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Saren Dobkins
Oct 22, 20171 min read
Pop Up Exhibition this weekend
Come along! Bring a friend or two. Exhibitions at Art to Art's Pop Up Gallery are always a great show. I'm delighted to say I'll be...
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Saren Dobkins
Sep 19, 20171 min read
Breathing Through a Straw
The warm yellow and pink bands that surround the contained space brings a lightness and resonance to the whole piece. Below are a series...
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Saren Dobkins
Aug 20, 20172 min read
Alice Springs, The Red Desert
I remember looking at a map of The Alice as my family prepared to move there from Perth, and being excited at the prospect of living in a...
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Saren Dobkins
Apr 22, 20171 min read
As the painting grows...
on the last stage today.. it was a revealing process. I was able to look objectively at the aspects of the selves that hide behind the...
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Saren Dobkins
Jan 26, 20171 min read
It all starts with a blank canvas
So I want to document the process of creating my next painting. I will post as much as I am able; the idea, influences, sketches and...
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Saren Dobkins
Jan 21, 20172 min read
Roxby Downs, A Uranium Site
We left in convoy towards the desert sands of Roxby Downs, South Australia from Adelaide. Some people rode bicycles, it took about 10...
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Saren Dobkins
Dec 10, 20161 min read
Keep the Wolf from the Door
I have decided to try a new approach to my artwork. As I don't have as much time anymore as the demands of full time shift work plays...
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Saren Dobkins
Dec 8, 20162 min read
Commune in the South of France
I arrived at the commune in 1985 after having survived quite a treacherous journey from Amsterdam. I had hitchhiked over 12 hours. The...
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Saren Dobkins
Sep 23, 20162 min read
Taba Beach.
In 1989, I found myself living on a rocky outcrop in a makeshift tent in the desert mountains above Taba Beach, Israel. This small...
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Saren Dobkins
Aug 9, 20161 min read
Kibbutz, Israel
I have have stayed on four kibbutzim, in all parts of the country, over a thirty year period. Much has changed. Staying in these...
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saren dobkins
Jul 4, 20162 min read
Darlinghurst, Kings Cross
In my naivety, I accompanied a friend and her three year old daughter to Sydney for a visit. It was to be for three weeks. I was around...
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Saren Dobkins
Jun 23, 20162 min read
Places I've Lived
I was thinking as I was driving my tram yesterday, that I would like to record all the amazing, weird, different and surprising places I...
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Saren Dobkins
May 15, 20162 min read
When your love seeks another
My lack of desire, persuasion, curiosity or need to paint has been halted. It was as if, one day I woke up and I was no longer the "I"...
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Saren Dobkins
Oct 2, 20151 min read
Breathing Underwater
The lack of studio space means the progress of these two works is very slow for now. However, I am encouraged by how they are unfolding...
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Saren Dobkins
Sep 21, 20152 min read
But do you get it?
I have been fortunate enough to have engaged in two very different dialogues yesterday. One was with a high end art dealer and the other...
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Saren Dobkins
Jul 8, 20152 min read
Too much colour in a grey world
Could it be that my paintings are just too colourful? This strikes me as peculiar, but after an interesting discussion with someone...
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Saren Dobkins
Feb 25, 20152 min read
The Tightrope Again
It has been a year of existential wrestling that has visited my life in a variety of forms, everything has now disappeared and I am left...
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Saren Dobkins
Feb 24, 20152 min read
How Does One See a Year Passed
It is indicative of the upside down, Topsy turvy nature of the year that has passed, that I never posted a post in all that time. It has...
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Saren Dobkins
Oct 7, 20141 min read
Sculptures of the Wounded Lovers
While the beautiful beach sands are within daily reach I have been motivated to explore new ideas using sand as a medium. With no...
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Saren Dobkins
Feb 10, 20142 min read
The Collection is Coming Together
It has been a busy couple of weeks, which is nice. The paintings are coming along and some of them I am really pleased with. I have just...
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