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Ray Monde

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24.01.2022 First bushfire work on canvas; time to go bigger I think.

24.01.2022 More charcoal wash quick sketches on Lake Chelan at Stehekin

23.01.2022 Its been a weird week. Ive struggled with tears at unexpected moments. Just an accumulation of stuff. So I just focused on my work. Went into the studio relentlessly. Because I know its good for me. If I dont have studio time, things just get darker. Making a mark on a page or canvas feels like Im moving forward. I found two great sources of inspiration this week. [ 508 more words ] http://raymonde.blog/2020/08/22/is-today-the-day-art-dies/

23.01.2022 What a paper artists studio floor looks like. Like a rats nest. Its beginning to make me feel a bit icky inside.

23.01.2022 I bought myself a $20 battery powered turntable

23.01.2022 I used to sew my own clothes and wear them to high school I love the meditative nature of needle and thread so Ive stitched the upside down crown that forms the M of Monde onto my jeans pocket.

23.01.2022 Last of the little ones

23.01.2022 As I tear through these strips of blackened paper, they leave an ashy residue on my fingers. Another little square one.

22.01.2022 A good day. Put the last sticky bits on two works. This is the first work; Crown, 1.5 metres x 1 metre (5 x 3 4), overpainted magazines on canvas. @ 57 Biscayne Artist Studios

22.01.2022 Flicking through the photos on my phone, I came across a shot of the bushfires around Braidwood in December last year. It jolted me back to the bushfires that ravaged the land around our home for weeks and weeks and weeks. What was so surprising for me that it rekindled this underlying trauma which I thought I had left behind. [ 255 more words ] http://raymonde.blog//a-turn-to-the-dark-side-from-ashes-/

22.01.2022 I slept in a field of yellow buttons and never wanted to leave. Chrysocephalum apiculatum.

22.01.2022 Sleeping in a field of flowers #workinprogress #collage

20.01.2022 Im at a junction. In my mind Im already creating the rocky landscapes on the Shoalhaven River and yet, this exuberant, saturated swimming pool series wont leave my head. Its going to be bright, summery and pure joy (with a bit of weirdness as usual). To think of bright times when the world is in a dark place is not delusional or denying whats happening, its about resilience, finding a way through it all

20.01.2022 I got a little write-up in the Goulburn Post for the Veolia Mulwaree Creative Arts Scholarship https://www.goulburnpost.com.au//ray-monde-speaks-through/

20.01.2022 Earlier in the year I created a sculptural work The Impossible Journey Home. When I found out it was a finalist in the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize 2020, I thought "I'm going to make more of them!" The things about these works is they remind me of all the things I loved drawing as a kid. The funny little complex worlds where all these little tiny people are getting caught up in all kinds of adventures.... http://raymonde.blog//revisiting-the-small-worlds-in-my-h/

20.01.2022 This worked out good. Flip for more shots. Tentatively called ‘Tunnelling my way home’ Collage, board and pine.

19.01.2022 Hard to capture the diorama but this gives you a sense of what’s going on in that shoebox. Think I need to drill some illumination holes in the top to highlight key forms.

19.01.2022 This week President Trump stood in front of a crowd in Tulsa and was applauded as he drank a glass of water with one hand. The 2020 US Presidential Election is scheduled for 3 November this year. As an alien here, the most important thing for me is that the elections are fair. Thats why, through the studios at [ 168 more words ] http://raymonde.blog//art-at-the-heart-of-democracy-2020-/

19.01.2022 Things have kicked off well for a Square Deal: 50 artists for a fair vote. If you live in the USA, theres still time to grab one and support a fair vote. https://raymonde.blog/20//25/24-artworks-sold-in-24-hours/

18.01.2022 We’ll Row Home If We Have To; collage, board, synthetic polymer paint, walnut wood; 2020

18.01.2022 Tiny merino under a tiny tree. Actually, it’s a poll Dorset under a eucalyptus pauciflora, but when they’re half-an-inch high, does it really matter?

18.01.2022 There's been a massive outpouring of artworks during the Trump administration. Before he came to power, I never imagined he would invoke such a huge surge in art. In fact, in back in 2013, I asked the same question of Obama. Obama's portrait by Kehinde Wiley at the National Portrait Gallery has seen visitor numbers triple (before COVID-19). Merchandise sales also spiked three-fold.... http://raymonde.blog//is-trump-the-most-inspiring-preside/

18.01.2022 Bye bye little studio, Ill miss you while Im in Oregon. But really looking forward to another wee roadtrip!

17.01.2022 Bye bye for now, what a wild, insane, intense and über productive time it has been here.

17.01.2022 Here it is in rotation so you get a better sense of the changing dynamic landscape.

16.01.2022 For me, the smoke plumes were probably the worst; the watching, the waiting, feeling the wind change with a sense of dread.

16.01.2022 Crush charcoal from the camp fire, mix with glacial water, brush with chewed reed from edge of Lake Chelan

15.01.2022 Work in progress on the pool series

15.01.2022 Havent Seen the Sky in Weeks; collage and painted paper on 400gsm paper. Playing with smaller pieces from the kitchen bench.

