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If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking

I am...: An Australian visual artist based currently in London.
Working with various mediums, my commissions and projects have involved painting, illustration, photography, screen-print, set and costume design, short film, installation, music and performance. As well as exhibiting in solo and group shows and projects, I have travelled the world playing traditional eastern European music on double bass.

About my artwork: I am inspired mainly by mythology, folk-lore, story telling, legends, fantasy, history and ancient cultures. My artwork usually has a narrative and is a way of me delving into stories and beliefs of times past.
I enjoy creating work specifically for storylines and therefore also do illustration work.

Artists I like: Brian Froud, Hieronymus Bosch, Dali, Rubens, Pieter Brueghel and many more

Interests: Folk-lore, eastern european music, playing double bass, travel, working collaboratively- LET'S FILL THE WORLD WITH ART AND MUSIC :)

At 12:28am on 29th October 2008, mike hinc said…: Thanks for the invite Melinda but I'm in France and can't make your expo. Hope it all goes swimmingly.

MIKE

At 11:29pm on 28th October 2008, Lee Harvey Roswell said…: Hi Melinda, I saw a comment you left with Platform 58 about a Nov. Gothic show in London, and I'd like to know more about the show if it's still accepting artists. M website is www.leeharveyroswell.com . Hope to hear from you soon, thanks,

Lee

At 2:51pm on 24th August 2008, blandine martin said…: well come back to sunny London, Info on its way
cheersX

At 10:55am on 30th June 2008, Beppe said…: Thanks, your jobs are fantastic efantasiosi. A DEAR EMBRACE JOE

At 8:59pm on 29th June 2008, Beppe said…: I am organizing a show of the puraismo in Italy.
I have asked to load on the site an it personal work. I will just have more news I will put me in contact. It excuses the English very bad but I use a translator. Hi Beppe

At 10:05am on 14th June 2008, Melinda McCarthy said…: Am off to Scotland to explore ruins, stone circles and amazing landscapes, so if I do not answer peoples posts for a while, it is because I wont have been near a computer. Happy art making all :)

At 8:55am on 13th June 2008, magdalena said…: Hi Melinda,
just a quick note.It was lovely to see you and i do like your shoes!
there is the link to the places where you can (apparently) buy our magazine!
http://www.londoniete.lt/static,Platinimo-Taskai.html
let me know if you are lucky
see ya soon!!(sorry have lots of work to do)
m xx

At 11:12pm on 10th June 2008, Luke Gilliam said…: Szia Melinda,

ye I have done some experimenting today on canvass (an abstract) using charcoal and oil and acrylic all at once. wo the energy! it's pazo. i do really like the statue of Anon so I think what I would have to do is have a flat backgound with the basic outline of the body with a flat/mars black acrylic. block style. Then I could pick a section for the intensity to come through in mix media and have the majority of the 'pieces' of the figure painted in acrylic with fine detail - to preserve the figure and make the theme work. If you can picture a Francis Bacon image where a body is quite neat and tidy but the hand say might be very chaotic. I am much better at working that way than straight one to one real life.

I was sad had not heard of the Serbian player you mentioned. We lost some very big names in jazz last year along with Michael Brecker... I listened to the folk station you gave me today - incredible - they had Romanian music that reminded of my Taraf De Haidouks cd I had in Toronto.

By way... thanks for the info on the Australian station. One copy of New Day Vol 1 went to Australia but that was 2 years ago - forgot the name of station. Let me know before you leave - we can arrange to maybe meet up at summer end - I have some collages with hungarian text cuttings from last year that also may be useful for collab. Best, Luke :)

At 10:03am on 10th June 2008, magdalena said…: hi it seems like you are busy on yhis site!
I'll call you later
mx

At 9:25am on 10th June 2008, Luke Gilliam said…: Hi Melinda, here are three sites that I gave to Maren Jeskanen yesterday and they worked for her:

http://shop.allaboutjazz.com/aaj/releases/adam-daudrich/animots
http://cdbaby.com/cd/adamdaudrich
http://cdbaby.com/cd/lgadatr

(the first track on New Day Vol I def. had remnants of the Hungarian scale built in. I wrote it in B flat as a diminished chord (a pro composer later explained to me). It was written on piano but recorded on tenor saxophone. There is also a transition to A flat minor at end of song. Unbelievably the song was actually played on an indie radio station in France called RCT Radio. I think we got very lucky. Talk soon, Luke :)