#danny murrell

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Wed 3 Feb ‘21

LTHQ has, quite rightly, announced the postponement of Louis’ North and South America tour dates “due to the ongoing uncertainty” around the pandemic. New dates will be announced “as soon as there is clarity on when it is safe for touring to happen again” and tickets will be valid for those new dates when they’re set. Siiiigh, yeah. With all the shuffling that had happened, these had become the earliest of the LT Tour dates scheduled, so now the first ones remaining un-postponed start in June with the Ukraine and Russia dates. It would be wild if those ended up going ahead and Kyiv got to be the tour opener show, I’m guessing they don’t get that kind of big show a lot! “Louis can’t wait to get back to doing what he loves most, which is performing for you,” the announcement says. “Stay positive,” Louis tweeted, “hope everyone is doing all right,” taking the words I want to say to HIM right out of my mouth. Maybe THIS will be the last of these sad announcements? We can only hope so.

Helene Pabrum is thinking about live shows too; in case you weren’t saddened enough by the LT Tour news, she posted a small collection of joyous colorful HSLOT crowd shots that make you feel like you’re there, captioned “keep shining ladies”. Meanwhile more pap pics of Harry from the DWD set are out today, including some of him out of costume in all white (including a vintage Motown t-shirt and slippers) and some of him in just a little bit of costume, just slacks and a whole lot of makeup covering his shirtless torso-- all his tattoos are fully disappeared! SO weird looking who even is this man? And Bobby Berk posted some throwback pics from when they did karaoke 2 years ago in Japan- the little weirdo looking mildly awkward in the curls and old man cardigan feels much more recognizable as our dear Harold.

Liam’s weekly FIFA podcast is out, continuing its journey around the world in matched up guests with two guests (as always, a footballer and a musician) representing Venezuela this week. Liam says South America is “the best place because everyone over there is so passionate,” talks about starting out in the industry so young, saying, “you see a lot of child starts who go off the rails and for me I thoroughly believe that it’s the people you have around you who are your role models, who are your mentors at the time. Cause there’s definitely been places that I’ve needed to be brought back from,” and tells about getting recognized at a random petrol station in the wilderness in Africa when they were driving out to film the Ant Middleton special. He also relates his quest to become even more of an icon to the grinder crowd than he already is- “before lockdown started I used to be an underwear model, now I look like a lumberjack.” Yes that’s right and both looks are heartily appreciated by the masses sir!

Louis followed a boxer on instagram who is I believe actually a boxer and not a MMA fighter but hell who knows anymore, and he cruised the replies to his tweet (you can tell cause he accidentally liked a random fan question then unliked), a new Zayn Martyr ad pic dropped, an extreme close up of Zayn’s, like, necklace area? What do you call that, decolletage? Anyway and of a martyr branded electric guitar he’s holding, weird, though the necklaces are the main focus. And with the Watermelon Sugar vinyl, sold in July and Aug, finally arriving in buyers’ hands, you would think that saga would at long last be happily concluded but NO! It seems the records maybe WERE already made and spent the long months sitting in a hot warehouse somewhere, cause many of them are arriving horribly warped (as heat exposure does to vinyl). The resulting discordant warbly underwater effect makes for an interesting remix version I guess, but it is definitely not what buyers were led to expect. Hey Jeff, is this one of the examples you’ll be using to showcase your organizational skills on that application to handle vaccine distro? We’re just wondering where to submit the testimonials about what a great job you’re doing!

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comments to Louis’ post 30/9/21

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Wham! - Last Christmas 

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Louis recently started following Danny Murrell on Instagram - 03.02

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Louis recently followed Danny Murrell on Instagram. (3 February 2021)

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South Carolina GOP moots modest improvements to "magistrate judges"

In 2019, Propublica and The Post and Courier ran blockbuster investigations into SC's magistrate judges: inexperienced political appointees with no training who held South Carolinians' lives in their hands - and who use the bench to extract bribes, deal in overt racism and worse.

