Music plays such a big part in not only my creative process but my whole life. At the moment it's Fleet of Foxes, Rufus Wainwright, Fionn Regan, Tom Waits, Holden (France), Nick Cave, Joan the Police Woman, Bent, Zero 7, The Go Betweens, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Bombay Dub Orchestra, Dog Trumpet, Lucinda Williams, Morrisey, Cat Power, Lambchop, Clap Your Hands and say Yeah, The Decemberists, Lemon Jelly, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sufjen Stevens, Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes, Damnwells, Telepopmuzic, The Weepies, Be Good Tanyas, Camera Obscura, St Germain and Velvet Underground.. and pretty much everything Laura Veirs......but it goes on... and on..
Movies
Requiem for a Dream, Basquiat, Modigliani, Howl's Moving Castle, Round Midnight, The Game, Lost in Translation, Love Liza, Tv docos with people like Reg Mombassa, Brett Whiteley and Robert Crumb in them.
Television
I do my best but I'm usually watching paint dry. Does Catweazle count?
Books
Shaun Tan, Robert Crumb, The Warhol Diaries, Shock of the New by Robert Hughes, Anything by Bellmusker, David Hockney:Secret Knowledge - Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters, Michael Leunig, Australian Artist, Jeffrey Smart : unpublished paintings 1940-2007, Australian Painter, Australian Contemporary Art, Tattooed Portraits by Shawn Barber, The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan and of course Green Eggs and Ham, Adelaide,Illustrator, Artist,South Australia,art.
T-SHIRTS NOW available at REDBUBBLE (see the BLOG)
Heroes
Julie of course, Russell Drysdale, Goya, Gottfried Helnwein, Esther Erlich, Shiori Matsumoto, Paul Ruiz, Deidre But-Husaim, Ramón Santiago and Tonje Moe Pettersen.. oh and creative people with original ideas..
ENGLISH: My name is Leith O'Malley and I'm an exhibiting visual artist from South Australia.
I welcome feedback or interest from creative people, artists and art enthusiasts.. and hope you enjoy some of my work here. I really admire originality and honesty in art and hope you can find this in my own works both here and on my website at www.leithomalley.com which features a large variety of works in various mediums.
Hey, if you're leaving a comment on my page here please be inventive... avoid the "thanks for the add man" routine.. or just leaving some advert for yourself.
FRENCH Visitors: Leith O'Malley est un artiste visuel contemporain qui habite en Australie Du sud et exhibe son travail dans des galeries d'Adelaïde et de Melbourne et produit le dessin-modèle pour des événements internationaux et des clients. Il emploie une variété de médias traditionnels pour créer son art (huile, pastel, collage et charbon de bois) et également médias électroniques créés sur l'ordinateur (Wacom Tablet/PhotoShop). Vous pouvez voir plus de son travail à son site Web : www.leithomalley.com
ITALIAN visitors: Leith O'Malley è un artista visivo contemporaneo che vive in Australia meridionale ed esibisce il suo lavoro nelle gallerie di Melbourne e di Adelaide. Leith crea progetti grafici per eventi a livello internazionale e per realizzare la sua arte utilizza sia mezzi tradizionali come ad esempio olio, pastello, collage e carboncino che informatici come Wacom Tablet e Photoshop. Per vedere le sue opere, vistate il sito: www.leithomalley.com
Hey Leith, Great meeting you and we're glad you enjoyed the show. Happy that you also bought a CD....hope you like it,,,,, :-) Really like your work for the posters and also your own personal art work. Looks fabulous!!! Hope to keep in touch and see you around the traps. Thanks again..... speak soon Regards
Thanks for he image comment. How are things? I just finished ironing out most of the bugs on my new site, I had a ton of positioning issues with IE. Be sure to check it out if you haven't already. There is a jpeg of the full drawing you commented on in the gallery... Not just the detail that is in my myspace gallery.
Hey ,..thanks Leith.Wow,..i didn't know Lucky Oceans played a track from us just last week.What album was it from do ya know?...Best of luck to you too Leith.
kvetch kvetch kvetch!!! you should be GLAD of a job in this economic climate... and don't touch the skulls. They maybe riddled with maggots. I don't want any to get on my pencils.
ENGLISH: My name is Leith O'Malley and I'm an exhibiting visual artist from South Australia.
I welcome feedback or interest from creative people, artists and art enthusiasts.. and hope you enjoy some of my work here. I really admire originality and honesty in art and hope you can find this in my own works both here and on my website at www.leithomalley.com which features a large variety of works in various mediums.
Hey, if you're leaving a comment on my page here please be inventive... avoid the "thanks for the add man" routine.. or just leaving some advert for yourself.
FRENCH Visitors: Leith O'Malley est un artiste visuel contemporain qui habite en Australie Du sud et exhibe son travail dans des galeries d'Adelaïde et de Melbourne et produit le dessin-modèle pour des événements internationaux et des clients. Il emploie une variété de médias traditionnels pour créer son art (huile, pastel, collage et charbon de bois) et également médias électroniques créés sur l'ordinateur (Wacom Tablet/PhotoShop). Vous pouvez voir plus de son travail à son site Web : www.leithomalley.com
ITALIAN visitors: Leith O'Malley è un artista visivo contemporaneo che vive in Australia meridionale ed esibisce il suo lavoro nelle gallerie di Melbourne e di Adelaide. Leith crea progetti grafici per eventi a livello internazionale e per realizzare la sua arte utilizza sia mezzi tradizionali come ad esempio olio, pastello, collage e carboncino che informatici come Wacom Tablet e Photoshop. Per vedere le sue opere, vistate il sito: www.leithomalley.com
JAPANESE visitors:
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