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Cindy Tonkin January 4, 2023
Cressida Campbell

Cressida Campbell

This is the week of our annual summer school trek to Mittagong and Bowral....

Cindy Tonkin December 29, 2022
Van Gogh 22

Van Gogh 22

I saw the Van Gogh Alive exhibition of projected images a few years ago...

Cindy Tonkin December 24, 2022
DIY candle lit houses

DIY candle lit houses

It's collage meets decoration, and I want to do it, not for Christmas, but...

Cindy Tonkin December 14, 2022
AGNSW 22

AGNSW 22

Went to see the new wing of the Art Gallery of NSW with Cathie...

Cindy Tonkin November 21, 2022
Retro Collages

Retro Collages

My Sydney BAG colleague Andrea sent me this link to some retro collages. I'm...

Cindy Tonkin November 16, 2022
Do Ho Suh at MCA

Do Ho Suh at MCA

Saw this exhibition of Do Ho Suh's work at the MCA in Sydney. It...

Cindy Tonkin November 5, 2022
Hockney ideas

Hockney ideas

I was browsing a David Hockney book recently and was inspired by these images....

Cindy Tonkin October 16, 2022
Medieval Archives

Medieval Archives

Just putting this here in case I want it again. An archive of medieval...

Cindy Tonkin June 20, 2022
Travel like an artist

Travel like an artist

Some fabulous ideas on how to travel "experimentally" where the journey is indeed as...

Cindy Tonkin March 6, 2022
Matisse Nice-inspired

Matisse Nice-inspired

This one didn't work out as well as i would have liked, and it...

Cindy Tonkin February 13, 2022
Duchamp research portal

Duchamp research portal

I do not know how I might use this, and I need to have...

Cindy Tonkin February 8, 2022
Jeffrey Smart-inspired

Jeffrey Smart-inspired

Early in January I saw a fabulous Jeffrey Smart retrospective at the National Gallery....

Cindy Tonkin February 7, 2022
Electricity!

Electricity!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R6CV-OLbQs Just love this fabric and wire construction (which advertises a japanese electricity company)

Cindy Tonkin February 6, 2022
Cornelia Parker explodo

Cornelia Parker explodo

This Fatboy Slim video https://youtu.be/lsy011GBh0Q Made me think of this Cornelia Parker piece. which...

Cindy Tonkin January 15, 2022
Matisse Goldfish-inspired

Matisse Goldfish-inspired

Today's collage subject was a Matisse - Poissons rouges et sculpture, from 1911. I...

Cindy Tonkin January 9, 2022
Composition inspirations

Composition inspirations

This is a little different to the collages I've been doing for a while...

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