The first revealed that SC's magistrates got less training than its barbers, and their appointments, though subject to reapproval, were practically speaking lifelong and irrevocable, regardless of misconduct, bumbling, or actual criminal behavior.

https://www.propublica.org/article/these-judges-can-have-less-training-than-barbers-but-still-decide-thousands-of-cases-each-yearre

The qualifications process is bizarre. SC magistrates need to pass a one-hour exam, but they can (and do) re-take it many times without penalty. That test includes questions like "Which of the following numbers is larger?" And magistrates fail that test. Repeatedly.

Magistrates are so ill-qualified that the rare, decent appointee can end up repeatedly breaking the law without knowing it, as construction worker (and local GOP chairman) Arthur Bryngelson did, leading to him resigning in horror and reporting himself for breaches.

Not all of the unqualified magistrates have Bryngelson's moral fiber: BBQ chef/magistrate Clemon Stocker got his relative Willie Earl Reese released on bail after he pistol-whipped a man. Reese murdered his wife five days later.

But the *qualified* magistrates are, if anything, even worse. Typical of the lawyers who get appointed to the post is George K Lyall, who pleaded guilty to multiple counts of stealing from his clients.

Days later, Joseph Cranney followed up his piece with a profile of magistrate Mike Pitts, a former GOP state rep, an overt racist pig who called Cory Booker a crackhead, advocated expelling Muslims, and derided trans people.

https://www.propublica.org/article/he-defended-the-confederate-flag-and-insulted-immigrants-now-hes-a-judge#172036

Pitts had advocated SC's secession from the USA, argued against removing the Confederate flag after the Emanuel AME Church mass-murder, and worse. His record in the state house was so abysmal that after he lost an election, no one would give him a job.

No one, that is, except for his crony, state senator Danny Verdin, who got him a job for life dealing out justice in the state's courtrooms.

Verdin isn't exceptionally racist by SC magistrate standards.

His colleague James Gosnell used racial slurs to refer to defendants. And a former SC magistrate, Peter Lamb, was forced to resign after calling crack "a Black man's disease" (Lamb quit in exchange for not being prosecuted for illegal discrimination from the bench).

Next, a report on the reaction to the earlier pieces, in which state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle proposed reforms to the magistrate system, with some state senators withdrawing their historic opposition to such a move.

https://www.propublica.org/article/we-investigated-magistrates-now-lawmakers-want-to-overhaul-the-system

The commonsense, modest reforms are mostly remarkable for what they reveal about the system: judges could no longer be appointed on the say-so of a single senator and  judges can't claim "holdover" status to serve indefinitely after their terms are up.

More: judges would be required to get some modest additional training. Senators would be banned from appointing relatives or former colleagues from the state house, and anyone convicted by a magistrate without a law license would get an automatic appeal before a real judge.

One more proposal from last year: prospective judges would be legally required to disclose their prior disciplinary offenses - at the time, state senators like Marlon Kimpson vigorously opposed this, because it was a "bureaucratic process."

None of that came to pass in 2019. Now it's been more than a year, and finally there's some progress on reforming SC's idiotic Klown Kar of a justice system. The legislature is about to reconvene, and magistrate reform is top of their agenda.

https://www.propublica.org/article/magistrate-judges-took-bribes-stole-money-and-mishandled-cases-south-carolina-officials-now-want-reform

GOP state senator Tom Davis is spearheading the effort, with several bills that track the 2019 reform proposal. He'll have an uphill battle, though, with colleagues like state rep Murrell Smith stating "A law degree is not a prerequisite to being a good judge."

