The Trip so far....

As I pack my bags to fly from Vegas to San Francisco this afternoon I thought I'd do a quick update to the blog. The trip so far has been absolutely amazing!, as I reflected earlier with my travel buddies by the pool this morning this Holiday has been full of so many firsts and I've been able to tick off so many boxes of things I have always wanted to do or see.

LA was so good to me (as it always is!) and it was a thrill to share what I love about the city with a friend from childhood who's travelling with me who had never been before. We did all my usual favorite haunts and discovered a few new ones as well.

We drove to Las Vegas on Monday on a brilliant blue sky day with the top down on our car through some beautiful desert scenery before arriving in this city that I still cant work out whether I'm overwhelmed or underwhelmed by yet.

I can't say I hate it because I've hugely enjoyed and have been moved by the shows here and as of last night this crazy city indulged me in a fantasy that even in my wildest dreams I would never have imagined ever happening to me - I would LOVE to dish more but I just can't, I will say that it will go down as one of the hottest scenarios I have ever found myself in and one that I will never ever forget.

as more more firsts I'm looking forward to finding myself in San Francisco this afternoon and hitting Folsom Street Fair this weekend and I'm sure there will be no shortage of unforgettable experiences there too.

Good Morning LA

This is the view I woke up to this morning at my favorite hotel in my favorite place, Courtney Love once said that this Hotel is built on on cross roads of the magical ley lines of the world and I think Ms Love is absolutely right on....

This is soooo cheesy BUT,Not long to go till I'm back in my Favorite city!!

MySpace Countdown ClocksCorny Huh!!

Here comes charlie...

Tonight I attended a pretty boring body corporate meeting for an apartment building in Potts Point, the saving grace was the edition of this beautiful Clement Meadmore sculpture that the owners had on display in their apartment. It was stunning and I thoroughly enjoyed getting lost while my eyes glazed over it.

'Here Comes Charlie'

1998 23 x 34.5 x 5.5 cm Bronze fabrication

Australian born Meadmore is pretty much at the top of my list of Sculptors out there so its always special to see his works - which are more famously layed out in large outdoor spaces around the world.

The Weekend....

Melbourne Art Fair

On Wednesday I flew down to Melbourne to attend Vernissage, the opening night preview of the Melbourne Art Fair, It was quick trip but it was an amazing experience to get to see so many established and up and coming Artists unveil their new works all under the one and very grand roof of the Exhibition Palace.
I also used the trip as a chance to check out the Art Deco Exhibition on show at the NGV which was absolutely superb - I knew it was going to be in impressive exhibition purely by the fact that it's been the most popular show held in the history of the V & A Museum in London who put it together but as a bonus there were some pieces on display that I was not expecting to see at all such as the beautiful (and rare!!) furniture from the french design duo of Sue et Mare whom I'm a very big fan of and some pretty spectacular jewels on loan from Cartier's archives that I'd read about before so that was a great thrill.

Here's a few snaps I took during the trip.....

The three below are of the friend who I stayed with's beautiful neighbourhood...





budding magnolias

The Melbourne exhibition palace

Scott Redford at Gould Galleries





This one that I unintentionally got my reflection in is for Superdrewby who's a fan of Scott's Polar Bear Ceramics

A Jeff Koons skull at

A very confronting re -imagined version of Michelangelo's Pieta by Sam Jinks at Boutwell Draper Galleries - The realistic detail in this was amazing, I'd be intruiged to see who could live with this in their home.

an interesting detail of Del Kathryn Bartons installation at Kaliman Galleries..... Dicks that look like magic mushrooms hmmmmm....

My absolute favorites though were the Penny Byrne pieces at Sullivan + Strumpf Galleries and Ill post about those later.

Out of the dark ages....

So I've finally got the the internet hooked up in my pad so I thought I'd take the opportunity to post some pics of the gorgeous sunset I captured a few shots of from my window on Thursday evening.













I've been working my butt off lately but I'm looking forward to a break this week when I fly down to Melbourne on Wednesday for Vernissage the opening night preview of the Melbourne Art Fair . I'm really looking forward to it as two of my favorite contemporary Australian artists Lindey Ivimey and Penny Byrne will be unveling new works there and I'm sure Ill discover many other works to love as well.

I'll be taking my camera along with me so Ill be posting a few pics of it and whatever else I get up to down south as well...