Category: anecdotes

  • Time is everything

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    Liz

    I was going to launch it all with a big bang, balloons and streamers and all the fancy I could manage, but I can’t see myself finding the time for that in the near future and I really don’t want to wait any longer.

  • Chance meetings

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    Liz

      Chance meetings and random comments can open so many doors. A few weeks ago, I was prepping for an exhibition and finalising a few paper mosaics when I ran out of hanging wire and framing tape. I’m picky about my hanging wire and only purchase the plastic coated variety which I buy from my…

  • On display for all the world to see

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    Liz

    It is not well known on this website because I don’t tend to mention it much, but I’m also trained in graphic design and do both graphic design and web design for artists, small businesses and non-profit organisations. The reason I don’t advertise it is because while I enjoy it, it is not the purpose…

  • Exploring paper mosaics

    Exploring paper mosaics

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    Liz

    I had a great day today. I held a paper mosaics workshop at Goodwood Library. Eleven eager artists attended and had a good time. I gave a quick rundown on tools and materials and let them have at it 😀 It was great fun to see the different interpretations and experimenting going on and I…

  • The Calm

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    Liz

    Our lives are nuts. While many of the mundane tasks of existence have been relieved by technology, we’ve filled the gaps with more stuff, so instead of spending hours washing our clothes in the local river, we’re dashing off to work to a gazillion deadlines, places to be, people to see and appointments to keep.…

  • Exhibitions

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    Liz

    This is the state of my hallway at the moment.

  • It is all in the mindset

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    Liz

    I’m in the perfect position to achieve anything I want, I just need to make sure I don’t stuff up what I already have in order to get it.

  • Goodies in the post

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    Liz

    Some time ago I received an email from Golden Paints. Yes, the guys who make our wonderfully lush acrylics and mediums.

  • Persistance is not futile

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    Liz

    None of us were born with a pencil and Leonardo da Vinci’s art education – not even Leonardo himself. Yet, many of us, including me, oggle at the masters’ artworks and grumble about how we can never be that good. Do we ever see the blood, sweat and tears behind those masterpieces? Do we know…

  • Shades of Grey

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    Liz

    One of the beauties of travelling in winter is the mercurial weather. There be sun, rain, and everything in between. Of course, I speak of the weather in Southern Australia as I am familiar with little else, but in my experience the lighting can be wonderous. The sun, when it is available, is at a…