I guess it had to happen – combine music, crowds of people, and a beer called Stone & Wood, and everyone starts to relax. Some people relax so much they need somewhere to sit down, and if there’s someone sharing the bench who’ll listen to a person without butting in, even better. That’s how it […]

Back in 2010 I cast a large bronze figure whose legs ended at the knees, because of a) an arty-farty design decision and b) a shortage of time to make the lower legs. Since then she’s sat in our garden, unable to run away even if she wanted, which is unlikely because every spring she […]

If there’s one thing I’ve larned about clouds, it’s this: you can’t nail the custards down. They just keep movin’ over the sky, shiftin’ shape like werewolves on Halloween. And danged if my own cloud ain’t goin’ the same way. Six week ago, I thought I had the shape nailed down tight. The first coat […]

Fearful Australia – those who want to Stop The Boats, which is code for Keep Australia Just For Me And People Like Me – should take itself down to the State Library of Queensland this week. There’s an exhibition of works by artists with refugee backgrounds, and it’s worth seeing. Saturday was the opening of […]