tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69847949499765322992024-03-14T01:40:40.231+10:00BanxAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567032330361866726noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984794949976532299.post-85734156682950314612016-02-16T04:44:00.000+10:002016-02-16T12:21:44.842+10:00Your Website: Greenland, Austria and Argentina - all in the last 2 secondsImagine what it would be like to know EXACTLY where your visitors are coming from<br />in real time?<br /> <br /> <strong>Well - with ClusterMaps you have that all with a simple 2 lines of JavaScript <br />and it is </strong><strong>completely AT NO COST.</strong><br /> <br />If you haven't been back for a while, then head on over and start getting<br />deep and meaningful data that can drive you more success.<br /> <br /><br /> <a href="http://secure.serverhub.co/link.php?M=505615&N=41&L=6&F=H">Click Here to see the new ClustrMaps</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://secure.serverhub.co/unsubscribe.php?M=505615&C=bd040f24064aa21fda46c1fd62442052&L=1&N=41">Unsubscribe me from this list</a><br /> <img src="http://tools.serverhub.co/t?pn=Email+Campaigns&mtn=CM+inactive+users&mn=visits&sn=inactive_users&cn=Emails" /> <img src="http://secure.serverhub.co/open.php?M=505615&L=1&N=41&F=H&image=.jpg" height="1" width="10">Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567032330361866726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984794949976532299.post-58174649386358039292010-05-14T18:31:00.001+10:002010-05-14T18:31:56.075+10:00ClustrMaps archive and map reset, totals preservedDear ClustrMaps user,<p>Many thanks for being a loyal ClustrMaps user for the past year. Now that a year has elapsed since your account <a href="http://artbanx.blogspot.com">http://artbanx.blogspot.com</a> was registered or archived, we are writing just to let you know that an annual automatic 'archive' of your red dots has taken place, meaning that all your 'other' (previous) red dots are safely stored in the Maps Archive, which you'll find by clicking on the Maps Archive link immediately above your large full-size world map.<p>Although the map archive has already happened, your existing map will stay displayed until the NEXT update of your map. This helps to avoid displaying a totally empty map until there are fresh dots to show.<p>We sincerely hope this has not caught you by surprise, BUT we fully appreciate that it may have come at an unexpected moment! You may not have been aware of this, although we do explain this on our Products page listing on <p> <a href="http://clustrmaps.com/products.htm">http://clustrmaps.com/products.htm</a> <p>and also on our Frequently Asked Questions page, in particular at the following part of the page:<p> <a href="http://clustrmaps.com/faq.htm#archivereset">http://clustrmaps.com/faq.htm#archivereset</a> <p>The above item in turn contains links to deeper explanations such as <p> <a href="http://clustrmaps.com/timeline.htm">http://clustrmaps.com/timeline.htm</a> <p>We know that people always like to have ever-more-dots, but the regular archive is the only way we can avoid having the maps turn into a 'giant red smear', and continue delivering the scalable service that everyone has come to expect.<p>The good news is that all of your totals are stored correctly, i.e. the new maps include the old archived totals in the grand 'running' total. If it helps to explain things to your own readers, you can always copy and paste the archive map referred to above (right-click and Save as... or right-click and View Image and note the URL and use that), and add that in to the appropriate page near your current active ClustrMaps thumbnail map with a suitable commentary (e.g. "Last year's totals:").<p>If this has caught you out by mistake, then we apologise and will endeavour to make this action much clearer in the future.<p>In the meantime, here is wishing you all the best, and thanks again for using ClustrMaps!<p>-The ClustrMaps TeamAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567032330361866726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984794949976532299.post-69069029279186757652009-06-14T13:44:00.013+10:002009-06-15T11:46:00.582+10:004ZzZ interview - Art to LunchI've just been interviewed by Jo-anne at 4ZzZ radio for the <a href="http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/nowplaying/index.cfm?action=dsp_show&showID=73&day=1">Art to Lunch</a> arts program that's aired every Sunday lunch time. Wowee, what an interesting experience! What a great program for the arts!<br /><br />I was invited as part of the <a href="http://www.qieu.asn.au/index.html">Queensland Independent Education Union</a> (QIEU) <a href="http://www.qieu.asn.au/615.html">Art Awards 2009</a> (now in its 15th year), which are held at the Bardon Centre on 9th September 2009. Judging by previous years, the standard of art is extremely high.