hey lady

hey, good news. i came runner up in the small works prize! and my drawing sold, so i was one very happy lady. thanks to steph and marce for hosting such a great event. if you are in ballarat have a look at the 90 or small works at red brick gallery and emporium 218a skipton steet.


i'm working on a series of little people and birds in boats. i'm drawing on a beautiful reconstituted stone surface framed in reclaimed timber. here are some works in progress or works in watching (i like to sit with them for a bit before i decide if they are finished!)

oh and did i mention that i have a studio space! yes. a beautiful square of ballarat to fill with little pictures eat people things. i'm sooooo excited! i love the lead light windows looking out to the roof tops and pigeons. i feel very happy and productive in this space...hehe!

and finally, here are some pictures of my little rosie! her first tooth came through today!

you can't really tell, it's just cut through! and, because i can't resist here are some more pics...

why not go all out and be an unashamedly proud muma...here are some earlier pics! okay, that should do it!

rachel xx

a day has come to an end

well it is the end of the day and i can't sleep so i thought i'd blog...maybe staring at a bright computer screen will make me sleepy...hehe. 

up there ^ are some little drawings i made the other day that i thought i'd show. if you click on the first picture you might be able to read my little words in a house. but if you can't, it reads...

a day has come to an end.

family.

food.

wine the night before.

legs sink heavy into my bed.

hope you're feeling good and sleeping well xx
rachel.

headphones make me happy

don't you just love walking around with headphones?...the world has a soundtrack. i haven't been doing much of that these days...as most of the time i have a baby in tow. but these drawing are really just about getting in your own head space.


and in terms of beautifully fuzzy distorted music...well i have been listening to tenniscoats (not really fuzzy, just well japanese...the drummer plays with twigs instead of drum sticks! i saw them live in castlemaine a while back), karen o and the kids, the triffids...ok not a lot of distortion or fuzz there either...i think i'm just craving a sort of sound...any recommendations??  


my husband is furiously paper mache ing spotty tea pots! he is playing the mad hatter and host to a make believe tea party for kids this weekend. he is so excited...he's written some songs especially for it.


the new thaw is out...and it's a pretty rad issue. a beautiful article written by louisa about tegan who is an artist and teacher...i wish she'd taught me in high school...she would have blown my little mind...but i'm lucky enough to be her friend now. i wrote a slightly confessional article about my obsessive compulsive love of sharpening my pencils.

xx