In order to drag my design-brain out of it's jet lagged state. I finally got around to decorating this triangular space in a funny little pink cottage.
Me and my new doggy mango enjoyed our short time on roman way because the walk next to the river is very nice... but puppy watching and painting at the same time is a combo i need to work on
Well i'm stoked that there is no public transport around the Byron shire.. because it makes hitchiking that bit more accepted and safe.. as it should be everywhere in the world.
A nice man and his wife gave me a lift home one afternoon and we got talking about what on earth an English girl like me was doing in NSW. when i answered i realised i was becoming famous around Mullumbimby and they were dead keen to get a bit of Faye Suzannah brushwork in their house before i left
copying an existing artwork isnt normally my style but these klimt colours and swirly details were TEDIOUS AS HELL and taught me a few things about tolerance
The barefooted community of Mullumbimby has not only made me feel very at home over the last few months, but has provided me with more than enough public projects to make me feel valued here on the otherside of the world.
I painted as campervans were emptied into the toploader speed queen washers, and petuli oil, sand and salty waters were washed from the belongings of the transient owners.
I painted as permaculture gardeners zoned out watching the driers and munched silently on organic bananas.
I listened to local stories, and foreign tales, and also a bit of triple j radio, over the humm of the machines
If a laundrette is a good social barometer, then i've learnt everything there is to know about 2482NSW.... BUT ALSO... I've learnt that whilst riding the wave of life, it pays to just be nice, put your heart into what you do, and say thanks to the people that help you
Thanks Blue.
A pirate map of the Byron bay coastline for a lovely lady called Bronwen . A nice lesson in new brushes, small fonts, and local geography
On the hottest day in Victoria Australia so far in 2011, I made some swift but necessary changes to an interior wall of La Sera pizza restaurant on St Georges rd, North Fitzroy.
Boy was i glad to be under the air con and next to the Gelato fridge..
Even though i've been told i'm the only person in the Northside of Melbourne that still drinks coffee with chocolate sprinkles on (cappuchinos are soo last year darl! ).. John Dench, master baker of Victoria trusted me to decorate his cafe on Scotchmer St.North Fitzroy.
I drew a Faye Suzannah style wheaty pattern in a custard yellow with sourdough coloured details whilst i sipped my soya capp and wondered what all the fuss was with Australia Day anyway.
Many thanks to little miss Laura here who not only totally hooked me up with caffine and walls to keep me well busy during my time in Melbs, but makes wonderful things from wool and string in her spare time.
Considering my history of bread and toast art, i think Dench and I may have a future together
> Subject: mural milk and honey mullum
> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:39:33 +1100
>
> hi faye
> like the look of your work
> interested in what you can do for our boring walls
> you came in yesterday afternoon, milk and honey in mullum
> we are closed from dec 24 to jan 4, would be a good time to do something
> give us a call 6684 ****
> chris
The festive season was an absolute smash for us all here in Mullumbimby. Inbetween beach trips and birthday parties we also got some work done. Milk and Honey pizza restaurant had a break from the woodfired oven and we got busy on the walls. Massive respect, thanks and happy new year wishes to the Pellen family for knowing what they wanted and trusting us to paint with hangover shakes!
Before and After.
Of course i had my bestest helper to make it all even more worth it!
In the heart of the Byron Shire NSW, is a little local newspaper called the Echo that used to have a daggy wall in their publishing office. They published my advert , which is my first EVER form of advertising.....and then were then kind enough to give me a job that kept me busy as the christmas rain fell outside..
Here i am not flaunting it on the beach in a bikini as u all expect me to be doing x x
painty xmas love from across the globe.
Dark times make us stronger in the long-run. The kitchen of 38 Bove Town is heavy with history and packed with paternal presence but slowly it is starting to shine...... i'm making it mine :)
The Whole world is a village
Because the whole world is like a village and you meet the same people again and again when you least expect it.. i'm not sad to empty my room and leave my cosy cottage corner of London in Italian and Irish hands. We had a great WestEnd year and i've a feeling ill see some of these faces along the global camino at some point.
Well i don't know exactly how many hours i've spent on the number 36 bus this week, but thanks to rubbish weather and last minute staff meetings at the pool, a 2 day mural turned into a week long one. I bused back and forth from west to south London alot, but i got to see my favourite 3 year old a whole lot more than planned :)
Interior AND Exterior japanese flower pattern for my london family
Particularly happy with the warming, colours and the way it winds through the house
Rufus did his best to explain to me that we wern't allowed to draw on the walls but i did it anyway. when he gets bigger me and R are going to have so much fun!
A flock of birds flying across the room is a very nice idea. My approach to expressing this artistic vision, over the last 10 months, has gone from this:......IN LONDON E3 LAST WINTER....
To this..... In the Brixton Bovril building in May........
To this .........IN THE STAIRCASE OF MY VERY OWN SQUATTERS COTTAGE W10
Wallpapering photocopies and mixing turquoise paints in empty honey jars,are my favourite things to do at the moment. So i stayed in all weekend and did just that..
From the centre of my silly shared squat house i could hear the following.... Hot97 fm on permanently in the kitchen. keyboard practice from mr JC downstairs. Bikeracing on tv from the room of mr DH , French cinema on high volume in the front room from CB, and mixes from these boys from back home from my own speakers just behind. Somehow though i don't think any amount of noise will prepare us for the NottingHillCarnival next weekend!
Blue Note 14/8/2010
Those of you who think Glastonbury is just a festival are missing out. It is in fact the best home town any girl could wish for. After having copied, cut out, pasted, drawn and of course painted my way through a weeks worth of jazz records and mexican mosiac triangles whilst being surrounded by almost ALL of my favourite people ..I now feel more in love with Mid Somerset than ever before...
After the very vague briefing of "mexican music diner" (thanks Caelie)........ i think we pulled it off with tortilla chips growing on trees and a photocopied record library. ...
Sadly there is not live Blues music played in this cafe but there is great coffee and foods fit for hippies. oh,... and nachos. :)
All the sun i've been catching between British festival fields, Portugese islands and london gardens. . . . .
has inspired me to use these girasol coloured paints to make something stunning. a True celebration of my latest return to London W10...
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Thanks for bringing so much energy to our garden.!”
One magnificent days work in the sleepy village of Frome, Somerset
That's murals to fit ANY space.. yes even under the stairs
