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The series is finished except for tidying up some edges. I am pleased with how they have gone, and hope they do well in the BMC exhibition.

is the title of a new series I am working on. All 8×8″ on boxed canvas, in acrylics, specifically for the NZ Art Guild BMC exhibition in August.

This series is an abstract exploration of all the parts which make up my life – librarian, wife, daughter and caregiver, newspaper editor and publisher. Despite the seemingly random mix of roles and tasks it all fits together – just. And sometimes synchronicity plays a part in my managing to keep the fabric of my life sufficiently glued…hence the title of the series.

These are very different for me – lots of texture and layering. Feeling quite pleased so far.

little to show for it. Over the last week or so I have:

• done some promotional work
• started a series of six paintings for the NZ Art Guild BMC exhibition
• completed 3 paintings
• sold a painting
• been approached by an NZ gallery about representing me
• applied to another couple of exhibitions

All good stuff, but hardly photo-worthy. Still, the business side has to be attended to as much as the painting side of my art…