G'DAY, I'M AN ARTIST/WRITER, ORIGINALLY FROM ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, NOW ENJOYING LIFE IN ''AUSTRALIA'S LAST FRONTIER OF THE UN-SPOILT & GREATLY UNEXPLORED NATURAL WILDERNESS,'' TASMANIA,CURRENTLY FOLLOWING THE UNSOLVED MYSTERY OF THE TASMANIAN TIGER. PREVIOUS TO MY TASMANIAN SEACHANGE, I EXPERIENCED ''THE MYSTERIOUS BARB-WIRE SPINIFEX LINED RED DESERT OF THE CENTRE OF OUTBACK AUSTRALIA,'' IN COBAR, NEW SOUTH WALES, & THE SURROUNDING REGIONS , INCLUDING ''THE SILVER CITY'', BROKEN HILL. I REMEMBER ONE OF MY MOST ENLIGHTENING EXPERIENCES WHICH OCCURED IN A HIGH SCHOOL ART CLASS, WHEN I PRODUCED A PAINTING THAT MY ART TEACHER SAID WAS ''A LITTLE MUNDANE..'' IN COMPLETE ANNOYANCE, I TOOK THE WATER COLOUR PAINTING TO THE BACK OF THE CLASS ROOM, IN LE FEVRE HIGH SCHOOL, & PROCEDED TO TAMPER THE PAINTING IN EVERY WAY HUMANELY POSSIBLE..WHEN I TOSSED THE WET BLOB OF A PAINTING ON THE ART TEACHER'S DESK, HIS EYES LIT UP, & HE AWARDED IT A CREDIT , FOR ITS ''BOTTLED UP EMOTION UN-PLUGGED...'' AFTER BEING ''PROJECTED BACK'' INTO THE ART WORLD, WITH A BRUSH WITH A BROKEN HILL ART LEGEND & MENTOR, I'VE EXPERIENCED MANY ADVENTURES IN THE ART WORLD AROUND AUSTRALIA.
SOME OF THESE INCLUDE THE ''FORCED LANDING'' OF A HOT AIR BALLOON, FROM 2,000 FEET, WHILE STUDYING THE OUTBACK TERRAIN, PRODUCING A PAINTING WHILE SLEEPING & EVEN CHANGING COLOURS, IN BROKEN HILL, & SPENDING A WEEK ''LOCKED AWAY,'' IN A PRIMITIVE CELL IN ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, IN THE OLD GAOL, TO TRANSFORM THE EXPERIENCE ONTO CANVAS.
WHILE IN THE CELL, I ALSO SAW SOME ''THINGS'' OUTSIDE OF THE LOCK UP AREA, THAT STILL DEFY EXPLANATION....
I ALMOST DROWNED WHILE WORKING ON A PAINTING IN MY BATHTUB, IN COBAR, WHEN I DOZED OFF. I WAS QUITE ILL AT THAT TIME, & PAINTING IN MY BATH WAS FAIRLY SOOTHING.
ANYWAY, ''IT'S THE HEART ABOVE THE ART,'' & ART IS ''THE INHALATION & EXHALATION OF LIFE ITSELF..''
UPDATES: IN 2012, FELLOW TASMANIAN ARTIST, BILL FLOWERS & MYSELF, COMBINED ''ART FORCES'' FOR ''THE AUSTRALIA VS THE U.S.A. FRIDAY 13TH FOLK ART CHALLENGES,'' VIA ''UTUBE'' & ''E-BAY.'' WE'RE ALSO PART OF ''THE AUSTRALIAN FOLK ART MOVEMENT'' & YOU CAN TAKE A PEEK AT OUR ART VIDEOS ON ''YOUTUBE,'' BY SEARCHING OUR CHANNELS, ''VICTORTASSIETIGER'' & ''THE SNAKE ARTIST.'' YOURS IN ART, VICTOR MALONEY ''TIGER CREEK ART'' TASMANIA.
Victor Maloney joined Pixels.com Licensing on July 9th, 2011.
