the Canterbury Art Exhibition 2012

'Summer Mates'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt

So what have I been up to these last few weeks?

being a workaholic  paintaholic  I was not really serious about the bed! It's been a hugely busy couple of months with Art Shows, commissions and commitments to Galleries. And of course the aforesaid wasted time struggling with computering!

Canterbury Art Exhibition  2012

 The 40th Canterbury Art Exhibition was held from Friday 3 May to Sunday 6 May 2012.

I absolutely love being a part of this show....

it's modern and contemporary,

and curated and hung thoughtfully by ladies with  flair and style ,

and there's always such an energizing vibe about the artwork selected

and the whole atmosphere of the show.

'Summer Mates'
Jo-Ann Hunt©
'The Child Within  - Summer' Series
H122x92cm
H48x36ins
Acrylic on Canvas
sold

'Summer Mates' found a new home .....

and I satisfied my own art collecting urges  with a truly lovely , but truly tiny , piece of art....

it's always nice to give something back to this wonderful exhibition and to support my fellow artists...

and to spoil myself!  Just a little!






                      Jo   x





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Blogger is trying...

beach hazards are nothing compared to the hazards of blogging..
or....'Oh woe is me' ...part 2 

.....so I log on to Blogger.

yep...Blogger lets me sign in , but won't open the page so I can write a post.

now I'm not a Tech-Head, nor am I very internet-savvy.... 
(I had you fooled, didn't I ) 
so when I strike a problem with my computering,
 I do what all die-hard luddites do.... 


I beg for help from the offspring....I whinge, I whine....

but they don't blog, so once again I'm on my own  
and I resort to my usual solution.....avoid the computer for as long as possible  
and hope it will sort itself out.

the tides going out on my blogging dreams

a week passes and I muster the courage to have another go, to try something else.

so I download Opera .

yay! that works .....Blogger will let me sign in with Opera , but not Internet Explorer.

okay, if that's the solution, I can work with it.

so I write a post, excellent...... but now it won't let me upload any photos!

now this is an 'Art -blog.'

I need photos.


I need photos because I am such a darn-slow typist  and I don't like to write much...it takes too long to type.

in disgust  I turn the wretched thing off.    I want my life back.


 I head for bed.

zigging and zagging on the path to nowhere

another couple of weeks pass.

every now and then I try wistfully, longingly, to get 'it' to work.

finally son suggests that if Internet Explorer won't work, and Opera won't work, that I try Google Chrome.

so I download Chrome, but 'it' wants to use Picasa...who am I to argue?...so I download Picasa...and that means I now have to learn to find where my photos are hiding, and how to crop them , resize them, upload them and why is it all so hard?


 I head back to bed.

the calm before the storm?

more weeks follow , and here we are.

first tentative steps back into blogdom , with a computer chockablock,
 crammed full with every browser invented, 
and photos floating in cyberspace, and being bullied with pop-ups demanding that I agree to post my photos to insecure sites.....help!

 If you are reading this, then I've succeeded,

if not....sorry.....but I've gone where all exhausted ex-bloggers go, 


I've gone back to bed!

fabulous signage at Williamstown Beach,
and I'm off and running! Fingers crossed!

                                                                             Jo  x






ps:  all photos of Williamstown and surrounds taken on the most amazing, still, sunny,  autumn afternoon...31may...
      it was just gobsmackingly beautiful and such a 'good-to-be-alive' day.....
              ....despite being blogger-bereft!










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Telstra is tryng....

Williamstown, Victoria 

If you feel as if this blog has been blown out of the water, it's not because I haven't been trying.

in fact it's Telstra that's been trying....very trying.

my Telstra Cable internet was so..o..o..o  slo..o..o..w.

it was so slow it would just stop, fade, disappear.

I couldn't Google the problem because I couldn't even open Internet Explorer ,

 my computer could not detect any internet connection...none!

and I pay Big Money to Mr Telstra every month for Top-Dollar Cable!

not happy!

like a swan,
all calm on the surface but hell breaking loose down below

I complained to my daughter.  I complained to my son.

I complained very loudly to Telstra.

they told me to turn the computer off.

they told me to turn it on.


to unplug the modem


to plug in the modem.


to move the furniture.

finally they sent a technician.

the technician looked all of 15 years old and said there was nothing wrong....

you see it worked fine for him when he plugged

directly into the modem in a different room

with his fancy new laptop and his fancy codes

 and a fancy yellow cord.

but of course as soon as he left I was back to zilch.....

and fading.

so what's the catch?

so again I complained to my daughter.  Again I complained to my son.


that was as effective as a teaspoon of water in the Nullabor.

so I did what all cowardly techno-phobes do... I avoided the problem...

pretend it doesn't exist.....if I waited long enough surely it would just fix itself.

nope!

so another anguished call to Telsta Tech-Help and wait for it....

