Regent Park Tasmania - lifestyle of artist in country Tasmania

George & Archie lots happening in the studio after a #getaway to an art retreat at Enclave organised through Artable .  posts at blackfisharts studio blog about the art retreat here and back in the studio here .   a few drawings on retreat here . a recent published haiku here .  I am an award winning artist/poet working daily out of my studio in Tasmania. in an effort to keep my activities as an artist working daily and living/learning in the country i have blogs dedicated to each area -  my art gallery is at blackfisharts this blog Regents Park is about learning /experiencing #countryliving in Tasmania. a blog about my art, books, printmaking etc is at blackfisharts STUDIO WORK  my poetry is at Emerald13 my favourite recipes (mostly from my mum) - luscious Hungarian fare - as we are heading into winter its time to add a few more. If you are enjoying my blogs do leave a message and let me know and do visit my youtube channel which has playlists featu...

Two new prints - unique, one-of-a-kind, available, float mounted (edges are shown) ready to take to your framer.  #workingeveryday  hellebore1 Updating online art gallery with new monoprints and small collages for sale (with free postage anywhere in the world - small collage series only).   I created a bundle of collages as part of a #freebie #giveaway to my subscribers of  the art gallery.   and kept creating them. hellebore2 I have also updated the look of the site so that artworks can be seen as a whole across the screen with a quick, easy look at the detail. ... let me know what you think

Occasionally i send out a newsletter to my subscribers and have posted here the latest sent out this week.  There is a free gift promised that will be sent out after Christmas.  See the newsletter here . Subscribe to my list here . (in the left hand column) AND A CHRISTMAS haiku written today

Blackfisharts Gallery is a new place where i have been placing artworks made available and selling now.  It is being regularly updated as i find, record and load artworks.  A few artworks are up on  blackfisharts tasmania site  -  there are  paintings  across media such as acrylic, oil, pastel featuring abstracts,  pears  and landscape. and  prints , most being one of a kind monoprints or digital.  Textiles  are new to the site - years of slow stitching at night culminate in wall hangings such as these.  The section  Collage  includes the textiles due to the way they are worked - a few analogue collages are loaded on the site.

Husleves - pronounced 'hoosh lehvesh' This time last year we both caught a cold this week so I am making this hearty, fullsome soup. Trying to avoid that side-aching, hacking cough that comes with a cold and lingers. This recipe is on the list with the others, accessible  here .   I always make Nokedli to go with it. and, as always, there is a bag of goodies, from all this soup making, for #Snowcone - catch up with her (our dairy cow in retirement)  here  on our you-tube channel.                                                                                                                                           STUDIO WORK ...

I am excited to be a finalist in the 2025 Burnie Print Prize which is exhibiting right now in Burnie, Tasmania. more images and  Blog post here.    The little book OISTRE made it as one of 75 finalists from over 230 entries.  and winding into April, with  a poem titled 'Beached' accepted for publication in Abstractaphy .  and another poem held over for the next issue.  Updating my poetry site regularly. Regular posts here ABOUT MY WORK - art and artworks in progress, ideas and process, research driven projects.  Covering all the media i work in including prints, experimental works, assemblage, collage, painting and textiles. visit and like our youtube channel - many playlists to choose from such as LIFESTYLE, ART, #Snowcone (our dairy cow living in retirement)

I n an effort to try and simplify ALL the things i do and enjoy i have taken my website and broken it up into areas - i thought this might make it easier for my readers so each area retains its own thread. An artist living in #countrytasmania also writes poetry, makes videos and maintains a variety of interests was making the website 'all over the place' i hope this new system of mine works. it goes like this : blackfishartstasmania - a front page info about the artist and many links to the artworks and lifestyle blog and you tube channel artist working daily - its all about the works, how, when, why - studio work about my art Just began putting down all my poetry at Emerald13 listing the works that are completed and available for sale - blackfisharts art gallery artist newly moved to #countrytasmania - all the discoveries and enjoyment of place - Regent Park Our youtube channel . DO LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK Perhaps now the title of this post is making sense ? i put the (ti...

After a pretty warm season Autumn arrived on its last day. And day 1 of Winter she arrived with a vengance. Such morning frosts every morning since and such freezing nights. Freezing being the operative word - all water bowls are frozen right through the day and i am breaking up the top of the fish tank which is totally frozen over each morning. a walk into the frosty morning here . Speaking of artist books i completed a few over the last few months - small sneak peek below - i shall be uploading the full images of the books once they are clear of future exhibitions. ALSO in relation to books, the lovely ladies who attended my earlier collage workshop have requested i run a contemporary book making workshop - so stay tuned if

 i knew it ! ... it comes around so quickly ! It is hard to believe we have been here for 2 years already and now into our third year. I have a small notebook into which i have been jotting down the plants that grow here (if i can identify them), the birds that visit and when as well as the fish, reptiles etc. The photo i took of the little brown tree frog was when he was stuck to our glass sliding door - so beautiful, really tiny. The (second) slide show below is a collection of the birds i could find online that have visited here with one or two of my own photos included where i could capture them including the little red-breasted robin and a wasp!  I have added a list of the names under the images. where there is a (g) following the name that is my own photo.                    yellow wattle bird                                   li...