Studio selling exhibition nov 14
2 Dec
Samples of work from the studio exhibition I had in my home near Uralla nsw
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The Heron
19 May
A Heron
Flies low over my house
Limbs tucked under
Wings beating ever so slowly and rhythmically
Neck outstretched
Focused on my dam
As if tired and relieved
On the last leg of a long journey
It spreads its wings wide
Glides gently in a smooth arc
Ripples onto the dam’s glasslike surface
Settles
And rests
© Tony Sevil 2014
17 Feb
A musician friend gave me half an old piano. He made an interesting table out of the other half.
I made these collages using stripped down elements from the hammer mechanism of the piano
Wooden shapes were originally covered with felt and the leather below
90mm x 205mm
Strips of suede leather suggest a landscape
160mm x 210mm
Wooden elements covered with glue, heated with heat gun, also suggests an abstract landscape or detail from a landscape
73mm x 160mm
The field day
24 Jan
An aerial view form a press helicopter of an agricultural field day where Dr Elmo Maggott (in brown hat) is speaking on a major breakthrough in blow fly sterilisation research
When the heats on
13 Jan
“Look. heat is manageable. One of the things we do is spread our wings which helps you lose heat. You can open your beak and do some panting or gasping. It also helps you keep cool.Something to do with the lungs. Never looked into it. Some like to squat close to the ground. Scratch a bit of a hole to get the cooler soil. Its all pretty simple really. And then…well you’ve just got to soldier on. There are eggs to lay!”
Woman in a Kimono
9 Jan
Knowing my love of found objects a friend returned from a North Queensland holiday with two gifts – a sea shell and a layer of shell from a dead turtle. I decided to put the two together