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IPSWICH WANDERERS 4 WOODBRIDGE TOWN 1 (HT 2-0) Ex-Woodpecker George Mrozek scored twice as the home side deservedly qualified for the next round of the League Challenge Cup, the away side's goal scored by Jake Rudge in the second half. The away side were not at full strength but will have no excuses as the home side played some good football from start to finish. Dale Hammond's cross after 2 minutes was headed wide by Rudge for the visitors and from Ellis Murrell's through ball, Rudge's cross was blocked for a corner by the home defence but the hosts took the lead after 17 minutes when Right Back Nathan Speed's shot from an acute angle made it 1-0. Connor Field's effort was well saved by away keeper Alfie Stronge and the rebound was cleared off the line by Taylor Southgate after 21 minutes. Mrozek's shot went inches over the bar after 23 minutes but a minute later from Speed's accurate pass his excellent first time finish beat Stronge to make it 2-0. Full debutant Witness Mhango's cross after 36 minutes failed to find an attacker and Nathan Read's shot was parried for a corner by home keeper Craig Brand after 39 minutes. Home Captain Jack Severy's effort tested Stronge after 42 minutes but 2-0 at the break. Severy's effort came close to making it 3-0 after 50 minutes but from Josh Folkes' cross after 56 minutes, Mrozek made it 3-0 with a neat finish. Substitute Callum Sinclair's cross was headed home by Rudge and it was 3-1. Another Mrozek effort was well blocked by George Bowman on then hour and Kelsey Trotter's shot was well blocked by home defender Gavin Flurrie after 79 minutes. Trotter's first time shot tested Brand after 83 minutes but after 85 minutes Danny Thrower's excellent finish beat Stronge and it was 4-1 and cup tie over. Rudge headed over the bar in the latter stages but a third defeat on the trot for the Woodpeckers.  Brand, Speed, Kincaid, Folkes, Garwood, Flurrie, Field, Laws, Mrozek, Thrower, Severy (Capt), Subs: Barber, Curran, Hoxha, Cheetham. Stronge, Rea (Capt), Hammond, Murrell, Southgate, Bowman, Read, Haste, Rudge, Trotter, Mhango, Subs: Sinclair for Mhango 47 Mins, Scopes for Haste 61 Mins, Smedley for Murrell 85 Mins, Unus https://www.instagram.com/p/B5GOQA_gnwK/?igshid=1uk7nqj2zfbo6

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4 HORA DE MUSICA CRISTIANA CON DANNY BERRIOS, MARCOS WITT, JAIME MURREL...

