Which says a lot for the healing power of tears. I've spent a few hours today painting Water Crystals, staring deeply into the rainbows I've painted in the water. Now when I close my eyes I see rainbow. I don't mean I see the coloured arc you see in a sun shower, I see a senseless swirl of exhilaratingly contrasting colours. When I cry the colours explode. I'm crying over being rejected by a bloke, so I'm calling these tears healthy tears. When I was in my twenties I would cu

I'm filled with joy because I went for a walk on the beach today, to try and study the light hitting the water, and BOOM I've found what I was searching for. Entries for the Archibald Prize are closing soon. I don't have an entry this year. Alongside the Archibald (which is a portrait competition) the Art Gallery of NSW runs two sister Art Prizes - the Wynne Prize for landscape art and the Sulman Prize for 'genre' art, 'subject' art or a mural.... I think I've figured it out:

It's perhaps my best ever painting. I've made a short video about the process, and posted it to my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/libbyhyettstudiogal LINK TO VIDEO: https://fb.watch/bBFwtBLBc9/ It's a large painting, too large to exhibit in the Hawkesbury Show, although it's still within the size limit for the Sydney Royal Easter Show, so I've entered it in there. It's currently drying under a ceiling fan in the lounge room. Oil paint takes so long to dry, and it's pouring r