photo of an old work in a new show.

The Kick-Ass Painting Show, Fontanelle Gallery and Studios, 26 Sixth St Bowden [Adelaide, Australia], open Mon to Sat until the 30th of June. 

Puppy, 2010, oils on canvas.

photo by Katherine Botten.

3:34 am  •  3 June 2012  •  View comments

~A Safe Place For Time Travellers~

The title of my next show for my residency here at Kunst Stoffe. Flyer to come soon.

3:19 am  •  3 June 2012  •  View comments

my new studio at Kunst Stoffe with the beginnings of new work.

3:13 am  •  3 June 2012  •  View comments

my new studio at Kunst Stoffe. 

3:10 am  •  3 June 2012  •  View comments

a tattoo on my body, drawn by Katherine Botten and tattoed by Audrey K Hulm.

4:45 am  •  27 May 2012  •  View comments

***a poem about Next Wave***

I’m so full

My stomach and oesophagus is so empty

My heart is beating so fast

I want someone to stick their tongue down my throat, up my arse.

8:55 pm  •  25 May 2012  •  View comments

TOTAL REFRESHMENT in Katherine Botten’s bedroom. To the right, a drawing I did in Kat’s kitchen on a pizza box. To the left, a painting I did a few years ago of a polar bear standing on bloody ice.

7:23 pm  •  24 May 2012  •  View comments

TOTAL REFRESHMENT, FELTspace, 2012. 

7:41 pm  •  23 May 2012  •  View comments

I’ve been listening to people talk a lot about the ‘accessibility’ of art a lot lately. A lot in the last few years, a lot in the last week. 

One thing people like to talk about a lot is ‘art speak’ or the language that we use to talk about art. People say it’s pretentious and alienating. The dominant argument seems to be that this is because ‘artspeak’ is too academic for the ‘layperson’. I don’t think that’s true. I don’t think we need to dumb things down. I think we need to start treating words like objects - realise them as dry/wet/sticky/smooth/hard/soft substances to be used as a part of our practice. Let’s get 

SENSUAL

PHYSICAL

REAL 

EMOTIONAL

with language and let’s stay sharp as - I don’t think we’re smart enough to start dumbing things down yet.

Lately my Mum and I have been visiting my shows together after lunch. Sometimes it’s hard because she says “I don’t get it” which isn’t exactly an inspiring reaction. But the other day after a particularly good conversation she said, “I realised I just have to feel it, and let the rest follow.” This made me happy, and it made me want to be a better artist. It made me want to be the kind of artist who can be there to catch my audience as they fall into the feeling - because intentional falling is a real investment of trust. 

7:40 pm  •  23 May 2012  •  View comments

butter crunch

10:02 pm  •  17 May 2012  •  View comments