<br /><br />QIEU sponsors the Awards for Excellence in Art Design, and is a co-sponsor of a state-wide literary competition. QIEU sponsors the Art Awards to promote the artistic endeavour of students, teachers and school officers in the non-government sector.<br /><br />Closing Date for Applications: 31st July 09<br /><a href="http://www.qieu.asn.au/entry_form_1.pdf">Entry forms</a> can be got from your teachers or from:<br /><br />QIEU Art Design Awards<br />P O Box 418<br />Fortitude Valley<br />QLD 4006<br /><br /><br /><br />The Interview<br />4ZzZ<br /><br /><span class="px11" style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Throughout its history, 4ZzZ has been renowned for supporting local music and artists, putting on great events, presenting news and opinions not found in mainstream media and providing support to our local community.<br /><br />When tuning into 102.1fm you will hear many musical genres including rock, hip hop, indie, dancehall, punk, dub, reggae, noise, electronica, ska and drum & bass.<br /><br />4ZzZ is unique in that we don't use playlists to control what music hits the airwaves.<br /><br />Here are some of the pix.<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The Old Communist Party Headquarters,<br />St Pauls Terrace, Fortitude Valley that is now 4ZzZ<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SjR1BGyc6iI/AAAAAAAAAF4/Tngk00_f9Aw/s1600-h/P6144532.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SjR1BGyc6iI/AAAAAAAAAF4/Tngk00_f9Aw/s320/P6144532.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347027319458163234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SjR1FrmSxcI/AAAAAAAAAGA/j2NdFsQYV1Y/s1600-h/P6144533.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SjR1FrmSxcI/AAAAAAAAAGA/j2NdFsQYV1Y/s320/P6144533.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347027398058755522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SjR1KXs1tXI/AAAAAAAAAGI/Z93IkZK4l_c/s1600-h/P6144534.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SjR1KXs1tXI/AAAAAAAAAGI/Z93IkZK4l_c/s320/P6144534.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347027478616847730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SjR1QyqFfYI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/UvhetyqPlgE/s1600-h/P6144535.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SjR1QyqFfYI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/UvhetyqPlgE/s320/P6144535.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347027588932271490" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And this is Jo-anne<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SjR1atOELoI/AAAAAAAAAGY/w6iGV8hlNH8/s1600-h/Jo-anne.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SjR1atOELoI/AAAAAAAAAGY/w6iGV8hlNH8/s320/Jo-anne.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347027759271259778" border="0" /></a><br />Thank you Jo-anne and Hollywood (not his real name) for steering a very nervous artist through a very harrowing interview.<br /><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567032330361866726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984794949976532299.post-85205168218561357642009-06-14T09:29:00.008+10:002009-06-14T09:56:39.912+10:00Guard dogThere was a sign in the paper today that read:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Attention Dog Guardians</span><br />Pick up after your dog.<br />Thank you.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Attention Dogs</span><br />Grrrrr, bark, woof.<br />Good Boy<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />Horrocks Beach Ratepayers</span><br /></div><br />Here's another I came across recently...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SjQ6IuqXSEI/AAAAAAAAAFo/4JD9yiApEec/s1600-h/Beware+of+the+Dog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SjQ6IuqXSEI/AAAAAAAAAFo/4JD9yiApEec/s320/Beware+of+the+Dog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346962579234703426" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The Dog<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SjQ6P15-tXI/AAAAAAAAAFw/FWjKA_xHrkg/s1600-h/The+dog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SjQ6P15-tXI/AAAAAAAAAFw/FWjKA_xHrkg/s320/The+dog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346962701438334322" border="0" /></a>Working hard? Good boy.<br /><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567032330361866726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984794949976532299.post-27158742929455644902009-06-09T20:40:00.026+10:002009-07-11T15:48:39.458+10:00Creating an Artful Curriculum<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Maiandra GD"; panose-1:2 14 5 2 3 3 8 2 2 4; mso-font-alt:Candara; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Maiandra GD"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >Art should never be ignored in schools in my opinion. Art may seem less useful to some people than say, maths, science and language </span><span style=";font-family:";" >(the more quantifiable disciplines) </span><span style=";font-family:";" >but it is not. There is now, a growing opinion that art is essential for rounded development and is fundamental to problem-solving. Doing art awakens parts of the mind that would otherwise lay dormant.