Disparate Distractions

War is HELL but Paraskavoula Maria may have the answer. Have a look at this video and see what you think? See my Art @ https://www.yianniartist.com

Please Explain. With the Gosford Art Prize coming up on September 23rd I thought I would share one of the paintings I have entered.  http://www.gosford.nsw.gov.au/gosfordartprize I am not one for lengthy essays to accompany my art, I believe the audience in an art exhibition should connect directly with the paintings they like. In some cases the so called message that drives the creation of an artwork can render that artwork a dud. Mostly because we all come to see art with our own collection of biases, education and cultural backgrounds. So if a thousand people are looking at the same painting, there is a good chance there will be a thousand different meanings this artwork creates in the minds and hearts of the observers. "Pilbara Reincarnation 1" This painting is an oil painting on linen. It is inspired by my time living in the Pilbara in a town called Karratha.   https://www.karratha.wa.gov.au  While living in Karratha I witnessed on a 24/7 basis, ore trains over t

POWer!!!! That's what you get nowadays when you open a bill. In today's blog I am responding to an ABC news article at:   http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-06/power-prices-may-rise-to-combat-shortages-market-operator-says/8877200   Isn't it wonderful? The politicians who in the early stages of this dire and greedy electrical situation in Australia, promise that under private companies, electricity will get cheaper. Has anyone looked at the promises made to these companies about their earnings? This is one of the real costs behind this surge in raping working Australia's businesses and people's wallets. Bad deals done to falsely balance some government ledger. I am so sick of the incompetence and the lac k of future diligence conducted by governments, in a rush to bribe people to go with the idea of selling off utilities. It's time to stop this rot; make sure you remember the sell offs and deal making by politicians, when it comes to voting day. They are v

GET WELL. IF YOU'RE LUCKY I'm not one to pick on the wonderful work and effort put in by our dedicated nurses and some Doctors in this country. But I can only go by what I have personally experienced during the exceptionally long month or more it has been to try to get my wife well. What follows is the first couple of days of our experience. Let me step back. August 4th Kristen complained about a sharp pain in the right area of the groin. I'm not a doctor and suggest we go to the hospital. Inside my head alarm bells are going off, APPENDIX! APPENDIX! Kristen is reluctant to go to the hospital so I call for the home Doctor Service. It's a great service that is bulk billed. The Doctor and a Nurse come to your home and visit the patient, in our case in our own bed. A quick examination is carried out and the Doctor tells us to go to Emergency, now, in his very strong Indian accent. He said he thought Kristen had appendicitis. By this time it's very late in the nig

This is ART? BEWARE SWARE WORDS. I try not to play the role of art critic but I will happily play the role of Art Curator Critic. Today I want to share some words concocted to make a bunch of over sized scribbles important, for a show opening in Sydney. I am not going to get into names or galleries or even the curator who wrote the following. I will describe the pseudo art for you. Three foot by four foot bright coloured paintings of scribble. Two colours on each canvas, salmon and green, blue and red, green and blue, big large scribbles. You can't blame artists for what they do. But you can put shit on idiots creating stories about mediocre mark making. These events are more about the unskillful high fog index curatorial writing than actual art. This purple prose below is trying to express great meaning and feeling, but actually comes across, if anybody bothers to read it after the first few words, as complete bullshit and rubbish. Here are the words used to elevate scribb

Garden Refugees: This week marks the beginning of Spring. One just has to get out and about to see people are enjoying the return of reasonably warm temperatures. Restaurants near lakes around us are all full. People are out walking their families and their pets. Judging from our last weekend I have gained a new perspective on why people are abandoning the suburbs for the lure of lakes, beaches and cafe districts. Oh yes the warm temperature is contributing to this exodus in more ways than one. I had planned a weekend of study and painting, bliss to me, but not so. The reason me and my family have to evacuate our humble home on these gorgeous Spring days?Chook Poo and Blood and Bone. Yep thats the reason we aborted our homely weekend, when our neighbours decide to move in what seems like ten thousand tons of that revolting smelling garden enhancer. The spreading seems endless as it multiplies the disgusting essence, resulting in an almost breathlessness for those anywhere near