Just sitting around having a little break from drawing for a minute, recalculating thoughts and direction. It's good to do, sometimes. Spring onion dip is killer, with a cheeseboard cracker box, so good. Select, dip, enjoy.

So I'm working on a couple of different little projects at the moment, with about 5.8 BILLION more ideas brewing....per day. No exaggeration, guys. It's hard to keep up with it haha.
I've steered a little away from painting for the minute, leaving a couple of projects unfinished, and moved onto pen drawings, just going crazy with that for the minute.

Looking very forward to the Ma.Gallery show, I will have two pieces on display and for sale at this event. This will be happening on the 27th of this month at Ma.Gallery, located in Chippendale, Sydney. The venue actually sounds and looks (from what i've seen in photos) to be a great venue, which holds band nights and everything.. I think my friend, Jamie Charleston (whom is also in this show), will be driving up on the 24th or 25th and staying over the opening date, which is obviously as previously stated, the 27th.

For now, that is all.

MY KINGDOM, NOT YOURS. By Acorn.

Gorker gallery presents;

Last night we attended the much anticipated opening of Acorn's latest solo show, My kingdom, Not yours. It was in a word, Amazing.
I'd been looking forward to this show for a good while so for it to finally arrive, I was beside myself! It was everything I was expecting and more. The guy is amazing!
I highly recommend checking this one out; the gallery is located on the corner of Gore and Kerr Streets in Fitzroy, between Smith and Brunswick streets.

COOL OFF VINCENT!

Cool off Vincent is a battle scene between an axe wielding chicken and four little faeries, one of which has sadly been defeated. Original illustration created by me, prints are available through our online store, pockets & twine.
Only 8 left out of 10. These are very limited, no more runs of this print will be made.

Printed on A4 90 GSM York Linenbond paper.

Each print has been hand signed, dated and numbered by me.

Will post to anywhere in the world, buyer pays appropriate postage costs.

AUD $20.oo

Please contact me through pocketsandtwine@gmail.com if you are interested, or check out our Etsy store, Pockets & Twine.

UPDATE?

The new yeah yeah yeahs album is great, really enjoying that at the moment.
Pockets & Twine is shining, Hollie and I both have been selling some things and making bigger plans of better things, so keep an eye out for that.. or check back here. They'll be showing up on etsy soon enough though!

I over brewed my coffee and it tastes terrible.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIM!! R.I.P

Tim Hales is the man. Love him to death and miss him every day. Today is his birthday and we're going to party the way he would have wanted us to party. With beer, goon and burrito's. Miss you bro. Rest In Peace.

JEREMY FISH

There's a blog up on Fecalface on Jeremy Fish's Fecalface dot gallery "ambush" mural he painted. Pretty interesting, good photos and a really, really good mural.
You can see the aforementioned photos, HERE.
See video's below.

Mural in progress.

The Ambush.


I hope you enjoyed these as much as I did. :)

The artwork of Jeremy Fish.

WOODENTOY QUARTERLY - Handmade edition.

Finally purchased our copy and it's packed full of goodness! Wooden Toy Quarterly can be purchased for a small fee of $28.oo bucks from Mag Nation. Hand numbered Authentication certificate included.
Check out their website for lots more incredible art things and news and things.

MARY&MAX by ADAM ELLIOT

Thanks to Design Federation, Hollie and I were able to enjoy Adam Elliot's "Mary & Max" this evening. I've got to say that the film is a must see, enjoyed it thoroughly.. I just threw up a couple of movie stills that I found on Google, in case you don't know what Mary & Max is.
I've also thrown up a couple of good links to check out and also the features teaser, check them out below!

Read a review on the feature by clicking HERE
www.maryandmax.com

Trailer.