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:";" ><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >The book ‘Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain’, by Betty Edwards is an excellent learning-to-draw book and suggests that art uses the right side of the brain and analytical-type activities, the left. The one aspect I know intuitively from being an artist and running a business is, not to use one or other, but both. By doing art, you stimulate the side of the brain not often used well from the age of about eight, and by combining the two side, you </span><span style=";font-family:";" >literally </span><span style=";font-family:";" >become smarter, I think... twice the grey matter as it were. It is also a great way of learning problem solving skills, and if you are already pretty good at solving problems, it keeps you good at it. There is no CTRL Z in the artist's pallet.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >Sir Ken Robinson sums it up in his talk at the conference 'Do schools kill creativity?' Feb 2006. </span><span style=";font-family:";" >I urge you to watch this...</span><span style=";font-family:";" > <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY">"Do schools kill creativity"</a> it is hysterically funny and gets the message across brilliantly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";color:#000000;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";color:#000000;" ><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567032330361866726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984794949976532299.post-81725610815863952302009-06-02T19:10:00.025+10:002009-06-04T09:35:16.282+10:00New Artwork and Leaf Blowers<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SicBN6ceESI/AAAAAAAAAFg/DWh7wgOiwWQ/s1600-h/Red+Bath+Tub.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SicBN6ceESI/AAAAAAAAAFg/DWh7wgOiwWQ/s320/Red+Bath+Tub.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343240821436977442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Red Bath Tub by Banx - Acrylic - 850 x 1000mm</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SicBDysbyvI/AAAAAAAAAFY/ldldJmhAVTs/s1600-h/Caatwalk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SicBDysbyvI/AAAAAAAAAFY/ldldJmhAVTs/s320/Caatwalk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343240647557761778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Catwalk by Banx - 1200 x 900mm</span><br /></div><br />and just for a bit of fun...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SiTwYo1bBII/AAAAAAAAAFQ/0oWcCi4zNaI/s1600-h/Art+Work+Ahead.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SiTwYo1bBII/AAAAAAAAAFQ/0oWcCi4zNaI/s320/Art+Work+Ahead.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342659364037264514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Art Work Ahead by Banx - Acrylic - 600 x 750mm</span><br /></div><br />Also, like everyone, I have the occasional gripe! My latest, apart from the state of the world economy, dodgy council policies, the state of the road traffic control system i.e. traffic light synchronisation, etc., etc., etc., is the use of leaf blowers. We have a throughway under our bedroom window and every Wednesday morning, a man starts up a leaf blower and redistributes the leaves and dust there. <span style="font-size:100%;">Quite apart from the appalling noise, nothing really worthwhile is achieved by the practice, leaves are blown around a bit, and so is the dust, and five minutes after the man has left, everything returns to exactly as it was before he arrived. The only change being that I am now awake and cranky.<br /><br />So here is my protest against the use of leaf blowers...</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SiTvlZaj8FI/AAAAAAAAAFI/T5P1FLgdLcM/s1600-h/No+Leaf+Blowers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SiTvlZaj8FI/AAAAAAAAAFI/T5P1FLgdLcM/s320/No+Leaf+Blowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342658483724742738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">No Leaf Blowers by Banx - Acrylic on Canvas - 600 x 750mm<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Mind you, I put up one of these signs a while back and talked to the man nicely about it and so far he hasn't returned. </div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567032330361866726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984794949976532299.post-21385807546849365612009-05-21T19:56:00.025+10:002009-05-23T10:27:49.675+10:00The Rock StarMeet Rocky.