A turn to the dark side: from ashes to artwork.
Flicking through the photos on my phone, I came across a shot of the bushfires around Braidwood in December last year. It jolted me back...
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Ray Monde
Jun 17, 2020
How to take your studio with you on the road.
When the corona virus starting locking down cities around the world, my studio became off-limits. I had to find a way to work without the...
Ray Monde
May 30, 2020
How do you do an art commission for a client 18,000 miles away?
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...
Ray Monde
May 19, 2020
I traveled halfway around the world to see what’s just around the corner.
One of the most-significant Australian novels, My Brother Jack, was written by George Johnston on the Greek island of Hydra. Sidney Nolan...
Ray Monde
May 8, 2020
How to be an artist, Jerry Saltz: Review
Jerry Saltz, Senior Art Critic for New York Magazine and Pulitzer Prize winner, was a long-haul truck driver. Till he was 41 years old. I...
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
Apr 1, 2020
The show must go on. Online.
What you can do to help artists during COVID-19. Everyone is meeting their friends for drinks online. From our dining chairs in Seattle...
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
Sep 7, 2019
REID FAIR NOW - part of an Australian first at Sydney Contemporary
Sydney Contemporary kicks off Thursday 12 September and I'm almost bursting out of my skin with excitement to be there to see the...
Ray Monde
Jan 5, 2019
Art work, work, work: 2019
What's the future of art in 2019. Ray Monde takes a look at the year ahead and plans to get stuffed
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
Feb 11, 2018
Art is dead. Long live art.
I’ve just gone through the most excruciating gestation for an artwork that I’ve ever gone through. And I’m still not sure the experience...
Ray Monde
Feb 11, 2018
Art is dead. Long live art.
I’ve just gone through the most excruciating gestation for an artwork that I’ve ever gone through. And I’m still not sure the experience...
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
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...
See The River, the latest series by Ray Monde exploring the awesome beauty of the Shoalhaven River.
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