http://cakuartblog.com Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:03:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Fun On The Beach" by Carl (CAKUart) Oil on Canvas - 50 x 40cm http://cakuartblog.com/2011/07/fun-on-the-beach/ "Nice Catch" Oil on Canvas Panel 40.6 x 50.8 centimetres http://cakuartblog.com/2011/07/new-painting-nice-catch/ I heard this song the other day called looking for the right one. Slow ballad type song. Nice song though. It kind of motivated the creation of this painting. The guy in the painting (left centre) is doing just that. Looking for the right one. On the search. Oil on Canvas ... http://cakuartblog.com/2011/06/looking-for-the-right-one/ Title: "On The Beach With Mooshy" by Carl (CAKUart)  -  Oil on canvas – 60 x 50 cm http://cakuartblog.com/2011/06/new-painting-on-the-beach-with-mooshy/ The Quaint Lighthouse – Oil on canvas - 40.6 x 50.8 centimetres http://cakuartblog.com/2011/05/quaint/ McLaren Vale Vineyard - Oil on canvas panel – 30.5 x 40.6 cm http://cakuartblog.com/2011/05/new-from-the-studio/ [caption id="attachment_394" align="aligncenter" width="554" caption=""East End" by Carl (CAKUart) - Oil on Canvas - 60.9 x 91.4 cm"][/caption] Adelaide's East End is where it all started for me; both as a musician and a visual artist. I once played a gig at the Exeter hotel in Rundle Street with my band, Main ... http://cakuartblog.com/2011/04/dancing-days/ As of Sunday just gone, I became a dad for the third time. And the thing is, it is not until right now that I have begun to understand, not to mention; appreciate the whole “stillness speaks” concept. When there is a gap of silence now, it reminds me of just ... http://cakuartblog.com/2011/03/its-a-journey/ [caption id="attachment_378" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="Our Lady Peace by Carl (CAKUart) Acrylic On Canvas 90 x 90 cm"][/caption] Quite often I've come across an artist statement where they mention their primary desire or reason for creating art is to escape. Or their art is a form of escapism. I don't think there is anything ... http://cakuartblog.com/2011/02/escape-to-reality/ When I was about 17 years of age, I made the fatal mistake of mentioning to one of my senior work advisors that I thought his new working regime he had planned for us sounded “really boring”. Rather than fire me on the spot he simply pointed at me and brashly ... http://cakuartblog.com/2011/02/bored-or-boring/