artwork process – Page 4

all parts of the puzzle must fit

24 Oct

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 »

planning to produce with artistic clarity.

17 Oct

Jan Mullen

WEEK FORTY-ONE (october 10-16) The start of this week has me settling back into my usual quiet life….. cleaning, clearing, cooking, chores, childminding then optimistically planning to produce with artistic clarity. I relive my days in Mongolia as I rewrite/transfer ... Read more »

painting black, painting white

1 Aug

Jan Mullen

WEEK THIRTY (july 25-31) The continued freshening of the studio, and my creative life, continues. As I have no ‘wave the magic wand’ abilities I have to knuckle down to a week, at least, of clearing and cleaning and then ... Read more »

artistic delight VS scourge of the bush

23 May

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY (may 16-22) Photo Day took place on Tuesday and I was happy to have a piece ready for AW5 – whether it gets selected actually is not too important to me at the moment. What it has done, ... Read more »

I can’t let it go….

17 May

Jan Mullen

WEEK NINETEEN (may 9-15) I can’t let it go…. When I wrote last week I was VERY close to giving up on pulling together a piece to enter in OZQUILT’s AW5 – even though there are still a couple of ... Read more »

quick, slow, slow, quick

9 May

Jan Mullen

WEEK EIGHTEEN (may 1-8) Two things to be quick about this week; Working towards twentyONE+ targets and deadlines – fast and furious – and trying, trying, trying to get a hang-worthy 40cm x 40cm Art Quilt ready to enter OZQUILT’s Australia ... Read more »

honouring what has gone before

2 May

Jan Mullen

WEEK SEVENTEEN (april 25-may 1) The week starts as part of the weekend – ANZAC day long weekend – a day to honour those that have gone before. Unlike last year when we stood in the main drag at Dwellingup ... Read more »

starting to breathe

26 Apr

Jan Mullen

WEEK SIXTEEN (april 18-24) Two things constantly vie for my attention of late – my growing family and twentyONE+. My artwork and my myriad toDO list items merely bob around on the horizon occasionally coming close enough for me to ... Read more »

circuitous thinking & second guessing

22 Feb

Jan Mullen

WEEK SEVEN (february 15 -21) The waiting game has continued all week…tenterhooks have given way to resignation. This next bub, we had hoped, would be bought into the world on its own terms – for both mum and bubs sake ... Read more »

feathers and sticks

27 Jan

Jan Mullen

WEEK THREE (january 18-24) I am working on the Laminex feathers, arranging and rearranging. Again and again. I am making decisions incrementally, taking photos with my phone to check and recheck design and placement to be sure that I am ... Read more »