The Amalgamation

Photograph, Lomo L-CA+ 35 mm film, June 2008.

This is a double exposure showing both a young girl and the television show she was watching at the time.

Graphite pencil on tinted paper, May 2008.

Monday 22 April 2008 9.15 am

Yesterday, we went into the city to see an exhibition of mediaeval illuminated manuscripts. It was fun seeing all the people dressed up in costume - and the armoured knight whacking children with a foam sword.

Tuesday 8 April 2008 approx 3.00 pm

Sigh! Feeling full of inspiration but something seems to get lost in the translation from my head to the finished product.

Pencil on tinted paper, June 2008.

Isaiah 44:3-4 (Today’s New International Version)

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams.

Copyright F. Lokot 2007

Graphite pencil on paper, August 2008.

This was drawn at a time when I was quite ill, and the medication caused significant weight increases. It was an awful time, and I hope I don’t experience anything like that again. There was a time when my figure was not far off the body shape of the girl in this drawing, so it was something of a shock to have such rapid weight gain, when, aside from pregnancy, I had never experienced that before. Sigh!

Copyright F. Lokot 2008

Photograph, May 2008.

Looking out across the front fence, I espied this stripy couch on the roadside. Either it was picked up by a garbage truck, or it was stolen by the individuals who travel around scavenging junk from people’s front nature strips (the grassy bit next to the footpath).

Photograph (Nikon D40), May 2008.

17 March 2008 - time- ? after 8.00 pm

It was at least 39 degrees Celsius today. It’s Autumn - what’s happening to the weather?!

The power has gone out in part of our street. The neighbours still have theirs - the air conditioner is pumping away. Not us. We don’t have air con, just a little fan. We can’t even run that! So, a house full of candles. Too hot.  >

- me, drawing in the dark, lamenting that the waffles won’t get cooked now.

Pencil and ink liner on paper, April 2008.

Pencil on paper, April 2008.

This was actually just a quick practice sketch inspired by an art book I was reading. It was emphasising issues to do with perspective, vanishing points and all that. So, this is one of the sketches I did, trying to develop a sense of distance using shapes and colours.

Photograph, June 2008.

That’s me in this photo, taken recently on a cold winter afternoon. It makes me laugh, a lot!

Pen and pencil on paper, November 2007.

Mmm… weirdness…

Photograph, May 2008.

Pen on paper, March 2008.

I have no idea what this represents or why I drew it. I just wanted to draw something a little weird, that’s all.

Photograph, 12 May 2008.

I love the unique textures of this tree. Unfortunately, someone planted them too close to the sewer lines - they are the kind of tree that seeks out water and breaks into pipes. We ended up having to get some of the trees removed and the sewer line replaced. You don’t want to know what the backyard looked like before the pipes were fixed. So gross!

We call it a paper bark tree though I can’t identify what exactly this type of tree is.

Photograph, colour 35 mm film, scanned and adjusted in iPhoto, 2002/2008.

This is the old house at Mathison Park, Churchill, Victoria, Australia. Having taken many a stroll on the walking track there, I had often wondered what this building was doing there. Eventually, the Churchill newspaper ran an article on the history of the local area, interviewing a lady who had once lived in the house.

More information:

Walking trails in the Latrobe Valley

Churchill on Wikipedia

Friday 7 March 2008 - sometime in the afternoon.

After a quick trip to our local multinational coffee corporation branch, we’ve discovered a new way to cleanse one’s system.

- Sudden stomach pains…

Pencil on paper, April 2008.

Pencil on paper, May 2008.

Inspired by Triceratops. I think I made the neck too long. Man, dinosaurs can be difficult to draw!

Dinosaurs and the Bible

How do dinosaurs fit in with a Biblical worldview? There are various interpretations and ideas. Here are some Triceratops-themed articles, written by scientists and academics who believe the Bible, offering some ideas on this topic:

- http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5592/ M. J. Oard - “Watery catastrophe deduced from huge Ceratopsian dinosaur graveyard.” 2002.

- http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/2493 J. Sarfati - “Liaosaurus: a ‘missing link’ of the horned dinos?” 2002.

- http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/696 D.L. Swift - “Messages on stone.” 1997.

Pencil on paper, 2008.

Pastel pencil and pen on paper, May 2008.

Pen on paper, April 2008.

Inspired  by reconstructions of German pterosaurs… in case you hadn’t guessed from the title!

Pencil on paper, May 2008.

Inspired by an Arabian stallion. I love the unique shapes and forms of the Arabian Horse, especially those with high amounts of Egyptian in their ancestries. They are amazingly beautiful and I’m not sure that my art will ever do them justice.

Felt tip marker and pen on paper, 2008.

Exploring other self-perceptions…?