Canvasses and coffee

Here are two canvasses I have just completed. Usually I am very critical of my work, to the point that I am never completely happy with the outcome but these two, particularly the face, I am really stoked with. I am learning so much. The environment here in Ubud is very conducive to being creative and ‘getting my arty groove on’ which is what I have been banging on about! What do you think? I have used pallet knife and brush work over a base of rice paper on canvas.

Lava and Lace

Am having a bit of a love affair with the lace used for kebaya over here and a friendly tailor has let me swipe some remnants off his workshop floor.

Jumped on the back of a scooter today and allowed the Cheeky and Charming ,Wayan Ari (‘hold tight, make like honeymoon’!), take me for an exhilarating ride to check out a coffee plantation specialising in lewak coffee….

You’ve heard of it, the stuff the civets eat and poop out. I have always scoffed at this whole concept but, you know what? It was the most amazingly smooth black coffee I have ever had…. Wonder if it would catch on in NZ…. Could we feed raw coffee berries to possums maybe and kind of go from there?

Roasting, grinding and serving.... Luwak coffee, Ubud style

Just being on the back of a scooter with no helmet (naughty, I know!) Being teased and flirted with outrageously by a cute, young Balinese guy,with the warm Breeze blowing in my face was such a treat…. A lifetime away from the cold winter temperatures back home at the moment. I can see why many, shall we say, mature, western women succumb to the Balinese charm. Not that I ever would, of course. Much to sensible for THAT!