paint chip feathers

the person cracking the whip

6 Nov

WEEK FORTY FOUR ( october 30-november 5) Another week of self-made pressure. The person cracking the whip is a bit of an obsessive at the moment and I’m loving it. This week I have, amongst many other things, finished the ... Read more »

self imposed torture

1 Nov

Jan Mullen

WEEK FORTY TWO & FORTY THREE ( october 16-29) Deadlines are pressure to work. The self imposed deadline of December 1 for the opening of The December Gallery is scarily close. I have until then to finish all the work ... Read more »

still absorbing and still challenging me

16 Oct

Jan Mullen

WEEK FORTY & FORTY ONE ( october 2-15) In between all that the last two weeks held, the Sulphur Crested Cockie trio have continued to absorb and challenge me. They still morph continually. I think that I can see the ... Read more »

ramped up creating vs a sense of loss

3 Oct

Jan Mullen

WEEK THIRTY EIGHT & THIRTY NINE (september 18 – october 1) This is the first time I’ve had a week off producing this self imposed and totally self-directed post (conversation) via this blog. I was relieved that on a long ... Read more »

via our children’s children

27 Jun

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY FIVE (june 19-25) The week started poorly. I’d caught the bug that I could not avoid. That’s what happens when parents are flattened and the little one, the deliverer of the bug, has recovered/bounced back quickly. Help was ... Read more »

another brew is festering

19 Jun

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY FOUR (june 12-18) I’ve spent another few sessions searching, searching, searching for woollen fabrics. I have three strong contenders for the next production of K1P1#3 (and #4 &#5). The next will likely come down to ‘match’ of size ... Read more »

attuned to colour, light and shadow

13 Jun

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY THREE (june 5-11) The week started with a photo shoot…it was WA day/a public holiday but as the bloke was off for the week playing golf, and I had finished K1P1#2 in a timely manner, and especially because ... Read more »

a week of small steps

23 Apr

Jan Mullen

WEEK 16 (april 17-23) It’s an unusual week that starts with a day less – though the ‘lost’ day was pleasantly spent. We were happily held captive at our ‘little house’ mucking around with two small girls and planting two ... Read more »

so many photos

28 Nov

Jan Mullen

WEEK FORTY-SEVEN (november 21-27) Finally the Mongolia photos have all been through a first round of processing and editing. There was a BIG pile of deleting but there are also a very large amount of ‘bad’ photos kept because they ... Read more »

all parts of the puzzle must fit

24 Oct

Jan Mullen

WEEK FORTY-TWO (october 17-23) As the sun starts shining, and the festive end of the year approaches, my thoughts are as busy as my days. Neither are giving me anything but transient satisfaction. I want to be working on artworks ... Read more »