TUESDAY THE 3RD OF MARCH, 2009
CONT.:.
ART OPENINGS, 2008, OIL ON CANVAS, 1490mm x 860mm

MONDAY THE 2ND OF MARCH, 2009
THEME:
MARKET FORCES: THE ORPHANAGE OF THE INNOCENTS AUCTION
2006, OIL ON LINEN, 1854mm x 805mm. WALLACE COLLECTION.

FIRST O' THE MONTH CRUCIFIX
(THE 1ST OF MARCH, 2009)

BLOG OF THE MONTH:
MEMO CUBE

SATURDAY THE 28TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
SPECIAL SOURCES
LEFT: CARVED IVORY MOMENTO MORI, GERMAN, CIRCA 1600, METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NYC.
RIGHT: TRAVELLING MAY INDUCE CALCIUM DEFICIENCY, 2008, OIL ON CANVAS, 1000mm x 800mm.

FRIDAY THE 27TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
PHASE TWO COMPLETE FOR JULY. 33.

26TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
EURO-HOOD_REDUX (AUG 08)
NO.1: Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo (opp. end of the Piero D.F. cycle in the Bacci Chapel)
NO.2: Arezzo, again, this time in the Cathedral of Santi Pietro
NO.3: Santa Croce, Florence. Possibly one of one of the great posthumous tombs
NO4: Ben Shahn's Burial Society (1944) in the Vatican's 'contemporary art' section, Vatican City
NO.5: Philip Guston's Untitled (c.1970) Sotheby's, Rome

25TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
!NEW WORK ALERT!
(CLOCKWISE FROM TOP, LEFT):
MANUEL OCAMPO, NORMAN DUBROW, MARK E. SMITH, FRIDA KAHLO.
ALL PENCIL ON PAPER, 140mm x 205mm
(cousins of the Whiteworld family)

24TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
SELF PORTRAIT WITH TUNIC OF
SAN FRANCESCO DE ASSISI,
SANTA CROCE, FIRENZE
AUGUST 2008

ANDREW ROSS = TYLEE COTTAGE
WELCOME ANDREW!
(LEFT: A. R. BEDROOM, WILLIS ST, 19 NOV 2001,
BLACK AND WHITE 10" x 8" PHOTOGRAPH,
COUPER RUSS COUPER COLLECTION, ACQUIRED 2002)

22.2.09
REM. REMINISCING
TYLEE COTTAGE: 21 YEARS
SARJEANT GALLERY
MAY - JUNE 2007

(left to right): Aphtae Epizooticae Dei, Eye and The Buddha's foot.
Acrylic on polystyrene and wood

FRIDAY THE 20TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
OUT THE WINDOW

EL DIECINUEVE DE FEBRERO, DOS MIL NUEVE
[LEFT]: MORE LUBBERT FOR YOUR DAS (DACHS)

[UPGRADED]
ABOVE: NUMBSKULL (AFTER BOSCH)
2009
OIL ON CANVAS
1000mm X 800mm

BELOW: THE 'ORIGINAL'; EL BOSCO'S THE CURE OF FOLLY or THE EXTRACTION OF THE STONE OF MADNESS
c. 1475-1480
OIL ON PANEL
480mm x 350mm

**!MUCHOS GRACIAS MUSEO DEL PRADO!**

WEDNESDAY THE 18TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
BACKED INTO A CORNER

FROM THE ARCHIVE: 2006
MASTERS (AFTER DURER'S MELANCHOLIA)
Pencil on paper, 160mm x 220mm
Private Collection, Tauranga
Checklist: Harris, Clairmont, Smither, Hammond, Walters, Driver, de Lautour, Fomison, Hayman, McCahon, Viscoe.

17TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
17TH OF FEBRUARY, 2008
(A YEAR AGO TODAY)
TOP:A FAUX-CONSTRUCTION EPITOMIZING SOME WESTERN IDEAS OF WHANAU THROUGH TROMPE L'OEIL FRIVOLITY, 2008, OIL ON LINEN AND PLASTIC, 1400 x 1030mm
MIDDLE: INSTALLATION AT THE PENCIL GALLERY, GISBORNE (BESIDE TWO W. C. RUIFROK PAINTINGS)
BOTTOM: INSTALLATION AT THE PENCIL GALLERY, GISBORNE (BEHIND J.K. RUSS' DESERT FLOWERS)
**NOTE: THE PENCIL GALLERY IS NOW PAUL NACHE

R (est) I (n) P (ieces)
another small 15th of February post, 2009
Lamentation of OD2073, soon to be deregistered,soon to be bits.
Fond memories. 00xx

FRIDAY THE 15TH OF FEBRUARY, 2009
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