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There’s no greater compliment for an artist to have someone recommend your work. It says they like your work. It says they like your work...
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Ray Monde
May 1, 2020
Got COVID cabin fever? 5 ways to artfully plan your escape.
At this point in self-isolation things start going crazy, off-piste. Somewhere between the half-way and three-quarter mark, people get...
Ray Monde
Mar 20, 2020
Too late to leave. Stay in place.
What the Australian bushfires taught me about making decisions in a time of coronavirus (COVID-19). I’m one of those people that likes to...
Ray Monde
Mar 10, 2020
What to do when things go horribly wrong (in art)
Sometimes art goes bad. Look at her face. The horror. This is not intentional. I wasn’t trying to create an image of a women who had been...
Ray Monde
Feb 11, 2020
Found a studio at 57 Biscayne – a room of one’s own
Studio space in Seattle is really hard to come by. I was fortunate that Clare Johnson had landed a residency and would be out of the...
Ray Monde
Jan 23, 2020
Suburban LA life for The Other Art Fair
Taking risks sometimes pays dividends. The risk is worth the reward. Other times, they fail terribly. Like at my high school dance....
Ray Monde
May 5, 2019
"Hurry, though - I turn 80 this year: Les Murray's urgent words to me
Around this time last year I wrote to Les Murray, Australia's greatest contemporary poet, to ask if he would sit for me. His reply was...
Ray Monde
Oct 23, 2018
What does it mean for an artist to show in a public art gallery?
Last Friday night, I picked mum and dad up at the Goulburn South Caravan Park and drove them to the Goulburn Workers Club for a quick...
Ray Monde
Oct 22, 2018
What does it mean for an artist to be shown in a public art gallery?
Last Friday night, I picked mum and dad up at the Goulburn South Caravan Park and drove them to the Goulburn Workers Club for a quick...
Ray Monde
May 9, 2018
Suburban gothic - what goes on over the back fence
On the way back from dropping my artworks at Michael Reid Murrurundi, we stopped in at Newcastle to see my old high school girlfriend....
Ray Monde
Mar 18, 2018
What are the rewards for the hours in the art studio?
I've got my first solo show in a commercial gallery coming up in May - at Michael Reid Murrurundi. It's an extraordinary opportunity to...
Ray Monde
Sep 12, 2017
Quiet terror in the suburbs
I’m working late into the night on a new series that focuses on the suburbs. It was inspired by a recent trip to Madrid where I saw a lot...
Ray Monde
Sep 12, 2017
Quiet terror in the suburbs
I’m working late into the night on a new series that focuses on the suburbs. It was inspired by a recent trip to Madrid where I saw a lot...
Ray Monde
Aug 14, 2017
What makes a great work of art?
What makes a great work of art? How do you separate the best from the base? What makes an artwork worth $110.5 million such as a recent...
Ray Monde
May 22, 2017
This is what happens when artists collide at The Other Art Fair Melbourne
It’s rare to get up in the face of artists. See their work. Hear first hand what their work is all about. When you’re at exhibition...
Ray Monde
May 22, 2017
This is what happens when artists collide at The Other Art Fair Melbourne
It’s rare to get up in the face of artists. See their work. Hear first hand what their work is all about. When you’re at exhibition...
Ray Monde
Apr 12, 2017
Gearing up for The Other Art Fair Melbourne
I play silly mind games with myself. I always have since I was a kid. Last year, before The Other Art Fair Sydney, as I undressed to get...
Ray Monde
Mar 23, 2017
Is Dan Kyle the next Arthur Boyd of Australian landscapes?
Dan Kyle's paintings of the Australian landscape are compelling. The pale trunks of eucalyptus trees like ghosts stalking the landscape.
Ray Monde
Mar 23, 2017
Is Dan Kyle the next Arthur Boyd?
I’m going to say it right now, I love Dan Kyle. He’s a young guy, living in the mountains taking an obsessive look at the Australian bush...
Ray Monde
Mar 8, 2017
What happens next Ray Monde?
I love now. I love this moment. I love the start of something new. This week I started a new series. A series exploring childhood...
See The River, the latest series by Ray Monde exploring the awesome beauty of the Shoalhaven River.
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