Expeditions

Venezia all’Inverno (Venice in winter)

Destination Venice, for a week of painting at Julian Hyzler's art retreat. The first day of Summer in Melbourne (December 1) started as...

Cusco and Machu Picchu

I arrived in Auckland on 5AM flight from Melbourne, only to find LAN flight to Santiago was delayed by about an hour, which made for a...

Food and wine in Nice, Alba and Modena

It would have been nice, arriving in Nice, if my lease car had been what I’d ordered, but Renault Europe knew better and ‘upgraded’ me to...

Painterly Art (and tricks)

A couple of COVID years has meant I've spent many productive leisure hours in the studio, and have continued experimenting and refining...

The Black Swan & Tommy Banks

It’s an hour’s drive from Everingham to Oldstead in Yorkshire, and Jerry, having spent his whole life in various spots along the way,...