Classics | 106 VULCANIZED

I picked up a pair of the Vans Classics, 106 Vulcanized the other night off of Leigh G at The Anchor in Collingwood. So psyched on these, comfy as hell. For the rider, I reckon if you're not one of these whippa dippa kids or someone who has the weakest ankles, ever.. you'll enjoy riding in these. Thick soul, waffle grip etc. I'm sure they're also good for the ol' skateboarders, too.
Nice and comfy for the strolling and I'm sure if you're enough of a psycho you could even run in them.
Retailing cheaper than anywhere (that I know of) from The anchor, for AU$79.95.

THEQUARTER, Degraves St, Melbourne CBD

I am ridiculously psyched on this place. It's actually everything opposite to the last Coffee shop review I posted the other day. It's amazing!

It was the second time today that I've attended this place, first time though for food.
The first time, I was wondering passed with my friend and in need of a coffee, this place had the machine facing the street, greeted with a friendly smile and an extremely professional attitude, the barista whipped up out coffees in a matter of minutes.
I'm a bit of a nut when it comes to coffee, having worked as a Barista before and have many years experience of pouring the shit down my throat, I know what I'm after when I ask for my double shot soy flat white.
I was delighted. So excited over it, I think i might have actually used the phrase, 'Delightful'.

So from this experience alone, I endeavored to return to sit in and indulge at some time. Come a month or so later, the time arrived.
Hollie and I were greeted much the same upon arrival from my first experience, big smiles and open arms, hugs and kisses.. almost.. We sat ourselves down and ordered. Minutes later we had our coffees, served with smiles, orders taken and we were on our way to what we thought was going to be quite a long wait.
Little did we know that within a 10er we'd have food infront of us. Let me tell you, it was probably the best pizza I'd ever eaten before in my entire life. Mediterranean. Get it, you will enjoy it. Hollie got some pasta something something, and swore by it also. I wish right now I knew what it was so I could say, but I don't. haha.

After we'd finished, we talked to the Waitress for a moment or two about what she'd recommend for desert. We took the option of the mixed berry cheesecake, served with ice-cream. I got another coffee to go with it and without fail, they both arrived promptly and by golly they were delightful.

This is a place that knows how to run a coffee shop/cafe/restaraunt, whatever you may call it.. it seems to be all three mashed together. Very professional and very, very good. I recommend you check it out next time you're hunting down somewhere to eat/drink/sit/cry/read/socialize.. this place is brilliant.

Pockets & Twine

Pockets & Twine is up and running, be sure to check it out! Lots of goodies of the fuzzy kind to keep you warm...and fuzzy..and entertained! - It's mine and my girlfriend's online store for all our nick nacks and art works. Please check it out and feel free to contact either one of us if you're interested in anything, at all. :)

booooooom!!

Booooooom is good.
Art, design, film, music and photo along with plenty more other things to check out. Usually daily (sometimes multiple) posting. Worth a look.

ARTMELBOURNE. Pt.2

Not to only post negative contents, but I was highly disappointed in this years Artfair, especially after how excited I was when I looked over it yesterday. Ohwell, perhaps next year will be better. After all that I said in my last post about it, it turns out that last year was atleast 3/4.56ers better than this years. Hope you had a better experience if you were able to attend.

Coffee shop review - ALFA BAKEHOUSE

Staying in theme with the whole "coffee with my friends" title, I've decided to write a little review on different places, when I feel necessary.


The first installation of this feature is of the Alfa Bakehouse, nestled into the heart of Yarraville, Melbourne.
On entry to the bakehouse, the vibe is pretty sweet. Psyched. So excited to get a coffee and relax after spending a decent part of the day wondering around the Art Fair in the city. Good music, good vibe. This was all diminished once we approached the counter. A lady waitress stood in front of the counter, directly in front of us for a good minute or so before walking away, without even acknowledging our presence. A moment or so later, a different women approached us and rudely demanded we ordered.

We ordered a soy flatwhite and a soy chai latte. With a roll of the eyes, she told us the total price. We hadn't finished our order. We then proceeded to nicely order two of the chocolate rum balls. She then abruptly cut us off again with a "$10.50". After we had paid, she walked away without saying anything else.



