Artisan Grace Garton specializes in soft-sculpture art-dolls, mixed media paintings, watercolor, collage and oh, she's my multi-talented sister. Below is just a small example of her work. Also, the first three imaged are artworks that were featured at the Soggy Brolly, her first solo exhibition on the West Coast of Tasmania, titled: Chapter 1, Not all Roses and Berries. This exhibition showed off her skill investigating a wonderful series of paper collage, paintings and sculptural forms of whimsical birds.

**“Black Cockatoos Over Hollywood Street” - SOLD**

Sculptural Forms of Whimsical Birds - Shy Pink Robins, Dove, Little Blue Wren, Miss Gold Finch and Miss Silver Eye.

**“Twins” - “Dumb Head” - “Oscar with Cat” and “Golden Hare”**

“Windy Day” mixed media original artwork.

Grace’s artworks are very sensitive and is infused with a sensibility towards nostalgia. Simply she’s an emotive, storyteller, even though melancholy exists one senses her seeking for beauty that exists in everyday life. Life is fragile, precious and to be enjoyed.

Grace has been represented by >> Despard Gallery << since 2018.

And Grace’s website: Grace Garton.com and her store >> HERE

**Sheeesh, the Garton clan are quite a talented bunch.**
**NOW, where’s my treats you promised?**

Who is Wouter? He is the latest musician who has inspired me to create a new body of works. Veldhuis is a Dutch musician who’s music champions minimal drone like compositions with elements of industrial atmospherics, bass-heavy music, occasionally ambiguous, cryptic, dark, mystifying quality and at times with a hint of gloomy ambience.

The title of these two pieces of artwork below are “Once the Search is in Progress, The Something Will Be Found” #1 and #2 comes from his album, Oblique Strategies.

So far from having heard all of Wouter Veldhuis’s albums it has been the first time for me that every piece/songs of his has had a profound effect on me regarding a “visual experience'“ to interpret sound into vision.

**“Once The Search is in Progress, The Something Will Be Found” #2**

In this body of works there will be a strict pattern that will be adhered to. One, must always contain an original piece of artwork, photograph or both within my chosen grid format. Whilst working on a piece I may introduce collage as well or wherever my eyes, ears and hand takes me. And then either using a scanner and/or digital editing to complete the process from sound to vision.

It was Wassily Kandinsky who once said: “Form itself, even if completely abstract ... has its own inner sound.”

**I get the feeling his happy with these two. But what about me… still waiting for my treats.**

You can hear a small selection of Wouter Veldhuis songs here. Or a variety of his mixes for free on SOUNDCLOUD. Personally I prefer listening and working with his five albums listed below.

You can also listen on Deezer or Spotify should you desire.