Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Zest Exhibition with Kenneth Inger

I will be having another exhibition opening soon. This time I will be exhibiting with good friend and fantastic portrait photographer Kenneth Inger. Below is a pic of Kenneth I took a few years ago.



The exhibition will be at the Zest Cafe and Gallery, Glenelg and will run from June 9 - July 20. An opening will be held on Thursday, June 12. Below is the poster I designed to promote the exhibition.

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

A vist from Alissa and Lance

On May 4 and 5 my niece Alissa (Neil’s daughter) and her boyfriend Lance visited us. They were down from Queensland as Lance was in a poker competition being played at a pub here in Adelaide.

On the Saturday, after a bacon and egg breakfast at David and Julie’s, we drove to McLaren Vale to show Alissa and Lance a couple local wineries. We went in two cars, the Mini had David, me, Alex and Meghan on board while my brother David, Mum, and Alissa and Lance drove in the hire car they had.

We visited the D’Arenberg Cellar Door. It’s on the top of a hill and looks out over McLaren Vale and has great views. We also went to the Primo Estate cellar door which is housed in the most magnificent building.

After that we travelled to Goolwa to see where Hayley works, the Aquacaf, which is on the river. We had coffees and desserts and enjoyed the lovely location. On the way back to David and Julie’s place we showed off ‘The Chateau’ and then we all had take-away back at Lower Mitcham.

We all got together again on the Sunday for a meal. Hayley, Alissa and Lance also got to see my exhibition.

Click on the pictures to see a larger size.



Alex, Lance, Alissa and Mum at the Aquacaf, Goolwa.



Lance, Mum, Hayley, David, Mehgan and Alex.



Alex trying to enter a competition. The details were on the back of an iced coffee pack.

If you click on the two photos below they will take you to my Flickr photo page.

Heading Home

Boats being towed back to the marina at Goolwa after a race.

Primo Estate McLaren Vale

Primo Estate, McLaren Vale.

These Surveillance Blues

My latest exhibition These Surveillance Blues opened on Sunday, April 27 at the Tin Cat Café and Gallery, Rundle Street, Kent Town.

It wasn’t a very pleasant day – the first real wintry-type day of the year. It was cold and wet and bleak. Despite the weather there was a good turn-out for the opening. Landscape designer David Baptiste gave a speech and opened the exhibition.

The exhibition consists of seven large works (1 metre by 70cm when framed) and four series of four smaller works – 8 in 15x15cm frames and the other 8 in 25x25cm frames. David did all the framing once again. If I had to do it all the pictures would be crooked and ruined.

I sold 10 pictures at the opening including one to David Baptiste, who opened the exhibition – a nice surprise. It would be nice to sell a few more; mounting an exhibition like this is a huge financial drain.

The exhibition is available to view at the cafe/gallery until May 25. The Tin Cat is located at 107 Rundle Street, Kent Town and is open 7 days from 9am and is open in the evenings for dinner from Wednesday to Sunday night. My work will be in the front two rooms. Phone - 8362 4748.

Clicking on the pictures will take you to my Flickr photo sharing page where you can the pictures at a larger size.

Hanging II

David hanging the exhibition.

Hanging III

Pictures all bubble wrapped - ready to hang.

Hanging

Using the laser level to line everything up.

"These Surveillance Blues" Opening

Pictures David took at the opening.