 I struck gold....I scored a female on the line....

probably sitting in sunny Manila or Mumbai.....hallelujah!

with a couple of tweaks she changed my 'channel'

and my Telstra cable speeds are back to where they were 6 months ago!
                                     
So...you'd think that that would be the end of it! ....

no such luck!

help! help....I need help!
(view from Point Gellibrand Park, Williamstown)

                             to be continued.....

                                                                   Jo    x





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a carpet of stars....revisited

The leaves are carpeting the steps to my house.

but unlike last year, they are more golden, all the sublime shades of yellow.....

from the cool 'limeiness' of cad. lemon, the softness of naples yellow,

 to the warmth of cadmium yellow-deep,

aureoline and into the vermilions.

and more....so many,many  more.

have you been wondering where I've been?

you'll need an hour, and a cup of coffee.

this little post was lurking in my draft folder....

ready to post...BUT....it didn't happen.....

come back  tomorrow to find out why,

hopefully  I'll be here....fingers crossed!

all of the above was written on 5 April
but posted on the 23 June and backdated...I know ....that's cheating :)

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                                     Jo x





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team mates....



'Team Mates'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©







mate: slang for 'friend' used in New Zealand, Britain, Australia and Tasmania

mate: something Kiwis say when they want to be Australians

mate: though its origins are widely disputed, it is a British word ,
brought over to Australia by the convicts ( from "me ol' shipmate")
then some kiwi tourist stole it

'Team Mates'
Jo-Ann Hunt©
'The Child Within-Summer' Series
H122x92cm
H48x36ins
Acrylic on Canvas
2012
sold

all of the above 'pearls' are from the Urban Dictionary...as submitted by your fellow 'mates' in the general public....some being somewhat 'geographically challenged'! 

'Team Mates'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©

                                             Jo  x





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the support team....



'The Support Team'
detail
Jo-Ann Hunt©




Everyone needs a 'support team'.....a wingman, an ally.

often they are not who you expect, and the people who step up

to be your 'support team' may surprize you.

'The Support Team'
Jo-Ann Hunt ©
'The Child Within-Summer' Series
H122x122cm
H48x48ins
Acrylic on Canvas
sold

this painting had a surprize in store for me!



                                                                        Jo  x











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a boy's passion...

photo Matt Roberts

It seems very trite to write about an Art Exhibition knowing a family at Kurrawa Beach in Queeensland was living a most awful, awful tragedy.
but I've just heard the statement by young Matt Barclay's parents,
and admire them enormously.
his parents have said how distressed they are, at the criticism of Surf Life Saving, and that they do not blame anyone....." we want the whole of Australia to get behind Surf Life Saving and help build it up, not tear it down.
Matt was our beloved son, and a proud ambassador for Surf Life Saving."


 as a parent, I stand beside you as you steadfastly, bravely, honour the passion and the life of your son.

there just is no answer to the 'why'....my thoughts are with you.



                                                         Jo   x











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Camberwell Rotary Art Show 2012

Would you like to hear my news? I knew you would!

Well here goes....I was very excited to be asked to be a 'Feature Artist'
at the Camberwell Rotary Art Show.

'The Camberwell', as it's known thru'out Australia,
is a very prestigious, long-running (currently in its 46th year)
 art exhibition with over $55,000 in prizes and awards.

I spoke about this Show last year....it's a favourite of mine......but much more so  now!

this show receives literally thousands of entries
from all over Australia, and just to succeed
in being 'hung' is a terrific honour... but to 'feature' !!!  :)

but that's not all!

not only was I asked to be a  'Feature Artist' ....
with all my work at the very front,
prime position as you enter, and all hung together
with my bio and press info for everyone to see,
but it gets better!

.....I won an Award!

Jon Dwyer judge

.....Highly Commended .....for this painting.






'The Support Team'
detail
©Jo-Ann Hunt




I had no idea!
I went along to see the Exhibition yesterday afternoon and was very happily surprized!

and notice the red spot too!

you can see all the work selected to be hung this year if you click here .

oh my-oh-my!

I'll post you some better images tomorrow! Off to pop some champagne!




                                                           Jo   x







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