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/Shc_6nlqDvI/AAAAAAAAAE4/oRzyRMXEW1c/s1600-h/IMG_0299.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/Shc_6nlqDvI/AAAAAAAAAE4/oRzyRMXEW1c/s320/IMG_0299.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338806159562903282" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShUtP4wFfvI/AAAAAAAAAEo/JPjNHF8Obno/s1600-h/IMG_0294.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShUtP4wFfvI/AAAAAAAAAEo/JPjNHF8Obno/s320/IMG_0294.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338222684272951026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShUtEQkwjXI/AAAAAAAAAEg/WwCuXezt0mQ/s1600-h/IMG_0284.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShUtEQkwjXI/AAAAAAAAAEg/WwCuXezt0mQ/s320/IMG_0284.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338222484509461874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShdA3CxDszI/AAAAAAAAAFA/6-ugUUFS9ck/s1600-h/Rocky.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShdA3CxDszI/AAAAAAAAAFA/6-ugUUFS9ck/s320/Rocky.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338807197650629426" border="0" /></a>Portrait of Rocky by Banx<br /><br />Rocky is my partner's niece's pup, a very happy lab of about 3yrs. We had the worst weather in Brisbane in a long time, where the longest drought in about eight years, turned into...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShUpPs_WLCI/AAAAAAAAAEI/juy9mseqWgM/s1600-h/The+Hot+Gold+Hush+of+Noon.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 143px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShUpPs_WLCI/AAAAAAAAAEI/juy9mseqWgM/s320/The+Hot+Gold+Hush+of+Noon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338218283069221922" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: right;">The Hot Gold Hush of Noon by Banx<br /></div><br />the biggest floods, in I don't know how long!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShUpqhn-z3I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/3HXEGUt_3FE/s1600-h/Life%27s+a+Beach.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShUpqhn-z3I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/3HXEGUt_3FE/s320/Life%27s+a+Beach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338218743874899826" border="0" /></a><br />Life's a Beach by Banx<br /></div><br />Kaye's sister, Anne, told us via txt that the floods had swept through Rocky's en suite (he has the whole downstairs area to himself - more room than a dog can throw a stick at) anyway with very heavy rain on the way, we offered to look after him for the day. What a pleasure it was... it was me and my shadow, all day.<br /><br />I painted in my studio and Rocky did what dogs do best, sat close in case I needed any help or needed to go for a spontaneous walk or anything... because you never know your luck !<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShUtaBJPaII/AAAAAAAAAEw/vegXliwdBj4/s1600-h/IMG_0264.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShUtaBJPaII/AAAAAAAAAEw/vegXliwdBj4/s320/IMG_0264.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338222858324633730" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567032330361866726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984794949976532299.post-30587432311559288272009-05-20T11:01:00.021+10:002009-05-20T13:43:44.993+10:00Sri Lanka<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShNtP7Bx24I/AAAAAAAAADg/Yl8i-Mw1ERI/s1600-h/324+Unawatuna+Beach.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShNtP7Bx24I/AAAAAAAAADg/Yl8i-Mw1ERI/s320/324+Unawatuna+Beach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337730103674788738" border="0" /></a><br />Unawatuna Beach, Sri Lanka<br /><br />Can it really be true that the troubles in Sri Lanka are finally over? It's been 26 years... 200,000 displaced; countless thousands of brothers, sons, fathers, mothers, daughters, sisters, aunties, uncles, friends, lovers, wives and husbands killed, maimed, lost, traumatised or dislocated, and those that are left must wonder 'was it all really worth it'?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShNrau1ywvI/AAAAAAAAADI/jtIRmV7NXS0/s1600-h/034+Sunset+Bike+-+Ice+Bear,+Negombo.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShNrau1ywvI/AAAAAAAAADI/jtIRmV7NXS0/s320/034+Sunset+Bike+-+Ice+Bear,+Negombo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337728090358596338" border="0" /></a><br />Negombo<br /><br />Are there lessons the rest of us can learn? Can we not, as a species, put aside our drive to dominate, control and own property to the point of destruction, and live our lives in peace?