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'Due Date' - Matisse homage painting by Leith O'Malley 42 x 29cm

Oil + collage on 300gsm acid free paper.

I have a quite rare and interesting book in my collection about the French artist Henri Matisse written by John Jacobus. I bought it at a library sale many years ago. It still has (well used to have) the library borrowers card in the rear of the book along with some hand written due dates. 

There are some beautiful colour plates within the book, one of which inspired me to create my own interpretation of a painting by Matisse titled ‘The Piano Lesson’ which currently hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

I decided to include the borrowers card within the painting itself and create something that obviously references Henri’s original painting but at the same time with my own personal spin.

My homage painting is called 'Due Date'.

Hope you like it.

By the way, if you would like to purchase this work on paper, please message me here and I’ll give you anymore detail you need along with the price/postage.

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Studio side glances this morning..

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Stolen moments in the studio today.

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Anytime I get an opportunity to mix art with music it inevitably becomes a labour of love, so I jumped at the chance recently when offered another guest illustration spot for the ‘HearSej’ podcast presented by Seja Vogel.
 A musician herself, Seja presents candid interviews with a wide range of musicians about their artistic origins, how they work, what they love and fear, and the strangest things that happen at gigs (the bit that I illustrated here). It’s always a lot of interesting fun and one of just a few music based podcasts I subscribe to. 
 Seja’s latest episode is a warm conversation with Hannah Joy from the Oz band ‘The Middle Kids’ who tells a funny story towards the end of their chat about having a banana thrown at her whilst up on stage.
The illustration is my exaggeration of Hannah’s description (only the bananas have been changed to protect the incident). 
Speaking of bananas.. a lot of people don’t know this, but bananas are the fruit of the genus Musa, one of the most important fruit crops of the world. 

So basically this is a Musa hitting a Muso :)


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Music is Art

Anytime I get an opportunity to mix art with music it inevitably becomes a labour of love, so I jumped at the chance recently when offered another guest illustration spot for the ‘HearSej’ podcast presented by Seja Vogel. A musician herself, Seja presents candid interviews with a wide range of musicians about their artistic origins, how they work, what they love and fear, and the strangest things that happen at gigs (the bit that I illustrated here). It’s always a lot of interesting fun and one of just a few music based podcasts I subscribe to. Seja’s latest episode is a warm conversation with Hannah Joy from the Oz band ‘The Middle Kids’ who tells a funny story towards the end of their chat about having a banana thrown at her whilst up on stage.The illustration is my exaggeration of Hannah’s description (only the bananas have been changed to protect the incident). Speaking of bananas.. a lot of people don’t know this, but bananas are the fruit of the genus Musa, one of the most important fruit crops of the world. 

So basically this is a Musa hitting a Muso :)

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A recent new oil ‘The Trobairitz’ 
{oil on canvas 62 x 62 cm}


The painting is infused with my love of music and a family background in circus, but the title comes from the 13th century performers known as the ‘Trobairitz’ who composed, wrote verses, and performed for the Occitan noble courts. They are exceptional in musical history as the first known female composers of Western secular music. 

This painting will be hanging as part of the ‘Linked’ group exhibition curated by Frances Keevil @ Studio W in Sydney (Wooloomooloo) from Feb 20 to March 3.

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Baby Cool Live at Fight Night Records (Full Set)

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Hannah Joy (Middle Kids) - Doing It Right

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O’Malley - Art and About - The Port Lincoln Art Prize 2024 

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Some website updates..

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Four passages of paint from a canvas I am currently working on.  I’ll reveal it properly in a week or so.. I just need to fully complete it first.


At one metre square, it will no doubt look very different online here as apposed to in person.


I really think that texture is often overlooked in the grandeur of a painting, and can become a kind of storyteller when viewed intimately up close. 

This particular one will be part of an upcoming Art Prize I am entering, and sees me returning to thicker paint.


Delicious buttery swipes of a spatula.. and in some areas the paint is flicked on the canvas in wild abandon. 


I’ve always liked looking at art that engages not only your eyes but your sense of touch as you explore the surface of something calling you from across a room. Proximity matters.  Oh yeah, and the aroma of a painting. The whole thing is very sensual.

Anyway, more on this one soon..

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All the time spent drawing is never lost.

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Fascinating.

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