Love a good news story

Thanks everyone!

i must make sure my wife never comes near your trophy display

Have to think about how to do that next time..the problem with being first is you have no one else's speeches to get ideas from. I noticed everyone after me was giving their business a plug but not me..
I remember the first year I ever entered.I'd done my first ever mural 3.3m x 7m .I'd never painted anything bigger than 50 x 60cms so it would have been a challenge even if I was healthy but I was disabled at the time.




I couldn't use my right arm much ( my painting arm) as I'd get a headache so I painted it 95% LHanded .Wrecked myself on the last day using my RH but it didn't matter as it was done..
I think that's why I won but I wasn't expecting to win.I wasn't even going to go to the awards as I was too crook.Anyway I won and was the first called up..I was like a goldfish standing there with its mouth opening & closing..I muttered thanks and scrurried off..

Mobydisc said...

Good on you Sue. We need to get some seabreezers to commision windsurfing pictures of themselves painted by you. It would make a great gift for themself that is for sure.

Sounds good My paintings are more lifelike than a photo..Want a portrait of yourself doing that perfect gybe ( that you can't really quite pull off..) In your portrait you can be the sailor you want to be ! ..or put you at Maui rather than a dodgy location..

jamesf said...

well done sue, where is that mural? is it still around? would like to check it out if its local.

Its on the side of the Liquor barn at Kurri - Rawson st? Opposite the primary school. I also did another on the side of Kookaburra kitchens on the min road between Weston & Kurri. You can only see it going East.
They are getting a bit old now and a little worn in places although the bullocks still looks ok.
You can see the progressive photos of me painting them at this link
http://www.suelinton.com.au/pages/murals.htm
When I first started painting the bullocky mural on the wall a little kid peddled by on his bmx looked up and yelled 'HOLY ****!!!" I knew then it was going to work..
Kurri has 51 murals scattered around and you can take a bus tour or get a guided tour for $5 if you want to book one at the visitors centre.They are also in a book that they sell for $25.I only did 2 as with my shoulder problem I had to paint on smooth walls with little sponge rollers .I couldn't scrub the paint into brickwork and a lot of the murals are on brickwork.

landyacht said...

i must make sure my wife never comes near your trophy display

She's into glass is she?

nick0 said...

I managed to get the glass award home without tripping and breaking it!.......

sounds like some one else i know...


well done sue

Thanks Nick.. Who?
Ps - wish my gybes were award winning.. Went out today in 20kt + and chop & they suck... Tiring falling in each turn..

Wow! You got a business award as an ARTIST!
Cool as .
How on Earth did you do that? What's your MO?

nick0 said...

ME !!!! .. droped and smashed formula nationals trophy in a drunken stumble.... still got it in 3 pieces

Bummer! I wonder if they'd replace it for a fee? Superglue?
Congrats anyway!

NotWal said...

sboardcrazy said...

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I remember the first year I ever entered.I'd done my first ever mural 3.3m x 7m .I'd never painted anything bigger than 50 x 60cms so it would have been a challenge even if I was healthy but I was disabled at the time.




I couldn't use my right arm much ( my painting arm) as I'd get a headache so I painted it 95% LHanded .Wrecked myself on the last day using my RH but it didn't matter as it was done..
I think that's why I won but I wasn't expecting to win.I wasn't even going to go to the awards as I was too crook.Anyway I won and was the first called up..I was like a goldfish standing there with its mouth opening & closing..I muttered thanks and scrurried off..

You must suffer for your art

Michelangelo was imprisoned on a scaffold under the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The Pope wouldn't let him down until he finished. They used to poke food up to him on a stick. They had another stick to prod him with. "Paint you bastard" they said as they took turns prodding him.
He didn't get a business award either. He was too slow.

Just as a matter of curiosity, do you apply any anti graffiti finish to your murals or is it unnecessary in your neck of the woods?

Bugger suffering the old way.. although sometimes I wonder...
The mural was created as part of a community scheme and they put a finish on it.They also clean any graffitti off if necessary.
There hasn't been that much of a problem as they involved some of the kids at risk in the project and I think there is some respect for walls with murals..Also one of the organisers said that one of the local heavies had taken it upon himself to look after the murals and heaven help anyone who marked them!( that was a few years ago though & I think they have a little bit of graffitti on some of the murals these days). The idea was to make Kurri special and bring tourists in so I think maybe there is a bit of local pride.
The only problem I have had has been some kid getting a texta and making one of the bullocks pee..Easy enough to clean off..
This September is mural month so is a good time to go and have a mural tour - they include morning tea in the park before hand + some local shopping discount vouchers all for $5 per person

sboardcrazy said...

NotWal said...

Wow! You got a business award as an ARTIST!
Cool as .
How on Earth did you do that? What's your MO?

A professional artist is the same as any other business . I provide a service, experience and product for customers.
Too many hobby artists give the false impression that art is airy fairy & not 'work'.

How do you get customers? Particularly as you scored a commission for a mural having done nothing bigger than an a2. You must be a smooth talker.

he's taking the p...

I'm afraid Dezzas just stirring. I'm not taking the piss at all. I'm genuinely interested.

I'm a hobby artist - watercolour. I'm always impressed with anyone actually making a living from art. The world is full of hobby artists. Some of them very good, others more pedestrian. I'm a big fan of people like Charles Reid, Shirly Trevena and others. My personal aspirations are simply to do better, an achievement well within the realms of possibility

I'm impressed by your 'get it done' attitude. I suppose once you have solved a project at a convenient scale the job becomes one of just practical production - order the pant, put up a trestle, apply a grid and do it. Anyway well done.