We took our seat in the admittably nicely set out cafe.
Our drinks took a resonable amount of time to come out, which was understandable as there were orders to be made before ours.
When they did eventually come out, the waitress approached "Soy latte, soy flatwhite" - I took my soy flatwhite. We informed her that there was a soy chai ordered, not a latte. - She rolled her eyes and stormed off back to the coffee machine.
We could overhear her speaking to one of the other staff members "She didn't fuckin' say chai", clearly speaking of Hollie when she ordered.

My soy flatwhite was actually of Cappuccino froth level and was also made with full cream milk. Thanks for getting my order exactly what I wanted.
When Hollie's soy chai was finally brought out to us, it was made using Chai Powder for one, which is if you've had it - the most disgusting tasting hot drink that leaves a furry feeling in your mouth - and this is what it was - I tasted it after Hollie had said she wasn't able to finish it because it was making her sick and I swear they shovelled half the cup full of this powdered chai tea.

"The cafe is a great environment to meet your friends, all while enjoying the very best we have to offer including great coffee! Visit us today and enjoy the Alfa experience!" - Alfa Bakehouse.

Though the place looks good, the service and coffee is bullshit. I will not be returning and I advise against you checking the place out, too.


I hope you enjoyed my first coffee shop review, I think I'll drop a few in when I come across ones worthy of applauding or talking shit on. Thanks for reading.

seeya later myspace

I can't even comprehend how much time I've spent on Myspace over the years, this makes me a little depressed but today.. for the 5th or 6th time, I deleted my account, once again.
I think Facebook has won a billion people over or something and I think the general opinion as far as I can tell, is that Facebook just wins all together. Me, I hate it. I hate both. But if people aren't going to go back to the basics of using e-mail or snail mail - OR CALLING/seeing people in person, then I shall keep Facebook, for a little while longer atleast.
For those whom might want to contact me;

Facebook
E-mail - ryan_against@hotmail.com

That's it.

RIP Nathan Charles

Nathan Charles. RIP mate.

Lookback at height. Warragul bowl.

RIP

ARTMELBOURNE

Art Melbourne: Affordable & Collectable
16 – 19 April 2009,
Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton.

Pretty excited to visit this years art fair - I suggest if you have the time and coin to check it out, you should. The Gallery list is as extensive as always and is looking to be even better than last years.

Ghostpatrol & Miso ABC Documentary

If you missed it, or even if you saw it - Ghostpatrol&Miso's ABC Documentary - which aired in February 2009 (produced in 2008). It was great, it is great. It's been uploaded to youtube in three parts, which you can watch below!

Part I


Part II


Part III


Haven't had enough? DEATHTRON MOUNTAIN. <- For more fuzzy goodness.

Middle of April.

I've just been confirmed to partake in the "27" show with MaGallery, which is a new fantastic sounding gallery in Sydney. Pretty excited about it, really. Been working on some drawings especially for it.

Ma Gallery has a website that can be peeeeeped - they've also got facebook so you should add them or something.

Also, everyone's favorite Ghostpatrol has uploaded the 'last set' of "while you sleep" artworks. Psyched on them, as always.
Also his partner in crime Miso has recently (15 days ago haha) updated her blogsite with .. a VERY lovely paste up. You should check it out.

That's probably it for now.
Goodbye.

Check out HollieMaree!!

www.holliemaree.blogspot.com <- just click! She'll appreciate it!

APRIL 6th.

POCKETS & TWINE IS UP AND RUNNING

Please, click HERE to check out what we have on offer! 

Keep in mind that it's only just recently been launched, so the shelves will slowly be filling up so check back from time to time to see what else we have going on! 

MEGGS' blog is worth checking out; if you're unaware of who Meggs might be, then it's STILL worth checking out. Don't ask questions, just CHECK IT OUT. 

www.pocketsandtwine.etsy.com

www.houseofmeggs.com

www.everfreshstudio.com

INTER-NET.

Me and a friend, Luke Batchelor, were interested one time in Googleing "the internet". I don't know if anyone will find this as funny as we did, but the picture above, is a picture of.. the internet. The explanation was just as funny..to us. Read below.

