It’s for your own good
Wait till your father gets home, collage and synthetic polymer paint, by Monde Monde I’m frantically working on my final works for my...
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Ray Monde
Mar 29, 2016
A sudden sale of artwork
Workers Hut at Tempelhof Airport by Monde Monde One of the things I try and do as an artist is get my work in front of as many people as...
Ray Monde
Oct 7, 2015
How @Twitter can be your muser and abuser in #art
The tirade of abuse for being Aboriginal is raw and uncomfortable and leaves a lasting impression. Like this one from JohnBoy “I guess he...
Ray Monde
Sep 2, 2015
Is all art worthless?
I was sad but not surprised to find out this week that Bono has made more from his Facebook investments than all of his music combined,...
Ray Monde
Aug 18, 2015
Death in Venice. How I died from overwrought, self-indulgent art.
If you’ve read Death in Venice by Thomas Mann, you’ll know the protagonist Gustav von Aschenbach dies a self-indulgent painted-fool...
Ray Monde
Jul 22, 2015
There’s a lot of shit at @la_Biennale but Grisha #Bruskin is crazy wild #art #videoart
I’m going to say it straight out. There’s a lot of shit at the Venice Biennale. Two planks nailed to a wall? Shit. Self-indulgent video...
Ray Monde
May 19, 2015
You will never succeed as an #artist without someone to tell you you’re shit.
Wreck 71cm x 81cm oil on linen, Guy Maestri You see it on Instagram all the time, artist’s posting their latest work, getting thumbs up...
Ray Monde
May 10, 2015
Why your day job is killing your #art
Many artists are poor. The idea of the starving, struggling artist is as true today as it was for generations of artists before us,...
Ray Monde
Mar 23, 2015
Reworking old work is a great lesson in self-destruction #nohomo #art #collage
Often when I’m creating work it’s in an absolute frenzy. I’m slapping on glue and paper, getting bits stuck to my face, the hairs on my...
Ray Monde
Mar 3, 2015
Why each stroke doesn’t have to be a masterstroke #art #artforsale @sturgallery
Wheel, Mixed media on Board, Shannon Johnson Artist’s need to relax more. Artist’s need to forget more. And they need to try less hard....
Ray Monde
Feb 9, 2015
It’s not pretty, it’s not comfortable, but it’s mine. A room of one’s own.
You can’t control what goes on in your head. You don’t know where inspiration comes from – or when it will come. If you try to...
Ray Monde
Jan 20, 2015
Drowning kittens; saying bye bye to my babies #art #artforsale #newhome
As a kid our cat Sally would mate with a feral Tomcat who lived in the wild. Two months later she’d pop out a litter of kitties, often in...
Ray Monde
Dec 29, 2014
Georgia on my mind #artforsale #modernart #collage
Black spot on Bombay Road, Mixed Media, 2013 Just before Christmas, Saatchi Art let me know I had sold one my my landscapes to a...
Ray Monde
Dec 10, 2014
Let’s play a game called spot the #panda @ChapmanInfo #belleartiprize
This was the first year I entered the Belle Arti Prize, it’s a great award run by Chapman & Bailey. Essentially, they send out hundreds...
Ray Monde
Dec 9, 2014
How our #childhood affects our lives as adults
I love talking to artists about their work, it gives you so much more depth and understanding for their work. And that’s why I’ve decided...
Ray Monde
Dec 1, 2014
Putting the Saints back into Christmas
There’s a great end of year exhibition of local arts opening this Friday at Stur Gallery + Store. After my show in October, I really...
Ray Monde
Nov 14, 2014
What’s the question contemporary artists are most scared of?
What’s next? What are you working on now? These are the questions that make my skin prickle and my underarms stream. After a successful...
Ray Monde
Sep 17, 2014
When private tales go public #art #collage
I drank too much. Like many people, when I’m nervous, I drink. Just like on opening night of Dry Your Tears at Stur Gallery. If you...
Ray Monde
Sep 2, 2014
DRY YOUR TEARS; New work opens September 5 at Stur Gallery #art #collage #contemporaryart
Last night my kitchen was a frenzied mess, I had the fire blazing as I glazed the collage and feverishly blackened the sides of the...
Ray Monde
Aug 1, 2014
Sometimes you need to launch a surprise attack #art #collage #caddyshack #poolscene
A few weeks ago, this was the disaster I was facing. Beneath this mess of gesso and paint and scribbles is another collage of a bathtub...
See The River, the latest series by Ray Monde exploring the awesome beauty of the Shoalhaven River.
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