http://russellmeehan.zoomshare.com/2.shtml r u s s e L L:: Blog Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:28:16 -0500 http://russellmeehan.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/75cc486194dad003b221171f9b5d2c7d_48649644.writeback Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:27:00 -0500 I am heading off for the very first time over seas... I am going to Switzerland with Christian, we have stop overs in Singapore & Amsterdam... This is still a scary thought for me, with less then 24 hrs until we depart, it really hasn't hit me, I guess it will with our 4am start tomorrow to fly out from the Gold Coast airport to Sydney where we will depart for singapore around 4pm tomorrow afternoon.... I hope to grow from this experiance, new people with new experiances and cultures that are different to me & mine.... I will be away from the 28th June until the 13th August 2008, we land in Cairns & will drive back to stuarts Point in about 2 wks to a month, not too sure on that just yet.... http://russellmeehan.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/7b0764b1182ce425286754e41cb0276e_486361a7.writeback Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:30:15 -0500 Stuarts Point is hosting this festival wich will see the opening night at the local town hall with an Arts and Crafts exhibition from local artists.. I have entered items (paintings & driftwood) and donated a piece for the fund raising raffle. Again I am disapointed because I won't be here for the festival but we donated our time for the committee and have aided them in some small way, the exhibition will run the entire week end... http://russellmeehan.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/43bce05314d7f223210e910495c1599e_48635f2d.writeback Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:19:41 -0500 We sold at the Gallery, I sold 'Rock Holes' and Christian sold 'The Lakes', we are both very pleased... I have also handed in three more paintings for NAIDOC week at the Gallery, how many will hang will depend on how many exhibitors there will be?... I am slightly disapointed that I won't be able to see them hanging among the other Aboriginal Artists but to be there is a privilage, NAIDOC week exhibition runs from the 6th to the 13th July '08... http://russellmeehan.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/b2755b285d6b314b26a8653edc26c023_48298e1e.writeback Tue, 13 May 2008 07:48:30 -0500 We, Christian & I currently have four paintings (each) hanging (for sale) at the Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery in Gladstone (NSW). They will be there until Sunday June 1st. http://russellmeehan.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/95928b523b2e1502a5bf32d29fa18bbb_47f478c8.writeback Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:27:20 -0500 This week end just gone, We entered several paintings in the Crescent Head Art exhibition 2008, keep in mind this is new ground for me as in the past I have only displayed my art on my own walls or in the Uralla show, so fused with a little adrenalin & confusion I threw caution to the wind & took the plunge (mind you not a lot of convincing was needed). We arrived early & looked around & found out where we had been placed, Christian noticed one of his driftwood hanging the wrong way, quickly he asked if it could be hung properly, he was able to and within minutes he sold it, incredible. Most of the evening was socializing, speaking to fellow artists and enjoying the atmosphere, it was great. We arrived Sunday afternoon to pick up the remaining art works when we discovered I had sold one of my paintings and Christian had sold another driftwood and to our surprise both were bought by the Kempsey Mayor Betty Green, amazing really. I was just pleased I had sold another painting but this time via an exhibition & not ebay or the Stuart Point Bowling Club Markets, granted I'm not complaining but there is a little more satisfaction this way, to date I have sold ten of my art works, I now have two of them internationally, not bad for someone who has only been painting seriously for the past eighteen months. So again I must thank everyone who has bought one of my art & to Christian for his inspiration, THANK YOU... Check out the pictures in the 'SOLD' photo album...... http://russellmeehan.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/6be73998e1b219126d7d6ab9134424fe_47f0bb45.writeback Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:21:57 -0500 Thank You Suzi for your blog entry, I will inform you from now on if & when I sell my art ;)..... http://russellmeehan.