Below is the link to the issue that I'm featured in:
http://www.foliateoak.uamont.edu/february-08/February-08-volume-4-issue-2
2.20.2008
Artwork Featured on Foliate Oak
My piece "Bliss" is featured on The Foliate Oak Online Literary Magazine. The Magazine is run by UAM students and mixes Prose, Poetry, and Artwork.
Below is the link to the issue that I'm featured in:
http://www.foliateoak.uamont.edu/february-08/February-08-volume-4-issue-2
Below is the link to the issue that I'm featured in:
http://www.foliateoak.uamont.edu/february-08/February-08-volume-4-issue-2
2.11.2008
Successful opening at The Depot ArtSpace
The opening went very well and I recieved alot of positive feedback in regards to my current body of work.
The curator of the show bought a piece, which i was very happy about. Below are pictures from the evening.
The curator of the show bought a piece, which i was very happy about. Below are pictures from the evening.
2.07.2008
2.04.2008
Suite 3421 in CABARETE Beach now available
Just completed the new website http://www.cabareterental.com for our condo in the Dominican Republic.
Check it out. There are great pictures of the 2 bedroom 2 bath suite along with information on the condo and world famous kite surfing beach.
If your interested in taking a holiday email info@cabareterental.com
Check it out. There are great pictures of the 2 bedroom 2 bath suite along with information on the condo and world famous kite surfing beach.
If your interested in taking a holiday email info@cabareterental.com
Daytrip to HUIA and PIHA
With Oskar's day off from racing we took a daytrip to 2 beaches,Huia and Piha, just an hours drive from Auckland. Huia was recommended to us by a lady at the Takapuna Lakehouse Art Center that has a cottage there and Piha is a world famous surfers beach. The 2 were vastly different even though they were just a half an hour from one another.
Huia is a quiet beach with an extremely shallow bay that allows for a great distance from high to low tide. We walked for about 10 minutes from the high tide line out to the low tide low. Standing in the middle of tideline looking up at the mountains with no one around made me feel very insignificant, small, and in awe of the power of nature. It was a picturesque beach with rain forest covered volcanic mountains as a back drop and would be an ideal beach for an infant or elderly person beacause of its still warm water. The town had one general store, a few scattered cottages, and that was really it.
Piha was more built up (relatively) there were several high end cottages and condos being developed, a surf school, and the swimming there was not for the faint of heart. Only surfers were outside of the lifeguards flags, which were only 25 ft apart(note: no one swims outside of the flags in NZ or AUS, unless you have a death wish). The waves were big and the riptides were strong. I chose to be an observer and watch the surfers catch big swells and the swimmers get tossed.
Picture 1: Huia beach at low tide from the look out point
Picture 2: Looking out into the open ocean from Huia's lookout point
Picture 3: Oskar posing with our sweet Diatsu and his manly soda water
Picture 4: Looking down over Piha from the top of the volcanic mountain
Picture 5: On Piha's black sand beach
Huia is a quiet beach with an extremely shallow bay that allows for a great distance from high to low tide. We walked for about 10 minutes from the high tide line out to the low tide low. Standing in the middle of tideline looking up at the mountains with no one around made me feel very insignificant, small, and in awe of the power of nature. It was a picturesque beach with rain forest covered volcanic mountains as a back drop and would be an ideal beach for an infant or elderly person beacause of its still warm water. The town had one general store, a few scattered cottages, and that was really it.
Piha was more built up (relatively) there were several high end cottages and condos being developed, a surf school, and the swimming there was not for the faint of heart. Only surfers were outside of the lifeguards flags, which were only 25 ft apart(note: no one swims outside of the flags in NZ or AUS, unless you have a death wish). The waves were big and the riptides were strong. I chose to be an observer and watch the surfers catch big swells and the swimmers get tossed.
Picture 1: Huia beach at low tide from the look out point
Picture 2: Looking out into the open ocean from Huia's lookout point
Picture 3: Oskar posing with our sweet Diatsu and his manly soda water
Picture 4: Looking down over Piha from the top of the volcanic mountain
Picture 5: On Piha's black sand beach
1.30.2008
Last Leg of the Trip : Takapuna NZ
Only a month left before returning to the States. Oskar and I are in the last leg of our AUS/NZ trip, which lands us in Takapuna, a northern suburb located 20 minutes north of Auckland.
The first week here we had off to get settled in at our apartment and take some daytrips around the north island. The south island would have been nice to do, but we would have had to of flown, which was out.
I've put in some pictures below of; Matakana, )an 1.5 hour drive north east of Auckland), Goat Island (on the east coast north of Matakana), Lake Taupo (3 hours south of Auckland in the center of the island), Lake Rotorua (about 1.5 hours east of Lake Taupo), and finally Raglan ( a surf beach on the west coast). It was a great week off and we got alot of sights in.
Picture 1: This is the view of Downtown Auckland from our apartment building in Takapuna. To the right is The LakeHouse Art Center, where I currently have an exhibit up.
Picture 2: Matakana Market on the weekends. I had some incredible blueberry icecream at one of the shops.
Picture 3: Goat Island with volcanic black sand beaches and tropical fishes. A popular beach to go snorkeling at.
