Deborah Klein's Art Blog

Before the week runs away entirely, here are handful of highlights from last Saturday’s memorable opening of AMONGST US , an exhibitio...

Readying my present house for sale has advanced in fits and starts, but preparations have now resumed in earnest, with (dare I sugges...

Chrysochroa buqueti beetle woman , 2014, watercolour, 41.91 x 29.72 cm, one of six works I have in AMONGST US at The Art Vault Pict...

In the wake of our departure from Melbourne , my studio in Ballarat was requisitioned for extra storage. It was a sorry sight , beco...

Pictured above and below: a new acquisition, purchased jointly with Shane Jones , is high on my list of favourite things. I love its i...

Please find your special invitation to be amongst us, or rather, among my esteemed fellow artists and the fabulous Art Vault team, to ...

My linocut  The Drive Home , 2013, 17.5 x 12.5 cm, was originally made for the eponymous group exhibition at Robert Blackburn Printm...

European Wasp Woman, 2014, watercolour, 41.91 x 29.72, made during a residency at The Art Vault, will shortly return there. It's on...

Between 2 - 18 August, most roads led to MIFF venues, although my stimulating and productive Melbourne stay also set me on an unexpecte...

Some good news on Friday necessitated a trip to the framer on Saturday. My watercolour  Phyllium giganteum homo insecta , 2018, is one...

Early progress view of Apiarist, 21 x 15 cm. The subject's hair will be braided in a spiral contour. Before I post more extensiv...

Swan Song , ink and gouache on Khadi paper, 21 x 15 cm As recent visitors to this blog will be aware, recently I balanced a particul...

Scribe , the drawing currently on the work table in my ‘pop up studio’, anticipated one of yesterday’s MIFF films, The Juniper Tree  ...

No sooner have I left Melbourne, than I’m back again, if only for the 18 days that make up the 2019 Melbourne International Film Festiva...

Ecdysis , acrylic on linen, 50 x 40 cm (progress view) Currently we’re living amongst debris from our recent move and still face a mu...