The thing with making art is that you get used to using favourite tools in a certain way. It’s good … More
Author: alittleart
A while back I ran away from a twentymumble-year corporate career to be a feckless art student. Since then I've dirtied my hands with, metaphorically and/or literally, bronze and ceramic sculpture, photography, and digital and traditional illustration. Mask making was one discovery, dovetailing with my interests in teaching and performing improvised theatre.
Aliens in Aro Park
Tonight I enjoyed a ‘Summer Star Trek‘ show in a local park – everything and everyone were very colourful and all … More
New Year’s Street Hog
As seen on my way to a New Year’s barbecue, one of a pair of youngling hedgehogs rummaging around in … More
Let the festive feasting begin!
Said the tiny ant to all the other tiny ants . . .
Fireworks!
Next year (as I say every year) I’ll go really early and claim a watching-spot that gets more of the harbour … More
Castle on a clifftop #46
As scenic as any scenery you’ll ever see: the ruins of Dunnottar Castle near Aberdeen, Scotland. If I was a different kind … More
Stonehenge Crow
With the IR modified camera, f/6.3, 1/200, 55mm
Home from the holidays
I found it pretty easy to pack my suitcase for my big trip this year: five pairs of identical black yoga … More
Pholcus phalangioides – a kitchen-variety alien
There are people with telescopes and various recording devices constantly scanning the skies, convinced that there must be alien eyes watching us. … More
Zoos, in my opinion (ahem)
I have friends who hate zoos. Who think all the creatures should be freed from these vile prisons, and … More
A Little Art 