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Nancy Smith Lineberry

Nancy Eugenia Smith Lineberry, 72, of Pauline, SC, died Sunday, November 10, 2019, at her home. Born June 6, 1947, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Bomar Boyd Smith and Mabel Dean Finch Smith. Nancy was the last surviving member of her family. Nancy was a 1965 graduate of Dorman High School. She attended Spartanburg Junior College for two years. It was during those years that she met her future husband, and the LOVE of her life, Ben Lineberry. Nancy attended Winthrop College and received a B.A. in secondary education. Several years later, she received her M.A.T. at Converse College, and then her Thirty-hours above the Master’s at USC-Spartanburg. She was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church where she served as a Youth Sunday School teacher in the 1970s, a Vacation Bible School teacher, and was as a member of the church choir. She served for 32 years as pianist for the church, following in the foot-pedals of her mother who played the piano for thirty-plus years and her grandmother, Mrs. Tweetie Finch who played the piano from the late 1890s through the early 1920s. She enjoyed the many trips to Ridgecrest with her best friend, Diane Owings who played the organ for the church. Nancy was a mainstay in assisting several music directors for the church over the past thirty years. Nancy taught First Grade at Roebuck Primary and Roebuck Elementary School for thirty-eight years before retiring in 2008. She was a reading teacher and tutor at Woodland Heights and West View Elementary for six years and retired in 2014. She was a true-to-form country girl as she enjoyed helping her brother Dean in the garden. Nancy became an excellent cook, too. This was shown as her husband’s parents, J. E. Lineberry and Sarah H. Lineberry, both now deceased, enjoyed Nancy’s good southern country-style Sunday dinners. This trait was taught to her by her mother, Mrs. Mabel Smith. Nancy enjoyed going on trips to the beach with her husband and their two sons Benji and Marcus. Over time, these trips would include a host of friends and family. Traveling with friends was another enjoyment that Nancy enjoyed doing with her husband, especially to Disney World with good friends, such as: Steven Krawczvk and Kathy Causby, Larry and Phyllis Mauldin, Carroll and Diane Owings, and Marshal and Susan Morgan and their two daughters, Amanda and Jessica. Then there were those trips to Gettysburg and Monticello. We cannot forget the long drive over that high bridge on the way to visit beautiful Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown. Oh, one must add that wonderful trip by the Bob Morgan Tour to New York City with Carroll Owings and Diane. Can’t forget the trip out to the Statue of Liberty, ‘Ground Zero’, or up to the top of the Empire State building and Central Park. All of this was made so much more enjoyable as it was during the Christmas season, too. Nancy always enjoyed being with her friends, especially those Christmas trips up to the Biltmore Estate when all eight of our friends traveled the corridors wheeling Phyllis around in a wheelchair in that mansion. I believe we made a big spectacle of getting Phyllis up and down those stairs, too. Adding to the enjoyment that evening, it started snowing. Of course, we can’t forget the beach trips with Mary and Toey Lee, as well as attending those Clemson Football games. Nancy enjoyed visiting Mary, her best friend from high school, at their large farm in Alcolu. Everyone enjoyed those fish camps, too, especially LEE’S KITCHEN at Murrell’s Inlet. Nancy enjoyed helping her sons develop into fine young men and was proud of them as they developed a keen interest in the Marching Band at Dorman. Nancy was thrilled to take her mother, brother, and Aunt Elizabeth with us in 1994 to see Marcus playing in the drumline for the Dorman High School Marching Band as it marched around the entrance square to the Magic Kingdom. She would forever thank Etta Jenkins for helping her sons develop that wonderful touch on playing the piano, too. Nancy enjoyed attending those piano recitals at Case Brothers for Etta’s Classes. Besides musical playing, Nancy enjoyed seeing her sons participate in youth baseball games as well as playing on the Philadelphia Baptist Church softball team with their father. Besides being a devoted Christian lady at Philadelphia Baptist Church, Nancy was a professional schoolteacher, par excellence. Her peers at Roebuck admired her a great deal and enjoyed working closely with her on several school projects. Mrs. Annie Means knew she could always depend on Nancy to accomplish whatever task was before her. But her peers truly loved Nancy, as she was there to help in any capacity for the school and for the first-grade teachers. But most of all, Nancy was that dedicated teacher who was there for the student and several of her students compliment Nancy to this very day. Thank you all for being Nancy’s good friends like Nancy Nettles, Gina Tate, Linda Tanenbaum, Tracie Love, Judy McKinney, and a host of others, too. Also, Nancy served as an excellent teacher who would take a practice teacher and help in the molding of an excellent, future teacher for the educational systems throughout the upstate region. A good number of those student-teachers went on to become excellent teachers. They never forgot their mentor and their friend, Nancy Lineberry. As time passed and grandchildren entered the family, as well as step- grandchildren, Nancy enjoyed the many trips to the beach and to Disney World with her very large extended family. It pleased her greatly to see Josh continue his education at Spartanburg Community College. Morgan is a sophomore at the College of Charleston. Danny attended SCC but has undertaken a job in construction. Ben and Reese were a pleasure for Nancy as she has enjoyed watching them grow up over the years and helped them with homework after school. She is proud of Reese and her dancing and piano playing, too. She admires her grandson, Ben, for becoming the outdoor sportsman. Survivors include her husband of 49 years, James Benjamin “Ben” Lineberry; son, James Marcus Lineberry (Angie); daughter-in-law, Carly Lineberry; grandchildren, Ben Lineberry and Reese Lineberry; step-grandchildren, Josh Whitley, Danny Whitley, and Morgan Whitley and cousin, Carolyn Finch Fowler (Joe). In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a son, Benjamin Boyd “Benji” Lineberry; and brother, Boyd Dean Smith. Visitation will be 1:00-2:30 PM Friday, November 15, 2019, at Philadelphia Baptist Church, with funeral services following at 3:00 PM, conducted by The Rev. Kiah Graves, The Rev. Monty King, and The Rev. Edgar Boles. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Marion Finch, Adam Finch, Eric Finch, Joe Fowler, Carroll Owings, Scott Payne, Jared Bishop, Brent Mitchell, and Larry Mauldin. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Philadelphia Baptist Church, “Capital Repair Fund”, 3119 Hwy 56, Pauline, SC 29374. Floyd’s North Church Street Chapel from The JF Floyd Mortuary via Spartanburg Funeral

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Bertie Blackman · Crepuscule

Bertie Blackman · Crepuscule

Creative People

by Elle Murrell

Artist Bertie Blackman  applies the final touches to her latest exhibition. Photo – Amelia Stanwix for The Design Files.

The Sydney-based artist pictured in front of her artwork ‘Searching For Crepuscule‘ oil on board, 90 x 90cm. Photo – Amelia Stanwix for The Design Files.

