Sitting for Barbie Kjar
Who would have thought staring at the back of an easel could be so inspiring! Not only inspiring, we were enthralled in this simple form of art on the eve that The Australian's Sharon Verghis was publishing her article that questioned whether drawing was dead. From an artist's perspective, Soula particularly felt her own practise validated witnessing the push, pull and struggle she also experiences when drawing and aiming for likeness. Barbie is a true creative spirit sharing energy, warmth and her incredible wisdom full heartedly. With great [...]
The Hurting Strings – An Artist’s Story of Pain
Click on the image above or visit The Hurting Strings on www.reelhouse.org Let's watch The Hurting Strings I'd like to express my biggest thanks firstly to Peter Lamont for taking this project on and for communicating my invisible message with such perfection even after realising what was going to be a four-minute documentary was turning into something much longer. And to all of you who either contributed through crowd funding, or supported me throughout this process by giving me great courage to see this difficult task through, THANK [...]
Sorina Williams, Practicing What we Preach
(Above: John Kelly’s art for Moo Brew) We love art and design equally at ooi. In fact the only thing driving the choice between art or design in our studio is the client’s brief and which of the two we feel will answer the solution best. So when Sorina Williams asked if we could give feedback on her uni assignment that was about the value of illustration in design, we were happy to help and even publish it on our website. Sorina is about to complete her Diploma [...]
Answerable to no one except my talent!
There's something really great about being an artist and experiencing a time where you can work without influence. I am experiencing that pleasure right now and exploring what it is I would like to focus on to amount a body of work that is unrelated to my last 7.5 years of pained life. My artworks of the last years have been quite erratic subject wise. Certainly nothing like the bodies of work (pre fall to my backside), of French Facades and portraits of Lynn Savery. But I've only [...]