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShNr80f7hMI/AAAAAAAAADQ/C-PAkt_Dhhg/s1600-h/047+Kuttane,+61+years+at+the+Galle+Face,+Colombo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShNr80f7hMI/AAAAAAAAADQ/C-PAkt_Dhhg/s320/047+Kuttane,+61+years+at+the+Galle+Face,+Colombo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337728675993060546" border="0" /></a><br />The Galle Face Hotel welcome<br /></div><br />Let us now hope that the people of Sri Lanka can put aside differences and embark on rebuilding their beautiful nation. If you have never been to Sri Lanka for a holiday, I urge you to do so, it is a sparking jewel in the Indian Ocean and deserves all the support we can give it. All we need do is put Sri Lanka back on the tourist agenda and the locals will take care of everything else.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShNxhiJCoJI/AAAAAAAAADo/oaonkzvNXlU/s1600-h/046+Seaspray,+GFH,+Colombo.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShNxhiJCoJI/AAAAAAAAADo/oaonkzvNXlU/s320/046+Seaspray,+GFH,+Colombo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337734804278517906" border="0" /></a><br />The Sea Spray Restaurant, The Galle Face Hotel, Colombo<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShNsWkzPwlI/AAAAAAAAADY/CkyI05ErB9I/s1600-h/307+Kaye+-+Sun+House+pool.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShNsWkzPwlI/AAAAAAAAADY/CkyI05ErB9I/s320/307+Kaye+-+Sun+House+pool.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337729118455710290" border="0" /></a><br />The Sun House, Galle<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">Flautist at The Kandalama Hotel<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShNy8oaOBTI/AAAAAAAAAD4/4R7p2fHzGZs/s1600-h/170+Flautist+-+Kandalama.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShNy8oaOBTI/AAAAAAAAAD4/4R7p2fHzGZs/s1600-h/170+Flautist+-+Kandalama.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/ShNy8oaOBTI/AAAAAAAAAD4/4R7p2fHzGZs/s320/170+Flautist+-+Kandalama.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337736369329276210" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567032330361866726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984794949976532299.post-12204930058109987412009-05-17T20:32:00.009+10:002009-06-08T23:03:27.673+10:00Banx Exhibition 22 - 31 July 09We've just received our DL's for the 'Off the Wall' exhibition! It's going to have a bit of an urban theme this time re the brick wall and the Vespa.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/Sg_oHpBfPJI/AAAAAAAAACw/1VeSy3qi77s/s1600-h/Off+the+Wall+-+front.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 152px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/Sg_oHpBfPJI/AAAAAAAAACw/1VeSy3qi77s/s320/Off+the+Wall+-+front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336739301426150546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/Sg_o1ulqEEI/AAAAAAAAADA/w1ysYiw1qUA/s1600-h/Banx+Invite+CP1+09+2+web.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 154px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/Sg_o1ulqEEI/AAAAAAAAADA/w1ysYiw1qUA/s320/Banx+Invite+CP1+09+2+web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336740093194014786" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The expo will be in the foyer of Central Plaza One, 345 Queen Street, Brisbane CBD. All are welcome, there's no entrance fee and doors are open during business hours. If you put your business card in the bowl, you have a chance to win the painting on show when we do the draw at the end of the exhibition.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567032330361866726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984794949976532299.post-84460520673609578642009-05-16T17:06:00.012+10:002009-05-17T16:53:35.414+10:00LeopardThis is yours truly, when I was 12 or 13. Skinny little fella, wasn't I?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/Sg5m733doKI/AAAAAAAAACI/xOsPsFAu0vE/s1600-h/Mike+and+Leopard+%282%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 264px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/Sg5m733doKI/AAAAAAAAACI/xOsPsFAu0vE/s320/Mike+and+Leopard+%282%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336315787275509922" border="0" /></a><br />I was born in Ceylon in the days when Ceylon Tea was known throughout the world! <br /><br />It was exotic: Rudyard Kipling (the renowned British poet 1865-1936) is supposed to have referred to Ceylon as the the Garden of Eden, now known as Sri Lanka famous for its Tea, Spices and beautiful homely beaches, has produced many culinary specialities and gastronomic delights. Noel Coward (the English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer 1899 - 1973) wrote Mad Dogs and Englishmen, in Ceylon in 1955, and Arthur C Clarke (British Science Fiction Author, Inventor and Futurist 1917 - 2008) made his home there (I learned to scuba dive in his pool).