I have a little notebook that lives in my car (well it lives in my car when I am not in lock down!) and when I have to pick the terrible trio up from school or dance or wait for covid tests and doctors appointments, I’ll sketch little drawings. Part of this is boredom – […]
Today I am share the third of 5 paintings created on wooden disks. Last year I bought five large round wooden disks from our local hardware shop. At the time I didn’t really have a plan, but I was also slightly enamoured with wreaths, and starting to follow the  moon phases. Earlier this year I
This painting seemed to take months. Actually it did take months! Each time I worked on it, I would take infinitesimally small steps forward, and end the session feeling frustrated and lost. But I think the end result was worth it. This is the second of my wooden disk paintings – the first being the CRYSTAL
JULY 2021 UPDATE. 2021 saw the addition of an art journalling practice to my weekly rituals. I have written about it in depth here . Today I want to share some more of the journal pages I have been creating lately. Some of which have inspired new larger paintings. I am so happy I had added
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Adding a art journalling practice to my day has really helped with my creative ebbs and flows, and I find that often paintings I have made in my art journal are begging to be recreated into larger paintings. Mademoiselle was one of these paintings. Starting as a quick paint and then graduating to the a
As part of the Handmade Canberra (now Handmade Australia) virtual markets in May I did an hour live paint session on Facebook. I started Astra and spent the rest of the weekend finishing her off. She was inspired by a sketch I did in my car while I was waiting for the girls to finish
It’s been a minute since I shared some new art here on my website – everything in Casa da Mac seems to be moving at light speed. But despite our busy household, I have managed to cling to my new practises of creating art almost every day. If it isn’t a quick journal page (I
HEY LOVES! I accidentally took a long break from the studio last month! I had intended to come back mid January, when we postponed our summer holiday (partly because of covid and partly because of our animals) instead of spending a week on the beach, I spent a hot, dusty sweaty week sorting out our
THE EMPRESSES AND ANGELS COLLECTION Selene the moon godddess is the latest in my Empresses and Angels Collection (although since this is the second goddess that I have painted I am thinking of calling it the Empress, Goddess and Angels Collection!) My wee beastie was unintentionally named after two goddesses. Â In fact one of her
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