Monthly Archives: December 2012

2012: My Blog Review

Posted on December 31, 2012 by artkleko

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: About 55,000 tourists visit Liechtenstein every year. This blog was viewed about 220,000 times in 2012. If it were Liechtenstein, it would take about … Continue reading →

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GOALS FOR 2013

Posted on December 31, 2012 by artkleko

Putting on a Brave Face 60 x 40 cm    Prismacolors on pastel board This is the first of 2 paintings for an exhibition in my home town of Launceston to be held next May. The theme of my work … Continue reading →

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2012 IN REVIEW

Posted on December 28, 2012 by artkleko

It’s that time of the year when one looks back on the past 12 months and does an ‘art stocktake’. I returned to my home on March 18, after 12 months on the Australian mainland, 8 months of my time … Continue reading →

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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

Posted on December 24, 2012 by artkleko

  I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.   Thanks for your support throughout the year and I hope 2013 is a time of good health, happiness and creativity for everyone. Richard    

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ROCK FACE

Posted on December 21, 2012 by artkleko

Today’s featured painting is actually a portrait that I’m currently working on in between bouts of oil painting. This is the first of two entries that I’m contributing to a major exhibition in my home city of Launceston next May. … Continue reading →

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OIL PAINTING

Posted on December 19, 2012 by artkleko

  Top: The Derwent River at Dunrobin   Below: Highland Morning   Long, long ago, around 30 years in fact, oil painting was my preferred medium before pastel and coloured pencil.   On Monday I set up part of my … Continue reading →

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ABSTRACT LANDSCAPE

Posted on December 17, 2012 by artkleko

Northern Midlands Landscape 80 x 40 cm   Prismacolor pencils on pastel board   Is it an abstract or is it a landscape? Can it be both. My ‘Brick’ series is really starting to head in exciting directions. Over the … Continue reading →

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BLOG REVIEW

Posted on December 14, 2012 by artkleko

Yesterday afternoon in my studio, where I write my  blog posts and push pencils over pastel board, sometimes frantically, other times with care and attention. This is my escape from the rest of the world. As we say in Australia, it’s … Continue reading →

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PAINTING 34.

Posted on December 12, 2012 by artkleko

Avoca Beach 6. Prismacolors on pastel board    40 x 15.5cm I spent a few hours in my studio yesterday working on a 4th small abstract to compliment the 2 large ones that I have included in my exhibition next … Continue reading →

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THE ANSWER?

Posted on December 10, 2012 by artkleko

  North East Landscape DNA   80 x 50cm   Prismacolors on pastel board   Most artists seek to ‘find’ a personal way of seeing through their art. This could be through an individual style, a technique or even a … Continue reading →

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