<br /><br />My Dad was a tea estate agent in Colombo and part of the business managed Hotels. The leopard was a guest at one of them (had a room by the pool with room service). I still recall what it felt like to stroke a leopard - short coarse fur and powerful frame. I was well aware of the leopard's killing skills and that under different circumstances I could easily be on the menu, so for me to stroke one was definitely a privilege. I was happy he didn't take my hand off. He chewed my shoes instead and Mum had to get me a new pair when we returned to Colombo.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567032330361866726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984794949976532299.post-69677035902282648012009-05-14T09:49:00.012+10:002009-05-14T14:35:24.282+10:00PareidoliaSeeing shapes in clouds now has a name - Pareidolia.<b><br /><br /></b>From Wikipedia... The term <b>pareidolia</b> (pronounced <span title="Pronunciation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English">/pærɪˈdoʊliə/</a></span>) describes a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulation" title="Stimulation">stimulus</a> (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_moon" title="Man in the moon" class="mw-redirect">man in the moon</a>, and hearing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_message" title="Hidden message">hidden messages</a> on records played in reverse.<br /><br />Just mucking around with black and white as a change from the usual colours. Thought it would be a change.<br /><br />This one's called: Whisper. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SgteM0Oaq6I/AAAAAAAAACA/7vTruzO_-kU/s1600-h/Whisper.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SgteM0Oaq6I/AAAAAAAAACA/7vTruzO_-kU/s320/Whisper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335461757821037474" border="0" /></a><br />Acrylic - 1000 x 850mm<br /><br />Anyway, I've been busy painting for my next exhibition at Central Plaza One, Brisbane. <br /><br />We're calling the expo ' Off the Wall' and giving it something of an urban feel so a brick wall, Vespa, and so. Most still to be painted so no one knows what will be in the expo.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567032330361866726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984794949976532299.post-46017600608236395282009-05-01T11:05:00.013+10:002009-05-01T13:28:32.028+10:00Photographic essay in New Farm.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SfpqMndxvTI/AAAAAAAAABo/qu-xTTRv7po/s1600-h/IMG_0140.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SfpqMndxvTI/AAAAAAAAABo/qu-xTTRv7po/s320/IMG_0140.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330689873931255090" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Cafe Bouquiniste on Merthyr</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SfppjAzMV3I/AAAAAAAAABg/mUbCnEKK8zI/s1600-h/IMG_0139.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SfppjAzMV3I/AAAAAAAAABg/mUbCnEKK8zI/s320/IMG_0139.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330689159177459570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">But someone calls it home.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/Sfpor0krBqI/AAAAAAAAABY/BkBmMdur08I/s1600-h/IMG_0132.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/Sfpor0krBqI/AAAAAAAAABY/BkBmMdur08I/s320/IMG_0132.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330688211002525346" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Ferry</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SfpnoaJr9dI/AAAAAAAAABQ/gpzsv3BlcEk/s1600-h/IMG_0134.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SfpnoaJr9dI/AAAAAAAAABQ/gpzsv3BlcEk/s320/IMG_0134.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330687052858783186" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">One rainy day</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SfpMw_yzbOI/AAAAAAAAABA/VQX84SqmuoY/s1600-h/Flood.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SfpMw_yzbOI/AAAAAAAAABA/VQX84SqmuoY/s320/Flood.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330657513588354274" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Skateboarders on the Powerhouse "Flood" sculpture by artist Richard Tipping, commemorating the floods of 1974.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SfpLs8QjqPI/AAAAAAAAAA4/pn_KPLI50Fk/s1600-h/Sun+Down.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SfpLs8QjqPI/AAAAAAAAAA4/pn_KPLI50Fk/s320/Sun+Down.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330656344408303858" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Sundown at New Farm Park in April at about 4pm<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SfplM2mElNI/AAAAAAAAABI/L5po220QitI/s1600-h/Not+just+a+prank.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KdXP2JJ65HU/SfplM2mElNI/AAAAAAAAABI/L5po220QitI/s320/Not+just+a+prank.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330684380434437330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Not such a prank!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07567032330361866726noreply@blogger.com1