‘Crepuscule’ is currently showing at Lindberg Gallery in Melbourne. Photo – Amelia Stanwix for The Design Files.

Along with oil-on-board artworks, Bertie has created a series of dolls for the show. Photo – Amelia Stanwix for The Design Files.

The exhibition is dominated by the colour indigo and inspired by the story of the last-known living Tasmanian tiger, Benjamin. Photo – Amelia Stanwix for The Design Files.

Bertie and her sketchbook. Photo – Amelia Stanwix for The Design Files.

Today we learnt a fascinating new word, thanks to artist Bertie Blackman, whose latest solo art exhibition, ‘Crepuscule’ is currently on exhibit at Lindberg Galleries in Melbourne.

Referring to the meeting of the day and night – i.e. twilight, in Bertie’s context ‘Crepuscule’ is also the alternative-dimension hangout of Benjamin, the last ever Tasmania tiger, and his merry band of wide-eyed friends. ‘Clever, cunning and mischievous, he evades captivity by leaping through the veils of dreams and reality… through the Crepuscule… bending time and space,’ the artist narrates.

Extending this concept, all of Bertie’s oil paintings for the exhibition are dominated by the colour indigo, built up in darkening layers. The hue really reverberates the feeling of twilight for the artist, and she also loves the way the word sounds: ‘a bit like you’re already bending and squinting the light with the letters; it’s an unusual word, so people are very curious about it!’

It’s no surprise that Bertie would make an audible link, given that many people know the ARIA award-wining singer, songwriter and guitarist for her music. Though busy building her multifarious BB empire, the candid creative took some time out to delve deeper into her current paintings, AND dolls!

Many readers would know you first and foremost as Bertie Blackman the musician, but can you tell us a little bit about your background as a visual artist?

I come from a family of artists, writers and creatives alike… so for me, visual art has always been a strong way of communicating. I have always drawn and painted but, because my parents are both painters, I ended up steering away from it as I really wanted to create my own path. A musician is as rebellious as I could get in my family!!

Throughout my musical career I’ve art directed my shoots and videos, created stage designs, and painted costumes. In 2009, I had an auction of drawings at Moss Green Gallery, but it wasn’t until 2012 with my fourth record ‘Pope Innocent X’, that I really started concentrating on my drawing. For that album, I released a book of illustrations with each song; I realised that art, music and writing really just all came from the same place for me. And I didn’t need to be one or the other.

Growing up with both parents as visual painters, I witnessed extraordinary discipline and sacrifice from them when it came to their art. I learnt about the reality of what being a practising artist is really like – the blood sweat and tears that go into your work, and the extraordinary work ethic needed.

My art practice has really developed through just doing it, looking at books and persevering with the mediums. I have had no formal education, but I’ve got big dreams and big ideas! I’m forever shaking with adrenaline because I just find it all so exciting!

Your most recent album, ‘The Dash’, was released in late 2014, and since then you’ve also done some amazing collaborations. How do you balance your music with your art?

I do really struggle with balancing my music and art. I have learnt pretty quickly that I can only really do one thing at a time.

I tend to allocate big blocks of time for each. With my current art show, I put aside a solid block of three months. I’m finishing that body of work up, I’m already connecting the next thing. However, I’m also writing and illustrating my first children’s picture book, which will be published in 2018. I would say I spend about eight hours or so a day in my art studio five days a week and then I work nights on my writing.

In between all of this, I have been ducking into various studio sessions, though I’m looking forward to getting into the recording studio more later this year. I’m also an early morning riser. I wake up at about 5am and usually meditate or go for a run to prepare for the day.

Your solo show ‘Crepuscule’ is currently on exhibit in Melbourne. Can you tell us more about this exhibition?

I’m really excited about this body of work. I started working on it quite a few months ago – really working on my painting and developing my technique. For me, I have no lack of ideas or imagery, it’s just been ‘the technical doing’ that has been the challenge and also needing the time to make all the mistakes and learn what the paint can do.

I’ve only been working with oil paints for about nine months, so when I started, I thought it would be an interesting idea to just work with one colour, so I could concentrate on getting the texture and feeling in it without worrying about mixing paint. I love the indigo hue so much; it feels very otherworldly!