"The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available servers and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory. The same connection allows that computer to send information to servers on the network; that information is in turn accessed and potentially modified by a variety of other interconnected computers."

Continue reading HERE if you like, but for me; that's enough. I have no idea what it's saying, really. I just laughed.

Coffee...with my friends?

This is my understanding haha.
I thought this was brilliant.

BLF

I watched a documentary on (maybe) this group randomly around a year ago; I've always been into the idea behind changing up billboards, never done it myself, probably never will - but there's an awesome site, that you can check out by clicking HERE that showcases a lot of what's going on.
There's a really good History and Timeline section, where you can see where it all began. It's very interesting and well worth checking out!

“It is our belief that public art should not be illegal and forced to stay behind gallery doors, but it should be displayed in public spaces and used as a method to encourage people to question the society they reside and it’s morals.” - Robert Brown (Sydney)

POCKETS AND TWINE LAUNCHED!!!

Hollie and I have launched our online store, Pockets & Twine where you will be able to find and buy some goods that Hollie and/or I have put together. Artworks, vintage this and that, clothing..etc. CLICK HERE to go there!

Just in case you haven't already, you should check out what the guys are doing over at Design Federation for all things awesome and fuzzy - just trust me on that one and CLICK HERE to check it out.

It rained today.. stormed, too. Loved it.

HUGE UPTO 60% OFF SALE.. not kidding.

The end of year is fast approaching, whether you choose to believe that or not and I would LOVE to have done atleast two of the billion things I want to have done this year. One, hold another show.. atleast one. Two, go to NZ and Canada. As these two things require, One, Space and two, Money - I've decided to cut the prices on the below items! yay!

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING ONE OF SOME OF THESE ITEMS LISTED BELOW, THANKYOU VERY MUCH!
- Please contact me via my E-mail ---> ryan_against@hotmail.com <--- I will send to anywhere in Australia, buyer will pay for shipping. Melbourne and surrounding residents can organize pickup. I will accept a bank deposit or Cash. Thanks very much. THE ITEMS BELOW ARE A SELECTION OF THE PAINTINGS THAT WERE SHOWN AT THE RECENT "THE GARAGE SHOW".

(PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGES TO ENLARGE!)

The Charlie tangle.
WAS $80.oo NOW $50.oo
59.5x30cm. Mixed media on masonite.

Spacious house for sale
WAS $150.oo NOW $100.oo
30x45cm. Acrylic, felt tip on wood.


Cleanliness is next to godliness.
WAS $95.oo NOW $60.oo
24.5x29.5. Felt tip on paper, framed.

Man gotta eat. Giraffe starter.
WAS $210.oo NOW $180.oo
33.5x40.5. acrylic, felt tip on wood.

Alfred for tea.
WAS $95.oo NOW $70.oo
24.5x29.5. Felt tip on paper, framed.

Four eyes.
WAS $75.oo NOW $50.oo
24.5x29.5. Felt tip on paper, framed.

Bear hug, say cheese.
WAS $250.oo NOW $125.oo
43x40.5cm. Felt tip on laminated wood.

I believe I can.
WAS $75.oo NOW $50.oo
17x22.5cm. Felt tip on paper, framed.

Perfect weather.
WAS $300.oo NOW $150.oo
120x57cm. Acrylic, marker on wood.



Cardboard palace fixed with tape
WAS $300.oo NOW $150!! - THAT'S 50% OFF!!
46x90cm. Acrylic, marker on wood.

Pluck the bird for my hat.
WAS $75.oo. NOW $50.00
40x25cm. Acrylic, spray paint, markers on wood.

Also check out the following sites;

www.flickr.com/ryanmcgennisken (Photos from the garage show, other items for sale)
www.myspace.com/ryanagainst (Contact me or lets be friends)
www.pocketsandtwine.etsy.com (Hollie Kelley and my Online Shop, Pockets & Twine)