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/93d1d62078859c8fba4de6fb4db09ce4_4762fd6b.writeback Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:02:19 -0600 I have started to sell my art on ebay, it's a hit and miss world but out of 8 paintings (small sizes) I've sold 4, 2 in QLD & 2 in VIC to individual people, to whom I Thank,to be honest I didn't expect to sell any, I didn't see myself sellable as an artists plus the idea of selling one's art to the world (well ok Australia) seemed to dawnting a task but I did it with the help of Christian, whom I proberly wouldn't have done it without, so 'THANK YOU' Christian but I think you've created a monster LOL........ http://russellmeehan.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/873b9dff4d108c45e4a0420dc0ed2c26_47451e62.writeback Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:14:58 -0600 Thank you Rebecca (keep in contact) & Angelia for your recent 'Blog' comments.... r u s s e L L: http://russellmeehan.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/412871a0b54fedea6a32d59101f0859b_4728399f.writeback Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:15:27 -0500 It's been a long time between 'blogs' but I'm back, what a year it has been, my eyes are working well, I have excepted the lenses & am amazed at the difference, my sight has improoved but the elements do reek some havoc with sunlight & winds, so caution, we also did a road trip througout QLD that took us to the 'Capricorn Coast' on the lower coast of QLD, I saw more of Queensland then I thought possible, the people where friendly yet not, it was amazing the abuse we got on the roads, incredible, perhaps it was the NSW licence plates or the fact it was 'State Of Origan' time, who knows, we (NSW) lost anyway, go figure!, I caught up with long lost family in Bundaberg, was nice to reconnect, our favourite spot without a doubt was 'Bargara' on the coastline from Bundaberg, beautiful weather & great camping ground but unfortunately the trip took us further north to Yepoon on the Capricorn Coast where the weather was wind & misty rain, was a step away from Bargara, we also had met a few fellow travellers during our trip, a couple from germany & the UK, the trip then took us back down to Brisbane where we side tracked down to Moree then to Uralla, a visit for Mum's birthday, apart from the visit to Uralla we had slept almost every night in a tent in various caravan parks, I haven't gone camping in years but it was well worth the experiance, would do it again in a heartbeat, since then I have spent most of my time on the Mid North Coast, between visits to Newcastle where we saw the 'Pasha Bulker', yes took the usual photo's and the next day I saw Chris off to Switzerland from Sydney, he had gone back to see his family for two months, he had taken several paintings for his Niece, including one from me (mentioned in 'My Painting's'in the photo section), I spoke to her on Skype & she thanked me for the painting & how she felt on my art, it was good to hear feedback, I enjoyed speaking with Pascale. I returned to the Point to house sit while Chris & B where over seas (B was in the UK), I came back to Newcastle to greet the guys in Sydney. Chris & I got involved with the Bowraville theatre, where we helped set up the stage & helped in the dressing room for the performance of 'Rio In Bowraville', a few local drag queens put the show on for charity, we also did the music for the intervals, Chris did his ten tracks & I did mine, we saw the show from both perspectives, behind the scenes & in the audiance the following week, we enjoyed both nights but enjoyed being backstage with the girls even better. After eleven years of living in Newcastle I'm now oficially living in Stuarts Point on the Mid North Coast of NSW, it was a brave move but nothing that I do not regret, despite a few odd opinions from the 'locals' we three came to a decision, a big suggestion on B's part that set the ball in motion, a few weeks later & it's all said and done. So life has now set me a new task, a new adventure, a new beginning, a new relationship and friendship that I am looking forward to see what becomes...... http://russellmeehan.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/d808ea024d6ff235d58f7df52a0ae2db_4639e720.writeback Thu, 03 May 2007 08:44:00 -0500 I stared wearing my contacts on friday the 27th of April '07, almost a week later I can gladly say I had them in for six hours, still with a little discomfort and a few set backs (I took a day off due to a minor irratation) I now face the challenge of a seven hour day then eight, if today is any indication it should be a breeze. It was also the first time I had gone outside for a walk with them in, Chris and I walked to the shops here at Stuarts Point, something we've done many times before but this time it was with my new eyes, I was amazed, I was looking up streets I had just walked by without a second thought, I could count the rocks on the road, I could see individual peices of grass, I was like a child in a candy store, a whole new world before me, I couldn't take it in, I can't wait to do it again. On the return from the shops I told Chris what a guy from OPSM had said to me and it was "I am missing out on so much", he was right, I was missing out of everything.....