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Happy Birthday Eiffel Tower

On - Wednesday 20 May 2009

The Eiffel Tower is 120 years old today! Happy Birthday! To celebrate Im offering free postage on my 'Love Paris' fine art print for the rest of the month! You can buy at my etsy store here.

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Finders Keepers

On - Tuesday 19 May 2009

Shady Designs

States of Nature

Ivy Designs

I've been so busy working on some new stuff, inspired to get things done after seeing the great work at the Finders Keepers market on the weekend. Here are a few of my favourite sellers.

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Here is an idea for a very different sort of still life painting. Not sure that I would have the patients... no I definitely wouldn't. Two artists from different sides of the world both doing a very similar thing. Top is 'Ghosted: Myrtle Acacia' and 'Ghosted: Christmas Bush' by Austrlian artists Lizzie Buckmaster Dove. The bottom image is by Nienke Sybrandy in the Netherlands.

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Field of Light

On - Sunday 17 May 2009

I would love to have seen this installation at the Eden Project. 'Field of Light' by Bruce Munro ran until the end of March featuring 6,000 glass spheres and 24,000 meters of fibre optic cable! And I cant even sort out one light for the lounge.

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Archibald People's Choice

On - Friday 15 May 2009

Im really pleased to find that Vincent Fantauzzo's amazing potrait of the young actor Brandon Walters has won the Archibalds People's Choice award. I voted for it. Yeay!

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Sydney Markets

On - Thursday 14 May 2009

If you're in Sydney tomorrow or Saturday check out the Finders Keepers Market in Eveleigh:

Friday 15th May from 6pm – 10pm
Saturday 16th May from 12pm – 10pm

The inside foyer at CarriageWorks -245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh NSW 2015.

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Pressed paper

On - Monday 11 May 2009

I came across some lovely artwork last week at one of my favourite local shops, Papeir D'Amore. They seem to have pressed the birdcage image into some handmade paper and then sewn on the bird. What a great idea. I really need to get my paper making kit out. The work is by two Brisbane sisters Taryn and Elise Eales.

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Fashion

Find of the week: Polyvore

On - Sunday 10 May 2009

This is my first go at Polyvore. I think its a great website where you can put together your own mood boards of fashion and photos. The best bit is if you see something you like there is a link to buy it! I thought Id just test it out and it became dreaming of afternoon tea by creative-monsoon featuring Christian Louboutin shoes It is quite a contentious site though, and I can see why - you are using other people work. But they do put links in for every image used, so people can buy it, as long as everything is credited to its original owner I wouldn't mind people using my images. I think it could be a good little marketing tool.

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Magnolia bugs

On - Wednesday 6 May 2009

I'm not usually a fan of bugs, but in this case I'll make an exception. These great combinations of illustration and real flowers are from US photographer Kari Herer.

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New work: The New Lily

On - Sunday 3 May 2009

Wow it seems ages since I posted about new photography for sale on the creative monsoon site. Been so busy moving into the new house. My brother bought me some beautiful pink lilies as a house warming present and we photographed them today. Ive just finished this print this evening, perfect for brightening up a room. You can buy online at creative-monsoon.com and remember all prints come ready to frame with a white mat.