For this show, I’ve also made dolls, and bringing my imagery into a playful three-dimensional form has been exhilarating. They’ve become my little friends – I do take them out to dinner sometimes for a treat as well as long walks on the beach. I’m a big fan of Mirka Mora, she’s a great old friend of my father’s and I love her dolls, so this is a little nod to her wonderfulness!

Was there a particular story that inspired the concept for this body of work?

Benjamin the Tasmanian tiger has been a feature in my work for the last six months. He is inspired by the actual last living Tasmanian tiger who died in captivity in 1936. I love the constant conversation and debate as to whether this creature is actually extinct. Personally, I think he is still alive, and I’m hoping that through conjuring him in his ‘Crepuscule’ it might bring him back.

A lot of my work has been hinged in floating spaces or abstract dream worlds, this is the first series that I have brought the imagery into a landscape. I used to play in the rainforest a lot as a child, so I really think that Benjamin and his friends are totems of my childhood – me reliving those curious moments of abstract memory.

What’s it like being the daughter of a OBE bestowed, acclaimed painter, and creating your own art?

I think because my father is Charles Blackman, I definitely shied away from having a career in the visual arts as I really wanted to make my own way. I don’t want to live in his shadow, I mean, it’s a blessing and a curse. Because a lot of people know who my father is, doors have opened probably a little easier for me than others, but the criticism has been far greater because the expectations are much, much higher.

I have, however, worked really hard in the arts for over a decade and I think I’ve carved out a little space for myself to grow quite naturally. I’m incredibly passionate and dedicated to my art forms and people know this of me.

I most definitely get my singular thinking and focus from my Dad, as well as the wild untamed imagination and thirst for the abstract and curious. But I have also inherited other lovely things from my mother in terms of my art practise as well.

I think if the work’s good then it doesn’t matter how famous your parents are, it should be able to stand alone.

  Who are some other Australian creative people that are you loving at the moment?

Luke Storrier and I have had a great time recently bonding over having a famous artist father and also being artists ourselves, in our own right. His work is brilliant and exciting and I’m looking forward to collaborating with him.

Ian Strange is just one of the most interesting artists I have met. I love his vision, he pushes all boundaries.

McLean Edwards is a wonderful painter, and such a wonderful eccentric man. One of the family!

What are some of the resources you turn to when you’re in a need of creative inspiration?

The library. Books are just necessary and essential in my life.

Outside.  Going outside and sitting in the gutter and looking at peoples shuffling feet and framing birds and dogs and shadows.

My Mother. I call her daily for a chat about the work I’m making and she really helps make sense of my abstract thoughts sometimes.

Pinterest. I use it a lot to gather visual references.

What’s been your proudest creative achievement to date?

That is a very hard question! I think singing with Danny Elfman and a 100-piece orchestra at the Adelaide Festival, and also co-curating ‘Sonic Canvases’ at the Art Gallery of NSW have been a couple of major highlights and pleasures.

Also, just being able to exist as a practising artist my entire career without having to get a ‘proper’ job!

What would be your dream creative project?

I would love to create an underground lair in Antarctica… make dolls, paint, sing, write, and turn all my dreams into imagery… a language that can be understood by the moon and stars!

Amazing! What’s a little closer on the horizon for Bertie Blackman?

I’m excited to be painting my next bodies of work, to be writing and illustrating my first children picture book for release in 2018, recording a new record, and making a series of dolls. I’ve got big dreams. Gotta start laying the blocks for empire BB!

  SYDNEY QUESTIONS

Your favourite Sydney neighbourhood?

Redfern… it’s my neighbourhood! I love it!

The best meal you recently had in Sydney?

Fratelli Paradiso in Potts Point. It’s always amazing and it’s my favourite Italian food in Sydney.

Where would we find you on a typical Saturday morning?

At my local Redfern coffee shop getting a take away coffee and reading in the park – that’s if I’m not painting in my studio!

Sydney’s best kept secret?

The beaches are all amazing. But that’s no secret…

  ‘Crepuscule’ by Bertie Blackman September 7th to 23rd Lindberg Galleries 77 Cambridge Street, Collingwood