Picture 4: Lake Taupo. Freezing cold fresh water that runs down from the surrounding melting snowcapped mountains.
Picture 5: Sunset at Lake Rotorua. Very warm water that is surrounded by active, steaming, bubbling, geisers.
Picture 6: And finally, one of my favorite beach towns ever Raglan. Turquise water, mountians, beautiful Samoan people and a layed back surfer atmosphere.
The first week here we had off to get settled in at our apartment and take some daytrips around the north island. The south island would have been nice to do, but we would have had to of flown, which was out.
I've put in some pictures below of; Matakana, )an 1.5 hour drive north east of Auckland), Goat Island (on the east coast north of Matakana), Lake Taupo (3 hours south of Auckland in the center of the island), Lake Rotorua (about 1.5 hours east of Lake Taupo), and finally Raglan ( a surf beach on the west coast). It was a great week off and we got alot of sights in.
Picture 1: This is the view of Downtown Auckland from our apartment building in Takapuna. To the right is The LakeHouse Art Center, where I currently have an exhibit up.
Picture 2: Matakana Market on the weekends. I had some incredible blueberry icecream at one of the shops.
Picture 3: Goat Island with volcanic black sand beaches and tropical fishes. A popular beach to go snorkeling at.
Picture 4: Lake Taupo. Freezing cold fresh water that runs down from the surrounding melting snowcapped mountains.
Picture 5: Sunset at Lake Rotorua. Very warm water that is surrounded by active, steaming, bubbling, geisers.
Picture 6: And finally, one of my favorite beach towns ever Raglan. Turquise water, mountians, beautiful Samoan people and a layed back surfer atmosphere.
1.14.2008
Brighton Beach Huts
This little colored houses that line Brighton Beach, a suburb outside of Melbourne, are one of the few things that make this town unique. They are little bather houses that families purchase so that when they come to the beach they can have somewhere to change into their bathers, store their sand toys, or just sit and relax. They measure, on average, about 10ftx10ft in size. Most recently one was bought on Sorrento Beach (a neighbouring beach about an hour south) for a whopping 350,000 dollars. Wow. Nevertheless they do make a beautiful photograph.
1.09.2008
Bye Bye Sommers
With the Asia-Pacifics Regatta complete we are leaving Sommers today and heading north to Sanderingham.
Oskar and Kevin finished 7th overall. They had some great and some not so great races. You can see their full results at
http://www.sailmelbourne.com.au/race-results/2008/tornado/SGrp2.htm
The event in Sanderingham is Sail Melbourne and will begin on Monday.
We had a relaxing time in Sommers and really enjoyed the couple, Steph and Barbara, that we stayed with. After all of the hotels we've been staying in lately it was nice to feel like we were at home. Below I have put a picture that Steph took of a bbq that they had prepared for us. Pictured from the right is Barbara, Oskar, Tino (one of the German sailors), Kevin, Rob, Niko (Tino's brother), and me. I've also put in some pics around Sommers, mostly koalas and one of Steph in the garden with the watertower in the back drop.
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Oskar and Kevin finished 7th overall. They had some great and some not so great races. You can see their full results at
http://www.sailmelbourne.com.au/race-results/2008/tornado/SGrp2.htm
The event in Sanderingham is Sail Melbourne and will begin on Monday.
We had a relaxing time in Sommers and really enjoyed the couple, Steph and Barbara, that we stayed with. After all of the hotels we've been staying in lately it was nice to feel like we were at home. Below I have put a picture that Steph took of a bbq that they had prepared for us. Pictured from the right is Barbara, Oskar, Tino (one of the German sailors), Kevin, Rob, Niko (Tino's brother), and me. I've also put in some pics around Sommers, mostly koalas and one of Steph in the garden with the watertower in the back drop.
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1.03.2008
Koala in My Backyard
We are currently staying with a family in Somers. Oskar's regatta, the pan asian pacifics / sail melbourne, is being hosted by the Sommers Yacht Club. Sommers is about an hour drive south of Melbourne. Alot of people come here for summer holiday and weekends. It's a tiny town couple of kms in length and only streches as far back as 2 blocks from the beach. It has 1 general store where you can grab a coffee, paper, or sandwich. Sommers is located on Mornington Pennisula which is filled with winerys, golf courses, and beautiful beachs. It's also close to Seal Island where monstrous great whites have been found and Phillips Island where you can find penguins marching in from the sea every sunset.
Anyway, Somers has alot of koalas that inhabit their Eucalyptus trees and we were lucky enough to spot a male in our backyard yesterday. It slept most of the day but occasionally woke up, stretched his head back, and made a deep snorting sound. Maybe a mating call? This morning he was gone though, maybe to go and find his girlfriend.
Anyway, Somers has alot of koalas that inhabit their Eucalyptus trees and we were lucky enough to spot a male in our backyard yesterday. It slept most of the day but occasionally woke up, stretched his head back, and made a deep snorting sound. Maybe a mating call? This morning he was gone though, maybe to go and find his girlfriend.
Graffiti Alley
Located in the heart of Melbourne around the CBD district we found lovely treasures like the alley below.
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