers within the dirt on the site.

I hope so as apparently in the good old days people would eat the dirt.

This Sanctuario complex is in a really remote spot when you think of it in terms of the 18th/19th Centuries. So ambitious, so committed.

(PS. if you click on the photos they’ll open large in a new window and you can see the landscape detail)

Morning!

Luis Tapa ‘Chima Altar – Ford III’ 1992

Well it’s more than a week since I was standing in the Albuquerque Museum of Art and I’m not entirely sure what happened to that week but it certainly appeared to involve a lot of attention span ‘issues’, and a degree of laying down. With only another 2 weeks until I go away again, I seem to be filling my time with neglected practical tasks.

A mate said ‘this is thinking time’. And it does feel needed. But I am really looking forward to getting stuck into things from Christmas on, as I’ll return on Dec 21.

Today is a trip to the big town and I’ll get to meet up with the BRAG team which will be a highlight.

I saw some great exhibitions at the Museum on my last day in AlbQ, some works on paper including this piece by Reihord V. Whitt-Pritchette, and a permanent exhibition “Common Ground. Art in New Mexico”. I also came across an artist there and in another section, called Kevin Tolman, and really loved his pieces.

This piece of his, ‘Flow/Rapid II’ was part of a show the Museum held called “Miniatures and More”. This is an invited small works show they have held each year for 23 years and was a really interesting idea. Each artist submitted 3 or so works, all for sale, to help fundraise for the gallery, and to show the local/state works. It was a real mixed bag, and a great hanging.

Moreton outing

I’m way behind on blogging, so here are some catch-up pix from my 4 days camping on Moreton.  A ton of images for future paintings are in the queue.  I did manage to do one quick sketch from memory of our bathing lagoon and looming dune above.

 

Brisbane

My week has been filled with long walks to The Edge…down by the river, where the ‘Biomechanical Pelicans’ live. Long spiky lizards abound there in the scrub, watching your every move…still as statues unless you come too close. Kids call them ‘Frillys’, though there is really nothing frilly about them. They should be called ‘Spikys’. I like lizards. As a child, I used to keep Blue Tongue Lizards. I was a strange child.

The river is full of charming City Hoppers… small ferries that you can hop on and off at various docks along the Brisbane River. The big City Cats (catamarans) glide silent and serene across the glistening water against the big city backdrop and rugged brown cliff faces. I feel the temptation to paint those cliff faces, but immediately dismiss that idea as ridiculous…I am no longer a painter.

River noises are muted by the never ending drone of traffic. It spoils the ambience of this otherwise picturesque scene. There is the constant sound of heavy breathing of the ubiquitous joggers as they pound the riverside pavements in droves, intermixed with the ardent lycra clad streamlined helmeted bike riders, who all appear to be training for the Tour de France. One must be as alert as a lizard on and around the bikeways or one is likely to get skittled!!

Seriously though, the Southbank walk and bikeways are a great asset and allow for interesting outings, and I love Brisbane.

Days at The Edge can swing between great and frustrating. Great when I have learnt something new. Frustrating when I realise how much I don’t know. I will persevere. c x

Beautiful Brisbane

It’s going to be hard to leave my son’s apartment!!! cx

Childers local media with a sweet headline … anyone for ‘Dessert’?

Home Sweet Home

 

Sunset drinks looking over Mt Perry (with the patchwork verandah painting – wish I could decide on a colour!!)

Lovely to be home, a head full of thoughts and images, and an ever-present ginger shadow. Nice to be missed eh. More posts tomorrow afternoon, after a quick trip to Bundy – hope to drop in on the BRAG peeps.

I’m staying with friends overnight, and you’ll be pleased to hear I have the makings of Margaritas in the car.

Trevor visits the Winklers

In a manner of speaking. Trevor, we are so pleased to be able to have this bowl reside with us. Thanks so much for making it so affordable! It is beautiful and we are grateful.

Murrill sculpts Nolan

So, this is a small sculpture by Gwynn, who was my next door neighbor in soCalifornia, at the time she used me as a model. At that time I had LONG straight hair past my waist. ha. Creative mind. The other two standing sculptures she did of me have me with a Mohawk style spiked hair. She must’ve seen a bit into the future. =] Hope you took the time to check out the video I posted earlier.