Atelier

March 2015

May Street Studios, Sydney.

Work in progress.. After James Joyce, "Ripple all thy Flying Hair" 2000 - 2015.

picking up the prints.. they look quite beautiful as a pair.

I am reworking this photograph.. It's a self-portrait taken in 2000.

I (painstakingly) cut the images into small strips.. any mistakes will send me back to the printer for another print..

the cutting process takes more than a day.. nearly 100 cuts to complete both photographs.

the photographs are then carefully glued back together again.. this is the biggest version I have made using this method.

VIDEO

Ripple all thy Flying Hair

Click above to watch a time-lapse video of some of the glueing process..

success! at the framer..

June 2014

Murrays Cottage, Hill End Artist in Residency

Some images from my stay in Hill End..

from Bathurst to Hill End.

view from the Royal Hotel.

photography kit.. film cameras.. pinhole camera, Hasselblad 500C/M, Leica M6 TTL & Contax T3.

morning wanderings from Murrays Cottage.. tree knot..

misty mornings..

Golden Gully Arch.

abandoned house.

B&W test shots.. compositition.. textures.. notes on works in progress.

February 2014

Fellwanderings #1 - #4 on the outside walls of the Atelier..

February 2014

Fellwanderings coming out of the printer..

it's always so exciting.. after weeks of work.. to finally see the prints.. off to the framer!

January 2014

more Fellwanderings..

I just adore this area in England.. it's so nostalgic, mysterious & evocative.. the light, the mist & the lush greens.. it reminds me of the great landscapes described in English novels.

December 2013

Moving from #10 to #9.

from this.. to this!

June 2013

Reconnaissance for new series.. Lake District, England.

Fellwanderings..

stunning mountain view.. sheep on a hill..

the view of Lake Coniston from Monk Coniston.. & view through the trees.

two-headed snail

tree hug.. two-headed snail..

June 2013

1st draft of prints for Bitter/Sweet.

preparing to cut.. The Wound; 22 August 2010.

Flower Universe.

the universe is a flower.. creating a nebula by enlarging & distorting a bouquet of flowers.

The Fracture; 28 December 2010.

draft layout of Bitter/Sweet.

May 2013

Bitter/Sweet prints.

the dead branch on a green tree.. a patch of dead grass amongst a green field..

& clouds.. the universe is a flower.

Rodney's gorgeous dining room, the perfect place to re-enact a memory.

two identical trees bound by their roots.. & a random shot of the end of the film.

May 2013

Bitter/Sweet work in progress..

shooting at Rodney's place, his dining room was the perfect place to recreate the scene.. colours & shadow & fracture..

sequence of events..

the talented Ben weaving his digi. magic on my clouds..

May 2013

Shooting for Bitter/Sweet.

trying out gorgeous new wide-angle.. & coming out the other side.

in cloud heaven.

April 2013

Working Title - Bitter/Sweet.

printing some recon. images from a location scout for Bitter/Sweet.. the flip tool would be handy right about now..

ready for the cut..

hmm.. options..

series of images grouped together.

March 2013

Working on a self portrait.

after James Joyce's Chamber Music XXV.. "Ripple all thy flying hair."

Marrickville Open Studio Trail (MOST) March 2013

Some images of my prep..

sooo busy i'm a blurrr.. the Japanese screen in the Atelier.. the writing down the right side..

"if you look after your crop well you'll have a good harvest."

preparing negs. for scanning & printing.. & choosing print sizes.. always a difficult decision.

reworking lights & paint surface of Tear/Tear.. & Ben copy stand-ing a page of the print book.

so excited! test prints coming out of the printer.

OK.. really need to tidy up my work space..

i'm so happy to be finally printing some of my early work. i took these when i was 15.. my 1st roll of B&W film!

Sergio Blowing Bubbles 1985 & Sergio & the Bird Cage 1985.

Rohan hanging Odes; in the Atelier.. SO wonderful to have the photographs around me.

finally my photograph is up @ May Street Gallery.. so very exciting.. 30 resident artists

are exhibiting in the Group Show.

ready for MOST.. the outside walls of the Atelier..

@ May Street Studios for the Open Days..