Sweet Grace

Scott at the Mission, Newtown

 

Scott, who's been volunteering at the Mission for 5 years. One of the apostles for the Last Supper I'm painting there?

 

Octopus, gelato, and a kiss

 

 octopus, gelato and motorbikes again

 

 at the busstop

octopus kiss

 

Two faced watcher at the Hub markets in Newtown, Saturday 25 August

 

sweet life ... 

Syan at about 6 months

August 24

Newtown Post Office

Newtown mission 22 August

 

People at lunch today at Newtown mission. A bit more preparatory drawing towards the last supper I'm painting on the wall there

The gelatomassi crowd

 

Bikers who like gelato - nice

Bob's telling jokes

 

Bob's coming out of the induced coma and recognises everyone. Still a bit confused about what got him there and paranoid that he's under lock and key. But when the nurse told a relative he had the memory of a goldfish right now, he said, better than a gold star!

eat me, octopus

 

motorbikes and cars and gelato bars

Bob, get well soon

 

 Sekhet and Made - sharing stories of Bob

Bob got hit by a car door opening in his face as he rode to Marrickville. Money went missing at the accident - $400. The police told Helene that Bob was fine and would be home in an hour - despite the fact that he had a head injury and had been sedated when he got agitated in the aftermath. Further inquiries as to where Bob was were stonewalled by Marrickville police, calls not returned despite assurances, an attitude of 'what, you again?'

He's in the Neuro ICU in an induced coma (like a paralysed Buddha). He's got a trepanned hole in his skull to relieve the pressure. His skin colour is good, and you can see him trying to open eyes and move head when his friends and family visit. He even managed to focus his eyes briefly when Helene was there. That's very hopeful signs, but there's a long road of recovery ahead, even if all goes perfectly

 

 Helene with Chomsky(Bunty) the blue-tongue

Bob and Helene making some music earlier in the year

 

in the lounge

 

Bob in intensive care

People of the ATM

outside Westpac, Sat 11 August

At Newtown Mission

Nick and David at the Newtown Mission drop-in centre, where I will be spending a lot of time over the next several months while painting a 'Last Supper' for the soup kitchen refectory, made out of portraits of the regulars

more garbage bin drawings

 

these bins are ibis proof: mores the pity as drawing and/or painting an ibis emerging from a bin is a long-held ambition - sacred scavenger of regeneration

The Photographers

 

There's something about groups of photographers...

If you're busking they'll all find angles to photograph you from(while pretending disinterest). And not one will throw a coin.

This was at the Hub in Newtown, markets on Saturday