Great day yesterday. Huge congratulations to Graeme Murphy and @ausballet. ‘Murphy’ was brilliant. Loved it. Such incredible dancers. Congratulations all.
We saw the Sat Matinee, from a little way back - middle of the back row, at the very top. The energy, passion, power, easily reached us. The lady beside me jumped in Firebird when Kostchei (@jakemangakahia) lept out.
My friend said Firebird absolutely lived up to when she first saw it in 2009. She loved it then, and loved it now.
The penny is a gift from earlier in the day. Thank you @rainbowgatepost
#findapenny #numismatist #penny #australian #murphy
#fbf to my exhibition opening of A Decade of Dance at @fortyfivedownstairs last year. Having fun with my very special guest speaker, @davidmcallisterausballet. Ummm I think it’s pretty easy to spot the non-dancer … #noidea #noexcuse #toomuchfun Please go to the link in my bio to see more photos from the night. 📷@messinabout
Happy Easter! #easterbunny #studiosecrets #studio
It's a Good Friday :) Painting in the studio with hot cross buns in belly. #bluehandstomatch
Great day yesterday. Huge congratulations to Graeme Murphy and @ausballet. ‘Murphy’ was brilliant. Loved it. Such incredible dancers. Congratulations all. We saw the Sat Matinee, from a little way back - middle of the back row, at the very top. The energy, passion, power, easily reached us. The lady beside me jumped in Firebird when Kostchei (@jakemangakahia) lept out. My friend said Firebird absolutely lived up to when she first saw it in 2009. She loved it then, and loved it now. The penny is a gift from earlier in the day. Thank you @rainbowgatepost #findapenny #numismatist #penny #australian #murphy
Many thanks to @portjacksonpressgallery’s guest curator Faraday Boydell for including @marcoluccioartist's and my own artwork in this month’s Online Viewing Room #Artwork : NY Nude 1 (2007) #Drypoint on #VelinArches paper 22.5 x 11cm Edition of 15 #portjacksonpress #printmaking #printmakers #australianart #contemporaryart #exhibition #melbourne #collingwood #onlineviewingroom #curator #guestcurator #faradayboydell
Chookas to @ausballet for tonight’s premiere of ‘Murphy’. It is such an exciting, beautiful, powerful, fun tribute - truly reflecting #GraemeMurphy . I wanted to split into multiples in the dance studios so I could sit in all the rehearsal rooms simultaneously. Hope you can see it! Melb 16-26 March. Syd 6-23 April. #fbf This artwork is inspired by rehearsals of Swan Lake when I was very lucky to first meet Graeme Murphy and Janet Vernon at The Australian Ballet in 2013. #Artwork detail: Fall (2014) #Monotype on #VelinArches paper 30 x 22cm (#dancer @amber_e_scott #TheAustralianBallet )
An absolutely beautiful & incredibly generous performance by Principal Artists @lana_jones_ & @kevin.j.jackson of Murphy’s Firebird outside @artscentremelbourne. ‘Murphy’ opens this Friday in #Melbourne . Chookas to all @ausballet
& another artwork on #murphymonday #Artwork : Odette (2014) #Monotype on #VelinArches paper 40 x 29.5cm (#dancer @leestojmenov @ausballet)
#murphymonday Back in @ausballet studios, being inspired by Murphy Magic. Book your tickets and don’t miss #ausballet ’s 50 year tribute celebrating Australia’s iconic dance maker, Graeme Murphy This artwork is from rehearsals of #GraemeMurphy ’s Swan Lake. #Artwork : Rise of the Swan (2014) #Monotype on #VelinArches paper 60 x 30.5cm (#dancers @amber_e_scott & @bulladam @ausballet)
Congratulations and many thanks to the very talented artists of @ausballet’s Bodytorque atelier for an afternoon of inspiration yesterday. Special congratulations to the choreographers, @mason.lovegrove @jill_ogai @richard_house @jakemangakahia @franclavi @ellahavelka @timothyrcoleman 👏👏👏
My own (water)Firebird! Just sitting by the NGV for a minute to take in an awesome Murphy week at @ausballet & joined by the sweetest duck. #whatacutie
#murphymonday My first day back in @ausballet studios and I’m loving it! Huge thanks to the generous, lovely and inspiring Graeme Murphy & Janet Vernon, & @davidmcallisterausballet @klongersklongers & all the @ausballet dancers. This artwork is from rehearsals of #GraemeMurphy ’s Swan Lake. #Artwork : White Swan (2014) #Monotype on #VelinArches paper 59 x 30cm (#MadeleineEastoe #TheAustralianBallet ) #dancer #dance
#Rarrrr ! My last 5min sketch from Sat of the brilliant @lorellerouge with her great wig & Bas. #MondayMadness #midyawn #charcoal #drawing #nude #studio #studiocat #basquet
Life Drawing today - 2 & 5min sketches Great poses by the beautiful @lorellerouge #charcoal #drawing #nude #studio
Process of creating Bruny Island 1 (2018). The monotype was created on the copper sheet first with etching ink, bouncing the rollers on colours before applying them on the copper, to create the texture of rock and water. Printed and dried under canite boards for a couple of days. And then pastel applied. From a photo courtesy Ann Rogers. #Artwork : Bruny Island 1 (2018) #Pastel over #Monotype on #VelinArches #paper 70 x 90cm #prints #printmaking #monotypes #painting #drawing #worksonpaper #artworks #tassie #tasmania #schminckepastels #studio
My 1st pastel over monotype landscape. Amazing landscape formed by erosion at the water’s edge on #BrunyIsland #Tasmania . This is actually a massive structure. The copper sheet I created the monotype on has a beautiful curve at the bottom - it’s a normal printmaker’s reject and an old favourite of mine - not a distortion of the photo. From a photo courtesy Ann Rogers. #Artwork : Bruny Island 1 (2018) #Pastel over #Monotype on #VelinArches #paper 70 x 90cm
Received a lovely message from Robert Avitabile, Director of @MetropolisGallery in #Geelong . A lady had purchased a gift for her husband and 3 sons, and then this as a gift for herself, because she had danced most of her early life. A beautiful compliment. Metropolis is open today, Sun, 12-4pm. It’s a great day to visit Geelong and the coast, and say hi to gallery assistant Natasha while you're there. #Artwork detail: Ballerina (2012) #Etching on #VelinArches #paper Edition of 50 25 x 19.5 cm (#Dancer of #TheAustralianBallet in Class) @ausballet #dance #prints #printmaking #printsandprintmaking #iam_printed #worksonpaper
#fbf to life drawing last week. It’s been a very long time, and it felt great! Many thanks to @messinabout & model Olivia #lovelifedrawing