Art, animal magnetism, absinthe, abstaining from abstinence, animal spirits, acting, alchemism, adult stores, adultery, azure, axis, adventure, answers, adoration, avid readers, asphixiation, amputees, alcohol, antispasmodics, aphrodesia, ants in my pants, Alice, Annaleah, Burnt umber, beauty, blossoms, black markets, bad seeds, the bad seed movie, baboons, burlesque, bruises, black, blue, blood, blessings, bouyancy, boots, bravado, back-chat, bangs, booms, boxes, Buster keaton, blonde, browsing, bohemia, buxom beauties, blasphemy, bangles, bonsai, breeders, Brompton Oratory, cumulative effect, Cheese, champagne, Charlie Chaplin,chinese checkers, chocolate jesus, cutting, corsetry, claws, crows, crow jane, cranes, crysanthimums, cordelyne, criminal psychology,day of the dead, dingos, drunken sailors, desperation, delicatessan, dominoe effect, damper, dew, Degas, drawing, evergreen trees, enigmatic people, evening, elegance, excitement, existensialism, entry points, elaboration, endings, ebbs, excuses, excorcism, electricity, etcetera, flaura, figs, frightfully, fuck, fantasy, fascinators,foreplay, freedom, flashers, foxes,feelings, frills, frocks, glorious sunsets, geisha, grim reaper, groping, grovelling, geraniums, giant sunflowers, grass, guessing, galancy, generousity, grace, glee, gloom, guns, gentlemen, hell, heaven, heroic acts, helium balloons, hot tomales, hand-me-downs, handsome men, heliotropes, hexes, hag, hamburg, humming, holding, humour, iguanas,igloos, ink, inuendo, irregularities, insomnia, insects, indigo, iris, insanity, imps, japanese elms, juno, Jane, Jerulselum, Jethro, jubulation, jumping in too deep, jealosy, juxtaposition, kings, King Ink, killers, kissing, kingdoms, kites, kittens, lust, lamps, leacherousy, languidity, love, little things, lovers, long drives, Lazarus, money, manet, mangroves, marshes, madness, myth,midnight man, miracles, meaningful conversation, magic, meandering, moonshine, melon, nonsense, noir, Nick Cave, openings,observation decks, obscentity, old letters, off, oxen, ovens, outdoors, out-takes, ophelia, ornothology, paranormal, prophecy, quiet, quills, quinces, Robins, scarlet, trust, ups, vertigo, worship,xtremitiy, yes, yellow, yonder, Zebras, Zanzibar.
Painting!drawing, making music, photography, Chaplin, Maxon crumb, sculpting, cooking,
myth and ancient literature, candles and fire in general,
travel, art exhibitions, modern art, criminal psychology,
street workers, magic and the paranormal,The Bible, OLD letters, Burlesque.
Music
I listen to music as I paint and it's usually Nick Cave.
On the odd days I don't mind- The Patti Smith group, Nina Simone, Geechie wiley, Johnny Cash, The Velvet Underground,Dirty three,Pascal Comelade, David Bowie,Tom waits, Bob Dylan, The Stooges, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, The Cramps, The Birthday party, Prince, Janis Joplin, Blondie, Pixies, The Go's Go's, Billie Holiday, Cat Power, PJ Harvey, Van Morrison, James Brown, Stranglers, Chrissy Amphlett,Rolling Stones, Eurythmics, Devo, The Saints, Dave Graney, The Cure, Ella fitzgerald, Memphis Minnie, Violent Femmes, Elvis Costello,The Pixies,Nick Drake, Tim Buckley,Marianne Faithful,Massive Attack,Bob Dylan,George Harrison, Blondie,Fleetwood mac,Classical FM and somedays just general crap playing in my car :P.......
Movies
Crumb, Night of the Living dead, Woody allen movies, The vanishing (original) Ghosts of the Civil Dead, Betty Blue, Lovers on the 9th pier, Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator', Manos 'The hands of fate', The Proposition,
Pink flamingos, Naked, Vive L'amour, Jonny Suede, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Wings Of Desire....
Books
King Ink- Nick Cave.
And the Ass Saw the Angel- Nick Cave.
Blonde- Joyce Carol Oates
Lolita
Brett Whiteley- Art & Life
Pale Fire- Nabakov
Various other Art Books
The Story of 'O'
Ahhhh many more I can't be bothered and do you really care? Now go look at my paintings!!!
About me: The studio is a dark place, much like the corners of a mind. I pull the canvas back like cobwebs and fill the ideas with the colour of my life.
My clothes are splashed with paint, and my pockets are empty.
Outside my window birds are wings carrying the sky.
I am life, and I am eternal. Through art, I live.
There are many dead things in books. Art is not one of those things. Art lives on every page, and finds new life in interpretation. Renoir's "Gust Of Wind" has blown through a thousand minds, and Toulouse Lautrec has corrupted the sensibilities of many an innocent.
As artists, we live every day for as long as there is someone else to live after us. We carry time, and time cannot forget us.
Today I was walking along the road outside my house. The road is long and winds around in a dirty brown scar, surrounding the houses like a ribbon. The road travels in two directions at once, just by being. As I followed the road, the houses disappered and nature took over: the houses were replaced by trees; the people by birds; and the sounds of cars by silence. A moment later I was at the river.
A river is nature's road. Unlike a road, a river can travel only in one direction. I sat down by the river and watched the brushtrokes of nature, reflecting and changing with the passing time.
Thoughts and ideas are the essence of the river, and it is our job as artists to stay true to our paths, to travel in only one direction - towards a larger consciousness. Towards the consciousness of eternity. The collective of those who have not yet been, and those who will be.
I let the water cool my hand for a moment, then rose and walked back to the studio.
Hi Sej, thanks heaps for that.. 7:30 report did a great job and we are so pleased they keep running the segment on us.. Your art is all over the world.. Nice!! Cheers Rudely's
Merci! Lola is Australian Penthouse Pet of the Month for November, and just supported Nick Cave on his Australian Tour! Signed copies and backstage news available now:
After a prolonged absence I have returned. We moved house and couldn’t reconnect to the internet for ages. Anyway NEW TRACK ‘Hubris’ posted up today. Yes, yes, contain the excitement please. It’s one of my earliest ever songs – I consider it a good tune with a cheesy but heartfelt lyric. All listens and comments appreciated as always. Thanks, M.
I absolutely LOVE the paintings and want to use one as front/back album cover. Also read 'Art of Sej' and some of the lines in there are superb. Proud to be a friend, Michael.
Hi Sej how are you doing? Hey i am doing a satirical picture from a painting stint i did recently on Hastings st at Noosa. It is just asking for it. You know, i have turned the body corporate guy who hassled me into a goat. And, somehow its turning into a gothic carnival type picture with a boxing kangaroo and a smug dog balancing on a ball. Ha you can tell i have not slept from night duty yet. It will happen soon i think. Just wanted to say hi and touch base. Have a lovely day, hope its warmer where you are. Cheers Karen
Ahoy! You should add Karen the brat to your friends....she's in my friends obviously, since I like her. yarrr. P.S. I'm helping put together an art comp in Eumundi "Art of the body" you might wanna enter...maybe. blah
hello Sej , nice to meet you and your work . I live and doing things in the south of france ,nearby the sea , a fishing harbour in the mediterranean sea ,almost an island.I love islands , I started music in Tahiti playing ukulele! See you soon , have a nice day .
why hello !! thanks for the comment, yes my first one, i'm doing well, thanks for asking, while i'm here heres a blast from the past !!
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