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The nearing end of the year always makes me a little melancholy. Remembering family Xmas’s long gone, fading, never to have those feelings of anticipation again. Nothing but happy memories of that little fibro house in the backyard, hot sweaty summers and the sound of cicadas. A plastic green Christmas tree, and the worn cardboard box from under the bed. A box full of secrets and mementos. Letters tied with string, old photos, an empty, small champagne bottle, a wedding head dress, pressed between tissue paper. It was also a box of magic, magic that was held in suspended animation inside the old glass baubles and tinsel.

I loved that little cardboard box, it’s probably why I love making Xmas decorations now. In the hope that someone out there shares that same feeling of joy that such objects can bring. A little colour, a little brightness into the world. A remembrance of our childhood, of those feelings of something new was about to happen.

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Last year I planted some new varieties if tulips into my front garden. I hope the will multiply profusely and that the late winter rains don’t rot the bulbs! In the past I have lifted the bulbs and replanted them in March. This year I’m going to be a little reckless and leave them in the ground!

Pretty Woman

Inimitable

Jan Van Ness

Mascara

Columbus

Hot Honey Rag

Other bulbs I planted this year are Purple Rain -Allium and Fritillaria meleagris, (a plant I have wanted forever)!

A quick look at how I make my mixed medium paintings! Enjoy. I may one day add sound to it.

https://youtu.be/2u5gFMWFdPw?si=Jt2xUvwSC6F5N3WV

Once upon a time I made a little movie about one of my early mixed media paintings. The best part of making this little short was editing and making the sound track!

https://youtu.be/ei1sf-zRaMk?si=4MLBVfpq_dalKTlp