Art with a story is better than art for art’s sake
Jack Featherstone is an amazing man. He spent a great deal of his life travelling the Australian outback, giving dental care to remote...
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Mar 18, 2013
Dark side of the Road, the complete suite of work
Big blow outside Crookwell Black Spot on Bombay Road Damn near the Shoalhaven River Dead end on Reservoir Lane Killer on the King’s...
Ray Monde
Mar 14, 2013
Is that a little bit of Basquiat in the Archibald’s this year?
This has to be one of my absolute favourite times of the year. You can almost feel the zappiness in the air as artist’s around the...
Ray Monde
Mar 13, 2013
Why you want to bite into Ben Quilty’s work, just mind the nipples
I was lucky enough to stop by Ben Quilty‘s exhibition at the National Art School. Ben was the offical war artist in Afghanistan,...
Ray Monde
Mar 5, 2013
An organised artist: is that an oxymoron?
At home, I don’t mind being disorganised or messy, as you would have seen from my kitchen photos earlier on. But when I’m in the public...
Ray Monde
Feb 28, 2013
Art Month sneak preview: Dark side of the Road
Black Spot on Bombay Road There’s only one week to go before the opening of Dark Side of the Road at Gaffa Gallery. If you can make it on...
Ray Monde
Feb 26, 2013
Why dumb ideas should die. Oh the shame!
I’m red-faced even as I write this. I thought it would be a great idea to write my ‘to-do’ lists on index cards. It works fairly well, I...
Ray Monde
Feb 22, 2013
Is it nonsense to take art advice from a 1993 movie?
Here’s the last of my series of Dark Side of the Road. This landscape is quite near my house, it’s a dam by the road on the way into...
Ray Monde
Feb 21, 2013
Why kitchens are so inspiring (and messy)
The kitchen is a mess. There’s no question about it. I have a studio, so there’s no reason for the kitchen to look like this, but I work...
Ray Monde
Jan 24, 2013
Kill it, love it or f#%k it, struggling with art
When you’re working on a piece, sometimes it doesn’t go as planned. Sometimes it goes horribly wrong and the more you try to fix it, the...
Ray Monde
Jan 10, 2013
Fiddling while Rome burns
It’s been blazingly hot in Australia lately with temperatures pushing 40C (100F) and bushfires blazing across the countryside, decimating...
Ray Monde
Jan 8, 2013
How to focus in a state of panic
Keep calm. I have a solo exhibition which opens on March 7 at Gaffa gallery in Sydney. It would all be very exciting except at the moment...
Ray Monde
Nov 27, 2012
Christmas card potatoes
This year I wanted to do something much simpler and naive, so I pulled out three potatoes, carved crude shapes, let them dry for a little...
Ray Monde
Oct 4, 2012
I wish you hadn’t asked: Art & About
There’s a great art festival in Sydney called Art & About which is always full of surprises. Today it was bright and sunny, a glorious...
Ray Monde
Sep 21, 2012
Anna Platten is devilishly crazy
A surprise trip to Adelaide took me to the Art Gallery of South Australia. For a relatively small gallery, it really punches above its...
Ray Monde
Sep 10, 2012
Come & experience Summer in Berlin
A lot of people were asking me to see my Summer in Berlin series in person, so I have finally curated an exhibition at the Arthouse Hotel...
Ray Monde
Apr 17, 2012
Can I tackle a horse? My first commission
It’s the most incredible thing when a friend supports your art. There’s a big difference between saying you like someone’s work and...
Ray Monde
Apr 10, 2012
Easter Exhibition: Giant chickens
Over Easter, the Braidwood Regional Arts Group have their annual exhibition in the National Theatre. I created these giant chickens with...
Ray Monde
Mar 30, 2012
Check out the amazing Saatchi Online Abstract Finalists
I love when great work gets shortlisted for an awesome prize and the finalists for the Abstract Showdown are really incredible. I...
Ray Monde
Mar 2, 2012
When it floods, head to the shearing shed
Normally I create my work on the kitchen table, it’s comforting and easy and close to hot cups of tea. With the rain falling constantly &...
See The River, the latest series by Ray Monde exploring the awesome beauty of the Shoalhaven River.
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