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Grant Dowling
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Keeping my Rust
Started this discussion. Last reply by Grant Dowling Jul 18, 2012. 18 Replies 0 Favorites
I am about to work with some rusted iron and steel. Does anybody have good ways of stopping the rust from continuing and then preserving the existing rust finish?Continue
A great Assemblagist from down under...
Started this discussion. Last reply by Greef Sep 8, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Favorites
One of the regular places I visit on the Interwebs is this site from an artist in New Zealand:http://virtual.tart.co.nz/default.htmShe is brilliant…Continue
1000 pages
Started this discussion. Last reply by Grant Dowling Aug 4, 2011. 5 Replies 0 Favorites
I notice we about to roll the photo page counter over to 1,000 pages... that's a lot of good work. Congratulations to all of us...Continue
Cleaning brushes
Started this discussion. Last reply by Grant Dowling Jul 14, 2011. 8 Replies 0 Favorites
Maybe someone can help me. I read something recently about cleaning old clogged brushes by dissoving a cake of genuine old fashioned soap in water and sticking the brushes in it. I am sure it was…Continue
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- Which of the following best describe you?
- Painter, Techniques Hunter, Photographer, Writer, Sculptor, Other
- How did you hear about Loving Mixed Media?
- I am always searching the net for assemblage artists and often follow their links... one day I found Gary...
- Describe your style of art and materials you like to use?
- Assemblage using anything I like...
Acrylic paintings using acrylics mainly on canvas and mixed media sometimes...
Sculpture using various stuff..
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What can I get from Mexico that I would love?
Posted on July 11, 2011 at 4:33pm 7 Comments 0 Favorites
My family (the child bride and the heiress) have abandoned me for a three week visit to Mexico and California. Myself and the dog (the feisty miniature fox terrier Jasmine) are guarding the house and keeping a few pesos dribbling into the bank account.
My question is this... what can my darlings get for me in Mexico that I cannot get here . I am talking about items for my assemblage of a non-organic nature. That means no wood, straw, skin, claw, bone, food etc. becasue of Aussie…
Continue Klimt and Schiele for real...
Posted on July 4, 2011 at 1:52pm 8 Comments 0 Favorites
Just back home in Brisbane after a weekend in Melbourne... caught the Tutunkhamun exhibition, the "Rock of Ages" stage musical and an exhibition on Viennese art and design around the turn of the 19th century.
Among other great stuff from Vienna, it was wonderful to see originals of Klimt and Schiele after looking at so many reproductions in books and on the net... Klimt was especially nice since Schiele's drawings translate pretty well in reproductions and Klimt not so well... The…
Continue Computers... AAAAARGH... a sorry tale of woe
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 9:30am 5 Comments 0 Favorites
So frustrated at the moment... the studio office has been in a state of utter confusion for weeks.
It is a sorry tale of woe.
My desk was starting to fall apart. The chipboard desktop and drawers were slowly turning into something resembling coarse sawdust. Why do they cut down trees and grind up the timber to make artificial timber... seems loony to me. Anyway, several metres of grey duct tape was no longer capable of preserving the desk's structural integrity.
So...…
Continue The Big Picture in early April
Posted on April 10, 2011 at 12:49am 6 Comments 0 Favorites
This painting was supposed to be the work that I did when I was blocked on other projects... but I have become obsessive about it and my other stuff is suffering .... i need more balance so I can get on to the other ideas I want to finish.
I have made a fair bit of progress since my last blogging about the "The Big Picture", which I am now calling an "Imaginary City" ... even though all the buildings are very real places.
Here is where it was at the time of the last entry which…
ContinueComment Wall (38 comments)
- At 11:19am on September 1, 2011,
Linda Harbin said… Hi Grant,
I finally found the place to leave you a comment! Thank you for your feedback on my art drawings. I spend all my time creating mixed media and exploring all the various techniques, but seldom draw, which was my first love. Earlier this year I took a drawing class from a very talented local artist and explored pastels and drawing figures - it was great fun!
- At 9:37am on July 8, 2011,
Curtis Fesser said… Hello Grant, thank you for your kind words and befriending me here on "LovingMixedMedia". I must say I'm an admirer of your work as well and what a great range of work.....
Curtis F.
- At 1:28pm on July 4, 2011,
Jenifer J Renzel said… Glad you got the eyes .... sorry one broke. I didn't realize I had a unaccepted friend request from you -- accepted it just now.
- At 6:27am on June 3, 2011,
Mike Tann said… - Thanks for your comment Grant.
- At 5:43pm on April 26, 2011, Mike Tann said…
- Thanks for your comments Grant, re the barbed wire, I work in the town but live on the coast in the country side so I took a walk the other evening an pulled off the old rusty barbed wire from fence posts. These were just short lengths that were left where new barbed wire had replaced the old rusty stuff. I now have a little store for future use.
- At 2:52pm on April 26, 2011,
Kathy McElroy said… - Thanks for your nice comments Grant. Your work is pretty spectacular.
- At 7:16am on April 18, 2011, Mike Tann said…
- Thanks for your comments Grant I am glad you enjoyed the web site, I am working on some new stuff at the moment but I am not sure if its going to turn out OK.
- At 10:17am on April 9, 2011,
Alanna Mayer said… Anything you'd like to know I'd be happy to answer your questions the best that I can. And thanx by the way for the friend request, I'm more than impressed with your work!
- At 12:28pm on April 4, 2011,
heather noye said… - Hi Grant. Thank you so much for your comments on my piece The Bride.
- At 8:17am on March 29, 2011,
Deborah Petronio said… - I am honored to accept your friend request. I love your work! How's the giant painting coming?
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