Archio D'Conte...

When asked for a name for one of my drawings my younger brother promptly said Archio D'Conte out of the top of his head. So that is what this pastel drawing is called. He attempted to charge me for his intellectual property but I wasn't to be taken in. He gets the credit and great renown of being an inventor of interesting names! I wonder if he can come up with names for the rest of my pictures. Names sometimes come naturally to a picture I'm working on and at other times it seems like one of the greatest challenges of being an artist to find a name that fits.

I've been working on updating my website all day today which is making me feel pretty washed out, I still have to finish making fliers, picture labels and signs for next weekend. But first I've got to feed the hungry sailors who have just arrived home out of the wind and rain...

Digital Art Appreciation

This is a bit of digital art I did once. I'm not a big fan of digital art and I would never leave traditional art for it. But I respect digital artists and love some of the beautiful images they create. 

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And to see the best of all visit the artist, Paul Miners website gallery of equine digital art. They are amazing!

Julie Greg- New Zealand Artist

  As part of an unofficial new years resolution I have been looking at work from New Zealand artists for I realized that I know shockingly little of the New Zealand art world. I actually don't like the usually New Zealand contemporary style or 'unrealism'. However I am discovering their are allot of artists from my country who are really brilliant artists.

Julie Greg, for example. I have known of this artist for some years and she has been a big inspiration for me. Whenever I wanted to draw something and couldn't come up with good ideas I would look at her beautiful pastel work. Here are some samples:

Catherino II

Learning to Fly

Power and Grace

  I love the style of her work with the very realistic and detailed horse and abstract textured background.

  I lie how she has done the background for this, it is abstracted to show off the dear but you can tell it is a grassy woodland scene and can even see blue sky through the tree tops.

  Julie Greg has also done a series on shepherds with their horses and dogs. Beautiful pieces are they not!

You can follow her on her blog, though she dose not post very regularly, or see more work in her website gallery. Julie Greg on Facebook

So what do you think? Recon I could become that good an artist one day!