Artist Don Peebles dies

Don Peebles – ARTIS Gallery – Artists:
Don Peebles is one of New Zealand’s most senior artists. He began his training at the Wellington Technical College of Art in 1947, he then moved to Australia and studied under John Passmore, a leading Australian painter at the time, at the Julian Ashton School of Arts in Sydney.
Audio from RNZ:
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Artist Don Peebles dies – National – NZ Herald News:
One of the pioneers of New Zealand abstract painting, artist Don Peebles, ONZM, has died at the age of 88.
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Worse than nothing at all
Worse than nothing at all | SocialistWorker.org:
Helen Redmond examines the health care proposals that Barack Obama and the Democratic Party want to push through Congress in the name of “reform.” March 19, 2010
THE DEMOCRATS’ mad rush to pass health care legislation–any health care legislation, no matter how awful–is center stage in Washington politics. And they got a step closer to their goal this week with the capitulation of Rep. Dennis Kucinich, the last of two House Democrats who previously voted against health care “reform” legislation because it doesn’t do enough to actually reform the system.
Arshile Gorky A Retrospective Tate Modern 10 February – 3 May 2010

I like this one, got into this today after listening to this interview:
Matthew Gale interviewed about Arshile Gorky on RNZ Nights
Tate Modern| Current Exhibitions | Arshile Gorky. (dead Link)
The link above also has a video – worth watching.
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/arshile-gorky-1191
This one has Audio
“The most important figure in American Art before J.Pollock” – The Daily Telegraph.
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Simple truths…
Enapped Calligraphy
These two sketches are both off the iPhone. Calligraphic doodles, put through various apps. What do you think? Do the apps enhance or destroy?
The less adulterated originals follow.
Virtually Illegible
Stopping US spying is for the greater good
It makes sense! But that the justice system in New Zealand takes this stand is a bit quirky. Time we pulled all the troops out of Afghanistan then.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3468003/Waihopai-three-walk-free
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Movie: Earth Whisperers/Papatuanuku
Just watched “Earth Whisperers Papatuanuku” http://www.wickcandle.co.nz/
Wonderful!
YouTube – Kathleen Gallagher interviewed by Sally Graham (Sep09):
TransitionStAlbans — 03 October 2009 — Kathleen Gallagher, director of the film “Earth Whisperers Papatuanuku”, interviewed by Sally Graham before our screening of the film on Wednesday 23 September 2009.
My sketches
My Art Blog Been doing a few sketches lately.