15.01.2022 Go, go, go! Row, row, row @rvrbnd !

14.01.2022 New bushfire work in progress, moving up to larger canvas now

14.01.2022 What do you like to rub all over yourself? Heres why difficult conversations are the only way forward. http://raymonde.blog//what-do-you-like-to-rub-all-over-yo/

13.01.2022 This week I had an unexpected three-way. Summer is here, temperatures are rising and people are emerging from lock-downs around the country. Everyone is embracing their new found freedom. (Perhaps too enthusiastically, with COVID-19 infections spiking around the United States.) Lucky for me, my three way, was totally about art. At a safe distance. First, Saatchi Art hooked someone up with this piece. [ 309 more words ] http://raymonde.blog/2020/07/12/an-unexpected-three-way/

13.01.2022 Heres a quick spin around this new work; Ive just ordered a $20 battery-powered lazy susan to see how it looks rotating @ 57 Biscayne Artist Studios

12.01.2022 Some drippy works, trying to make charcoal run in the shape of mountains

12.01.2022 This year, the United States will vote for the next President of the United States. Ive joined a 50 artists who support a fair vote this November. If you want to help, donate at least $100 and get an artwork in return. http://57biscayne.com/square-deal/

09.01.2022 Proud to be part of this initiative that supports grass roots organisations in swing states in the US to make sure everyone gets a chance to have their say in the US Federal elections this fall. More details to come soon.

09.01.2022 This curious work was originally meant to be part of #theotherartfairla in April. While the art fair is now scheduled for September; this gent is now headed to a collector in Portland. #sold

08.01.2022 Im going to be in a book by @chatwinbooks ! Featuring artists who painted murals on closed shopfronts during the early days of the pandemic in Seattle. Featured in the weekend magazine of @seattletimes

08.01.2022 Finished my piece for the #nellannequilt celebrating my Nana: Daisy Agnes Clara Morton (ne Stewart). A lover of cricket, current affairs and explosive, compelling story-telling. To get involved, see the link in @nellartist bio

08.01.2022 More of my crushed coal wash quick sketches on Lake Chelan at Stehekin

06.01.2022 More little people. Up they go. It’s a long hike up to their AirBnB.

06.01.2022 Posted @withregram @purplenoongallery Braidwood artist Ray Monde is currently living in Seattle. Before he left for a one year stay in the USA, Ray experienced the full onslaught of the recent bushfires and fled to an evacuation centre for safety. Ray was awarded a local creative arts scholarship in Goulburn to create a series of artworks in response to these December 2019 bushfires. Some of these works are being shown locally in December 2020 on the one-year anniversary, a...nd to coincide with the the Braidwood show, an exhibition of the collection will be exhibited at Purple Noon Gallery . Here is some of Ray’s fabulous artwork coming up in our next exhibition opening December 5. . We are very excited to be presenting ‘After the Fires’, an exhibition of Ray's work alongside Sydney artist Matthew Fennelly. Both artists are passionate and sophisticated in their approach to their themes and art making practices, and this show will be an excellent introduction to their work. Not to be missed. . Enquiries to Robyn. Send me your email if you would like an early copy of the CATALOGUE. . ‘Lost Highway 80 x 80 cm Overpainted paper on canvas, framed in oak ‘Too Late to Leave’ ‘Shelter in Place’ 45 x 60 cm ‘Back Burn’ 30 x 30 cm over painted paper on 400gsm board, framed in black . #collage #collageart #painting #fires #australianbushfires #poignant #important #storiestotell @purplenoongallery @ray_monde_ @mr_moocow.

06.01.2022 Posted @withregram @purplenoongallery Fabulous little artwork by Ray Monde coming up in our next exhibition opening December 5. . We are very excited to be presenting ‘After the Fires’, an exhibition of Ray's work alongside Sydney artist Matthew Fennelly. Both artists are passionate and sophisticated in their approach to their themes and art making practices, and this show will be an excellent introduction to their work. Not to be missed. .... Enquiries to Robyn. Send me your email if you would like an early copy of the catalogue. . ‘Fire Blues’ 30 x 30 cm over painted paper on 400gsm board, framed . #collage #collageart #painting #fires #australianbushfires #poignant #important #storiestotell @purplenoongallery @ray_monde_ @mr_moocow See more

05.01.2022 If you havent created a piece for the NELL ANNE Quilt Project, you should. Not sure why this says Page Not Found, the link works for me. Try the link and let me know! https://raymonde.blog//stitching-a-tribute-to-nanna-join-/

05.01.2022 Im a finalist in the 2020 National Works on Paper Prize. One of the most prestigious prizes of its type in Australia. http://raymonde.blog//finalist-in-the-2020-national-works/

04.01.2022 Late nights in the studio. Putting in 12-14 hours a day, really enjoying the challenge of small bits of overpainted paper on big canvases.

03.01.2022 I know youve not been able to sleep, waiting for an update on the state of my studio floor since yesterday.

03.01.2022 There has been waaaay too much darkness in my studio lately so Im working up a batch of swimming pool blue before the Seattle summer leaves us.

03.01.2022 This work was controversial wherever I showed it. The juxtaposition of the rope and the feet made a lot of people uneasy. For me, it was always about revisiting favourite childhood places as an adult and thinking about how life has changed. Its both wistful and proud. Thrilled its going to a wonderful collectors home.

02.01.2022 I finished the grass. It goes on for three metres. What am I doing to myself?

02.01.2022 We love Collage! Cutting + Pasting = Happiness Discover a curated collection of collage works from our LA exhibitors in #TheOtherOnlineStudios https://bit.ly/2CJws74 (Featuring Allison Bagg, Ray Monde , Dawn Beckles, Sammy Binkow, & Synnve Seidman)

02.01.2022 When I have a bad day in the studio, I know just to keep going. It gets better. Currently in a totally weird place.

02.01.2022 Theres a new book coming out about the pandemic murals of Seattle and Im going to be in it https://raymonde.blog//viral-murals-paintings-of-a-pandem/